
Nga is a Research Assistant at the Institute on Ethics & Policy for Innovation (IEPI), where she focuses on using quality evidence to inform policy making. Her research is centered around questions of equitable distribution of treatment and vaccines in global health, as well as the use of big data for public health. Nga enjoys working in the multidisciplinary, collaborative environment at IEPI, contributing to the knowledge base of global health, informing international guidelines, and raising IEPI’s profile as one of the prominent ethics research institutes in the world.
Prior to joining IEPI, Nga has worked on statistical analyses, systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and rapid reviews on a variety of topics such as heart diseases; school exercise; water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Nga holds a Bachelor of Science from Drake University (2017) and a Master of Public Health from Queen’s University (2019).
Nga`s Work

IEPI BLOG - COVID-19 Boosters: Are we boosting global vaccine inequity and prolonging the pandemic?
Blog, Infectious Disease Management, Nga Dang
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Convalescent Plasma & COVID-19
This topical summary provides an overview of convalescent plasma and use as a treatment for COVID-19.

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Controlled Human Infection Studies
Controlled human infection (CHI) studies aim to find preliminary efficacy results of vaccine or therapeutic candidates by deliberately inoculating a small number of healthy volunteers with the pathogen of interest.