Dr Nhan Tran

He obtained a graduate degree in International Public Health and a PhD in Health Systems Research with an emphasis on road traffic injuries from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. He worked at the regional and federal levels of the United States Department of Health and Human Services in various capacities managing programmes and as a science advisor. Later, as a researcher at Johns Hopkins University, Nhan was engaged in health systems and road safety research and helped to establish the International Injury Research Unit.

He joined WHO in 2011 and for the last 6 years was the Manager of the WHO Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research where he led the development of guidance and initiatives to facilitate the implementation and scale-up of proven effective interventions. He co-ordinates work in the areas of unintentional injury prevention focused mainly on road safety, injury surveillance/surveys and alcohol and drug-related injuries.