Proposal to award medal to Japanese professor for 20 years of infectious disease research in Vietnam

At the request of the Pasteur Institute of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa is completing procedures to submit to the President to award the Third Class Labor Medal to Professor Yoshida Lay Myint (Nagasaki University, Japan), who has conducted many researches in Vietnam.

Pasteur Institute Nha Trang, where Prof. Dr. Yoshida Lay Myint (Nagasaki University, Japan) has been closely associated and collaborated in medical research for nearly 20 years - Photo: PHAN SONG NGAN

According to the Pasteur Institute of Nha Trang, Prof. Dr. Yoshida Lay Myint - Head of the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University (Japan) - is currently the head of the clinical research team in international research projects of Nagasaki University in Vietnam.

Professor Yoshida Lay Myint was a resident physician with many research achievements and a doctorate in infectious diseases, becoming a professor at the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University.

His main research interests include acute respiratory infections caused by viruses, such as influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and some other viral and bacterial diseases.

In addition, Professor Yoshida Lay Myint also conducts extensive research on dengue fever, drug-resistant HIV and many other health issues affecting the community.

Since 2006, Professor Yoshida Lay Myint has been appointed as the representative coordinator of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam and has made important contributions to scientific research cooperation projects of the Institute of Tropical Medicine with the Khanh Hoa Department of Health, as well as with the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (Vietnam).

Over the past 20 years in Vietnam, scientific research groups under the leadership of Professor Yoshida Lay Myint have conducted many important studies on infectious diseases in Vietnam (especially research on pneumococcal bacteria, dengue fever and other diseases).

The research results of Prof. Dr. Yoshida Lay Myint or the research groups he led have been published in more than 100 scientific articles, making great contributions to clarifying many global health issues, having high community applicability and contributing to the control of many infectious diseases in Vietnam and many other countries.

According to the review results of the Pasteur Institute of Nha Trang, Prof. Dr. Yoshida Lay Myint has many achievements and important contributions in scientific research cooperation, training and technology transfer, contributing to promoting socio-economic development and improving the capacity of the health sector of Khanh Hoa province, especially in the work of protecting and caring for people's health.

Therefore, Nha Trang Pasteur Institute submitted a dossier to the Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee for consideration and proposed that the State award the Third Class Labor Medal to Professor, Dr. Yoshida Lay Myint.

Professor Yoshida Lay Myint has been working and collaborating in research with the Pasteur Institutes in Nha Trang and Khanh Hoa for nearly 20 years.

According to Professor Yoshida Lay Myint, with the desire to contribute to improving public health, especially children's health in Vietnam, since 2006 he and his colleagues have chosen Khanh Hoa as the first locality to conduct research on acute respiratory infections in children.

The project was funded by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED). As a result, the research team discovered that the main pathogens included respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinovirus, and influenza A, indicating the role of co-infection with multiple viruses and their interactions with bacteria in the development of pneumonia.

Since 2016, the research team of Prof. Dr. Yoshida Lay Myint has established a project office at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology of Nha Trang Pasteur Institute to conduct research on "Evaluating the effectiveness of the reduced dose schedule of pneumococcal vaccine in children from 2 months to 3 years old in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa".

It is a research project carried out under the decision of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, since 2019, Professor Yoshida Lay Myint and his team have worked closely with the Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang and relevant health agencies to conduct three important studies on COVID-19.

Recently, Professor Yoshida Lay Myint continued to initiate and coordinate with the Pasteur Institute of Nha Trang and the Department of Health of Khanh Hoa province to implement the project "Research on Dengue fever based on the community and hospitals in Nha Trang, Vietnam" (period 2025-2029).

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/de-nghi-tang-huan-chuong-cho-giao-su-nhat-20-nam-nghien-cuu-benh-truyen-nhiem-o-viet-nam-20250613203136385.htm