Vu Research Group

2023-2024

Project Management

Anh Doan

Anh Doan worked in the Vu Research Group from October 2023 to August 2024. She graduated from Hollins University with a B.S. in Mathematics and Data Science concentration in 2023. During college, she was a research assistant intern at the American Institutes for Research and a research fellow at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA. Her research interests are health equity, health behavior, and community engagement.

Student Interns and Trainees

Selma Brkic

University of Florida ’25

Biology, Health Disparities and Chemistry Minors

Linh (Kas) Do

DePauw University ’26

Cellular & Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Philosophy Minor

Phuong (Emma) Do

DePauw University ’27

Psychology, Global Health, and Hispanic Studies Minor

Marian Enders

Northwestern University ’26

Biology, History and Spanish Minor

Valerie Espinoza

Northwestern University ’27

Biology, Global Health, and Latino Studies Minor

Maya Lee

University of Illinois at Chicago ’29

PhD in Clinical Psychology

Phuong Anh Ha

Hollins University ’26

International Studies, Mathematics with Data Science Concentration, and French Minor

Cindy Khuc

Northwestern University ’25

Biological Sciences and Psychology

Huyen-Anh Giang

University of Chicago ’25

Psychology

Jane Gou

Northwestern University ’26

Biological Sciences and Science in Human Cultures

Justine Liu

Northwestern University ’27

Neuroscience and Global Health Studies

Nhat-Ha Pham

University of Pennsylvania ‘26

Cognitive and Computer Science

Katherine Szydlo

Northwestern University ’25

Neuroscience

Jimin Yeom

Northwestern University ’25

Neuroscience with Data Science Minor

Erin Yong

Northwestern University ’26

Political Science and Data Science

Marym Zaheeruddin

Northwestern University ’25

Biological Sciences and Global Health Studies

Alec Zhang

Northwestern University ’27

Data Science

Jimin Yeom gave an oral presentation of her research (“A latent class analysis of attitudes towards adolescent vaccination among U.S. Vietnamese immigrant parents”) at the online 11^th Biennial Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health Conference hosted in 2024 by the New York University Center for the Study of Asian American Health.

Nhat-Ha Pham gave an oral presentation of her research (“A mixed-methods study of U.S. Vietnamese parents’ vaccine confidence for their adolescents: The role of acculturation and pre-migration experiences”) at the 2024 Society of Behavioral Medicine conference in Philadelphia, PA.

Nhat-Ha Pham presented a research poster (“A scoping review of food insecurity among Asian Americans”) at the 2024 Society of Behavioral Medicine conference in Philadelphia, PA.

Sai Nedunchezhian presented a research poster (“Sustainability of a culturally adapted lifestyle intervention for South Asian Americans: A mixed method study”) at the 2024 Society of Behavioral Medicine conference in Philadelphia, PA.