
New Paradigm of Proactive Health Concept: Engagement of Health Care Providers or Patients
Speaker: Van Thi Nhu Ngoc, PhD
Senior Scientist/Project Manager at SkillCell/Sys2diag
Dr. Van Thi Nhu Ngoc completed her PhD in Biology for Health at the CRBM, Montpellier, France, in 2013. She then joined the IINS in Bordeaux, France, for her postdoc training. In 2016, she joined the Sys2diag as principal investigator and project manager. From 2021 up to date, she has pointed as senior scientist/principal investigator and project manager at the company SkillCell. As being the scientific lead of the company, she is responsible for development of non-invasive diagnostic tools for the prevention of different diseases.
Throughout her scientific trainings and professional experiences, she has acquired diverse expertise across different disciplines in biology, mastered advanced molecular biology and biochemistry tools. Together with her strong background in cell biology, human physiology and pathophysiology of chronic diseases, she leads pioneering innovative molecular assays pushing the boundary of diagnostic field. She has published a number of papers in high impact factor journals and patens.

Abstract
During her presentation, Dr Ngoc shared her perspectives in how proactive care context could evolve to engage both patients and health care providers in order to improve quality of life of patients. She also emphasized on how early diagnosis could significantly benefit both patients and health care systems. Finally, she provided extensive discussion possibilities of reserving back to health from certain chronic conditions when both parties are engaged.

