Htin Aung PhD

Dr Htin Lin Aung gained his PhD in 2013 from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Otago, where he then took up postdoctoral research. In 2017, Dr Aung was awarded a Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship in the same department. He was also awarded an Early Career Award for Distinction in Research by the University of Otago.

Dr Aung has an international reputation in the field of genomics and has received grant support from the World Health Organization for undertaking policy-relevant tuberculosis research. He was named as one of 40 trailblazers under the age of 40 from South-East Asia who are driving positive change and creating impact in the region. His overarching research theme is tuberculosis genomics and health inequalities. He leads a multidisciplinary research program that utilizes genomics, molecular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and social science.