Profile

Dr. Giang Vu is an Assistant Professor of Global Health Management and Informatics at the University of Central Florida. He completed his Dental Public Health Residency at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2025, earned a PhD in Public Health Sciences with a specialization in Health Management and Policy from the University of Louisville in 2020, and received his dental degree in Vietnam.

As a dental public health researcher and health data scientist, Dr. Vu applies advanced analytics, population-based epidemiology, and machine learning to improve oral and general population health. He has led and collaborated on multiple projects (funded by Medicaid – State University Partnerships, NSF South Hub, CDC) investigating the relationships between oral disease and general health, impact of dental preventive care utilization among adults with systemic conditions, and applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning to study population health outcomes.

Dr. Vu’s work has been widely published in leading peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Journal of the American Dental Association, International Dental Journal, BMC Oral Health, recognized with Wiley’s Top-Cited Article (2022-2023) in Journal of Public Health Dentistry Award, and presented at referred national/international conferences. Trained as both a dentist and a public health researcher, he is dedicated to advancing evidence-based health policy, reducing health inequities, and mentoring the next generation of professionals in public health, informatics, and dentistry.

• Health Management and Policy
• Health Informatics
• Dental Public Health

• Dental Public Health Residency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025)
• PhD in Public Health Sciences with a specialization in Health Management and Policy, University of Louisville (2020)
• MS in Health Care Management, University of Rochester (2016)
• DDS, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy (2011)

My research is driven by a deep commitment to improving oral health outcomes and access to dental care among vulnerable populations (e.g., low-income individuals, racial minorities) and those with systemic diseases such as diabetes. This mission stems from my personal experiences witnessing disparities in oral health care and my professional training in public health and dentistry.

• Adverse oral health outcomes among patients with systemic diseases (e.g., diabetes)
• Disparities in utilization and access to dental and medical care services
• Applications of artificial intelligence to analyze costs of dental prevention for medical conditions

Center for Decision Support Systems and Informatics

• Chair, American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD)'s Council on Scientific Information
• Academic Editor, PLOS One
• Reviewer, National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP)
  Recent Honors and Awards

• Fellow, International College of Dentists (ICD)
• Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Wiley's Top Cited Article 2022-2023 in Journal of Public Health Dentistry

• HIM 6217C: Health Care Database Management
• HSA 3111: U.S. Health Care Systems
• HIM 6123C: Project Management in Health Care Informatics