DrAung Than Oo

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Research Interests

Dr. Aung’s principal research interests span:

• Community-based One Health approaches to communicable disease surveillance and control, particularly in under-resourced and fragile contexts.
• Humanitarian health systems strengthening, participatory early warning networks, and support for marginalized or displaced populations.
• Social behavior change communication, capacity building for grassroots organizations, and trauma-informed care for frontline workers.
• Integrating conservation, biodiversity, and sustainable development with health promotion—for example, through eco-youth camps and cross-border environmental education in the Mekong region.
• Peacebuilding through interfaith dialogue, art, and culture—addressing root causes of hate speech and building resilience and social cohesion among diverse groups.
  He is also involved in innovation at the intersection of research, climate resilience, and public policy, actively presenting at international conferences such as Yale’s International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF).