Center for
Global Health

International Scholar

Languages: English

BIO STATEMENT

Michelle Lynn Hermiston, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor and Dean of the College of Health Sciences at VinUniversity in Hanoi, Vietnam, and Chief Scientific Officer at the Center for Innovation in Health Sciences. She is also Professor Emeritus of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco, where she continues to serve as Senior Advisor to the UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center Global Cancer Program. Her global health work focuses on strengthening research, education, and clinical-care capacity for children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer and serious hematologic disorders, particularly in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. She has led the development of Vietnam’s first Ministry of Health–approved pediatric hematology-oncology training program and helped establish the Vietnamese Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapy Consortium. At VinUniversity, her global health interests interface directly with her leadership role in building research infrastructure, mentoring clinician-scientists, developing international collaborations, and advancing equitable access to high-quality cancer care and translational research in low- and middle-income settings.

Recent Global Health Projects

Pediatric hematology-oncology training in Vietnam. I led the development and implementation of the first Ministry of Health–approved pediatric hematology-oncology training program in Vietnam, in partnership with the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Vietnam. The program is now in its seventh intake and is designed to strengthen local specialist capacity for diagnosing, treating, and researching childhood cancers and hematologic disorders.

Vietnamese Pediatric HSCT and Cell Therapy Consortium. I helped establish the Vietnamese Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapy Consortium to support collaboration, training, and infrastructure development for advanced pediatric cancer and immune-based therapies in Vietnam. This work connects my clinical and research expertise in pediatric hematology/oncology, immunotherapy, and global cancer care with my current leadership role at VinUniversity.

Select Publications

Van Loon K, Breithaupt L, Ng D, DeBoer RJ, Buckle GC, Bialous S, Hiatt RA, Volberding P, Hermiston ML, Ashworth A. A roadmap to establishing global oncology as a priority initiative within a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2024;116(3):345–351.
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38060289/

Dao ATT, To NT, Nguyen CH, Truong KD, Tran TD, Yen SS, Pheng ALH, Hermiston M, Nguyen PD. The outcomes of pediatric extracranial malignant germ cell tumors: A decade of experience from a single institution in Southern Vietnam. Current Problems in Cancer. 2025;55:101197.
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40055026/  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.currproblcancer.2025.101197

Duffy C, Allen S, Alexander TB, Andrew EC, Bhakta M, Bolous NS, Bonilla M, Force LM, Habashy C, Hassan J, McMillan C, McNeil MJ, Salek M, Ureda T, Wang’ondu R, Wing-Yan Yuen B, Devidas M, Brandt HM, Hermiston ML, Bhakta N. Pediatric ALL treatment modifications in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. JCO Global Oncology. 2025;11:e2500286.
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41397197/

Ha TM, Nguyen HV, Ngo MQ, Van Le P, Hermiston ML, Nguyen QT. Faculty development in health professions education: exploring need assessment, challenges, and opportunities in Vietnam. BMC Medical Education. 2025;26(1):23.
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41331598/

Last Updated: 14 May 2026