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Thuy Le

Thuy Le

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
thuy.le@duke.edu
Duke Box 102359, Durham, NC 27710, Durham, NC 27710
315 Trent Drive, Room #257, Durham, NC 27710

Awards & Honors

American Society of Clinical Investigation

National ASCI · April 2023 More about this award

Best Medicine Grand Rounds

Department Duke Department of Medicine · 2019

Best Oral Presentation

International 2nd Asia Pacific AIDS and Coinfection Conference · 2017

First Prize Poster Presentation at the Oxford Tropical Network Meeting in Kilifi, Kenya

International Oxford University Tropical Medicine · 2013

Young Investigator Award

International Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections · 2009 Full scholarship for attending 16th CROI

Yale Johnson's and Johnson's International Scholar Award

School Yale University · 2004 Summer clinical internship in tropical medicine in Vietnam

Elizabeth Allison Scholarship

State University of Arizona · 2002

National Science Foundation Biomedical Research Abroad Award

National National Science Foundation · 2002 4 month bench research training in the Parasitology Institute in the Czech Republic

Eirene Lamb Scholarship

State University of Arizona · 2002

In the News

Published February 1, 2025
Diagnosing the invasive fungal infection talaromycosis earlier to save lives
Published December 9, 2024
Dr. Thuy Le, a Passionate Leader in HIV-Associated Fungal Infections in Vietnam and Worldwide: Part 2
Published August 12, 2024
Dr. Thuy Le, a Passionate Leader in HIV-Associated Fungal Infections in Vietnam and Worldwide: Part I
Published September 18, 2023
Where Will the Next Pandemic Come From?
Published May 15, 2023
Antifungal stewardship for Talaromyces marneffei infection
Published February 21, 2023
Four DOM Faculty Members Elected to ASCI
Published December 1, 2022
IMMY Receives Federal Grant to Develop a Talaromycosis Test
Published April 1, 2022
Dr. Thuy Le and team to address a leading cause of HIV-associated death in Southeast Asia through NIH U01 award
Published November 17, 2021
A Little-Known Disease Fights for …Neglect?
Published July 15, 2021
New study demonstrates cost-effectiveness of life-saving treatments for deadly fungal infections in HIV patients
Published April 3, 2020
Raltegravir-Based ART Shows Lower Rates of Hepatoxicity
Published June 27, 2017
Amphotericin B superior to itraconazole for HIV-associated talaromycosis
Published June 14, 2017
Amphotericin Is Still Essential for Talaromycosis in AIDS
Published June 14, 2017
Amphotericin Is Still Essential for Talaromycosis in AIDS
Published August 11, 2016
Risk factors, features and outcomes of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella in Vietnam
Published November 2, 2015
Wellcome Trust Researcher Spotlight: Dr Thuy Le
Published July 1, 2015
PCR assay quicker but less sensitive at penicilliosis diagnosis
Published August 1, 2009
Refugee returns to Vietnam in hope of saving lives