Nan Shwe Nwe Htun
Postdoc researcher
Nan Shwe Nwe Htun is a postdoctoral medical researcher with epidemiology training. Nan joined MORU in 2019 to work with MORU MAEMOD’s Economic and Implementation Research Group (EIRG). Currently based in Bangkok, Nan is currently coordinating verbal autopsy research and supporting the household health surveys within the South and Southeast Asia Community Trial Network (SEACTN) project.
Nan obtained her PhD from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, associated with the University of Basel, Switzerland. Her PhD study focused on comorbid epidemiological association between the neglected tropical diseases and diabetes mellitus and their disease interactions in low and middle-income countries. Nan’s research interests include clinical studies, community-based epidemiological surveys, and public health-related studies in resource-limited settings.
Recent publications
How can the ethical conduct of verbal autopsies be enhanced? Lessons from Southeast Asia
Journal article
Htun NSN. et al, (2025), Global Bioethics, 36
Causes of death in rural southeast Asia by electronic verbal autopsy: a population-based observational study
Journal article
Htun NSN. et al, (2025), The Lancet Global Health, 13, e2051 - e2060
Ethical and cultural implications for conducting verbal autopsies in South and Southeast Asia: a qualitative study
Journal article
Htun NSN. et al, (2023), BMJ Global Health, 8, e013462 - e013462
Defining the burden of febrile illness in rural South and Southeast Asia: an open letter to announce the launch of the Rural Febrile Illness project
Journal article
Chandna A. et al, (2021), Wellcome Open Research, 6, 64 - 64
Effect of a Multidimensional Physical Activity Intervention on Body Mass Index, Skinfolds and Fitness in South African Children: Results from a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial.
Journal article
Müller I. et al, (2019), International journal of environmental research and public health, 16