Dr. Tran Cao Son
National Institute for Food Control, Ministry of Health, Vietnam
Profile
Dr. Tran Cao Son graduated from Hanoi University of Pharmacy in 2005. He received a Ph.D. in Toxicology and Drug Testing at Hanoi University of Pharmacy in 2015.
He has spent more than 15 years working in laboratories with modern analytical instruments such as liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, … and their applications in food safety testing and pharmacokinetic study. He has vast experience in laboratory management following ISO/IEC 17025 standards. He has participated in numerous international and national laboratory assessment programs. He has been a member of the ASEAN Food Testing Laboratory Committee (AFTLC) since 2017 and chaired this committee from 2018 to 2020.
Dr. Tran’s research interests are:
- Analysis of toxins and contaminants in food
- Analytical method development and validation
- Food safety risk assessment
- Pharmacokinetics study
He has published some books and numerous scientific articles in national and international journals on analytical method development and validation, food control, risk assessment, toxicology, and pharmacokinetics study. He is now the Editor-in-chief of the Vietnam Journal of Food Control (VJFC).