Liam Hoo
DPhil Student - Trinity College
Research Topic: Managing the 1957-58 Asian Flu Pandemic: Global Institutions, National Policies, & Lived Realities
International health cooperation and pandemic management in East Asian countries
Supervisor: Mark Harrison and Thomas Hale
I am a Doctoral Student at the History Faculty and member of the Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI), supervised by Mark Harrison (History) and Thomas Hale (Public Policy); my research examines international health cooperation and pandemic management in East Asia, focusing on global institutions, national policies and lived realities. It is my privilege to undertake this research as a scholar under the prestigious Oxford-Moh Family Foundation Global Health Scholarship at PSI and contribute to an interdisciplinary understanding of pandemics. My current research interests broadly coalesce around the history of infectious diseases and global public health history in late modern and modern East Asia.
Before my doctoral adventure at Oxford, I attained a master’s in public policy from the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History from Yale-NUS College through a concurrent degree programme jointly offered by both institutions.
Personal indulgences outside of academia include good writing and coffee.
I thoroughly believe and enjoy learning across disciplinary boundaries—thoughts, comments, rejoinders, and coffee chats are welcome at liam.hoo@trinity.ox.ac.uk..
Publications
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463424000304
Prizes & Funding
- Oxford-Moh Family Foundation Global Health Scholarship
- WyWy Gold Medal
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liamhoo
