Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Victoria Team is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. She is a recipient of prestigious Medical Research Future Fund Clinical Fellowship (2018-2021) and is a Chief Investigator on the Building capacity to optimise pressure injury prevention and surveillance across Monash Partners healthcare services project (Primary Chief Investigator Prof C.D. Weller). She is engaging with Monash Partners health services to enhance pressure injury surveillance and prevention through more effective capture of data and employment of other capacity building components. She co-designed an online education program on pressure injury prevention and management for front-line clinical staff.
Victoria trained as a medical doctor in Europe and practiced in Africa for almost 10 years. Since completing her doctoral degree at the University of Melbourne, she has been involved in research in women’s health and, lately, in the field of wound management. In recent past, she coordinated an NHMRC-funded project in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, focussing on the translation of evidence-based practice in venous leg ulcer management into general practices in Victoria.
Victoria is Associate Editor for Frontiers in Communication (Health Communication), and Managing Editor for Medical Anthropology: Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness.
Supervision interests
Victoria is an accredided supervisor and is accepting PhD students. Her supervision interests include:
- Health services research, implementation science
- Chronic wounds: prevention and management, pressure injury, venous leg ulcers
- Immigrant health
- Women's health: caregiving, mothering, breastfeeding, contraceptive technologies, body image
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Medicine, Donetsk State Medical University, Donetsk, Ukraine
Master of Public Health, University of Melbourne
Doctor of Public Health, University of Melbourne
Research area keywords
- Translational research
- Implementation science
- Public Health
- Wound management
- Health services research
- Women's health
- Immigrant health
- Medical anthropology
- Nursing
Network
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Implementing consumer and workforce empowerment and engagement strategies to enhance safety and quality by building capacity to prevent and manage infections in residential aged care homes
Rawson, H., Russo, P., Morphet, J., Griffiths, D., Brand, G., Dix, S., Shimoinaba, K., Team, V., Sevenhuysen, S., Mitchell, B., Stewardson, A., Long, K., Russell, G. & Lynch, C.
3/10/22 → 28/03/25
Project: Research
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Building capacity to optimise pressure injury prevention and surveillance across Monash Partners healthcare services
Weller, C., Banaszak-Holl, J., Ademi Delaney, Z. & Team, V.
1/07/19 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Research output
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Barriers and enablers to physical activity in people with venous leg ulcers: A systematic review of qualitative studies
Qiu, Y., Team, V., Osadnik, C. R. & Weller, C. D., Nov 2022, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 135, 10 p., 104329.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Clinical Coders' Perspectives on Pressure Injury Coding in Acute Care Services in Victoria, Australia
Weller, C. D., Turnour, L., Connelly, E., Banaszak-Holl, J. & Team, V., 1 Jun 2022, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 10, 18 p., 893482.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Effects of physical activity as an adjunct treatment on healing outcomes and recurrence of venous leg ulcers: A scoping review
Qiu, S., Osadnik, C. R., Team, V. & Weller, C. D., Mar 2022, In: Wound Repair and Regeneration. 30, 2, p. 172–185 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
Investigating quality of life instrument measurement properties for adults with active venous leg ulcers: A systematic review
Liu, S., Team, V., Qiu, Y. & Weller, C. D., 1 Jul 2022, In: Wound Repair and Regeneration. 30, 4, p. 468-486 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury in COVID-19 Patients in the Prone Position
Team, V., Jones, A. & Weller, C. D., Feb 2022, In: Intensive & Critical Care Nursing. 68, 2 p., 103142.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Open Access8 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Elsevier
Team, Victoria (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Faculty of Arts Dean's Sessional Commendations, Monash University
Team, Victoria (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Global Peer Review Award, Publons
Team, Victoria (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Monash Partners Medical Research Future Fund Health Services Research Fellowship in pressure injury surveillance and prevention to reduce avoidable harm
Team, Victoria (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Activities
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Pharmacy (Journal)
Victoria Team (Peer reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Mentoring Program, The University of Melbourne
Victoria Team (Mentor)
6 Apr 2022 → …Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Mentor/ Internship supervision
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BMJ Open (Journal)
Victoria Team (Peer reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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BMC Primary Care (Journal)
Victoria Team (Peer reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Frontiers in Communication (Journal)
Victoria Team (Guest editor), Rukhsana Ahmed (Guest editor), Ayoub Bouguettaya (Guest editor) & Mohan Jyoti Dutta (Guest editor)
2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Press/Media
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How the psychology of blame can explain COVID-19 responses: new research
Ayoub Bouguettaya & Victoria Team
1/02/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature