Victoria Child

Victoria Child is a Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast's School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences within the Centre for Public Health. She specializes in oncology-related research, focusing on healthcare economics, end-of-life care, and epidemiological analysis of cancer outcomes. Her work addresses emergency care utilization in cancer patients, diagnostic pathways, and pandemic impacts on gastrointestinal cancers.

Research Interests: Her research integrates clinical and population health approaches to improve cancer patient outcomes. Key areas include cost analyses of emergency admissions, predictive modeling for pancreatic cancer, and international comparisons of breast cancer diagnostics. She also examines how global health challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic disrupt routine cancer management.

Collaborations: Active in multi-national studies, including the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP). Her team evaluates healthcare system performance across jurisdictions to identify best practices in cancer care delivery.

Media Engagement: Contributed to the All-Ireland Cancer Network (All CaN) initiative in esophageal cancer research, highlighted in 5 news outlets and extensively shared on academic platforms.