CanTest PhD Student

Email: veh29@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Background

Victoria joined the primary care cancer group in 2018. She is currently undertaking a Cancer Research UK funded PhD as part of the CanTest program (https://www.cantest.org), which will focus on identifying how to optimise the use of diagnostic tests in primary care to improve the early detection of pancreatic cancer.

Prior to joining the department, Victoria worked in the United States on projects related to use of diagnostic technology for improving the diagnosis of infectious diseases.

Selected Publications

Mastellos N, Tran T, Dharmayat K, Cecil E, Lee HY, Wong CCP, Mkandawire W, Ngalande E, Wu JT, Hardy V, Chirambo BG, O’Donoghue JM. Training community healthcare workers on the use of information and communication technologies: a randomised controlled trial of traditional versus blended learning in Malawi, Africa. BMC Med Educ. 2018 Apr 2;18(1):61

Schwartz M, Hardy V, Keppel GA, Alto W, Hornecker J, Robitaille B, Neher J, Holmes J, Dirac MA, Cole AM, Thompson M. Patient willingness to have tests to guide antibiotic use for respiratory tract infections: From the WWAMI Region Practice and Research Network (WPRN). J Am Board Fam Med. 2017 Sep-Oct;30(5):645-656

Hardy V, Thompson M, Keppel GA, Alto W, Dirac MA, Neher J, Sanford C, Hornecker J, Cole A.

BMJ Open. 2017 Jan 25;7(1):e012503. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012503.

Hardy V, Thompson M, Alto W, Keppel GA, Hornecker J, Linares A, Robitaille B, Baldwin LM. Exploring the barriers and facilitators to use of point-of-care tests in family medicine clinics in the United States. BMC Fam Pract. 2016 Nov 3;17(1):149

McQueen J, Howe TE, Allan L, Mains D, Hardy V. Brief Interventions for heavy alcohol users admitted to general hospital wards. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Aug 10;(8):CD005191.