Biography
Dr Victoria Palmer is an applied ethicist with the mental health program of the Primary Care Research Unit, the Department of General Practice. She is a multi-perspectival, qualitative researcher whose scholarship is informed by recent developments in narrative and ethical theory, with a particular focus on master narratives, counter narratives and counterstories. She has a particular interest in the ways in which illness, disorder and disability affect communal belonging and the formation of communities, with a special interest in anxiety and panic disorders. Victoria has worked in local government social policy, disability service provision, domestic and family violence support, and has taught in the higher education sector. In 2007 and 2008 she worked as a research fellow on re-order: re-organising care for depression and related disorders in the Australian primary health care setting. She is currently principal investigator for two studies, (1) to examine generalism as a philosophy of primary medical care and its arrangements in teams and (2) to develop and test a pilot complex intervention for co-morbid chronic physical illnesses with depression, anxiety and related disorders in primary care called i-CCAaN.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest |
Key Words |
Country of Expertise |
| Applied Ethics |
Mental Health, Bioethics, Health & Community Services, Narrative Studies |
Australia, Australia |
International Linkages
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Doctor of Philosophy |
Queensland University of Technology |
30-Apr-2007 |
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| Bachelor of Arts (Hons) |
Queensland University of Technology |
31-Dec-1996 |
|
Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Member |
St James Ethics Centre |
Organisational Member |
01-Mar-2004 |
|
| Member |
Society for the Study of Narrative and Literature |
Organisational Member |
30-Aug-2006 |
|
| Member |
Australian & New Zealand Third Sector Review |
Organisational Member |
01-Mar-2000 |
|
| Member |
Higher Education Research & Development Society of Australasia HERDSA |
Organisational Member |
30-Oct-2006 |
|
Other Awards
| Award Type |
Awarding Body |
Comments |
Date Awarded |
| Scholarship |
QUT Postgraduate Research Award |
|
20-Apr-2000 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Scheme |
Award Date |
| ARRANGING GENERALISM IN THE 2020 PRIMARY CARE TEAM |
Chief Investigator |
AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST |
Stream 10: Linkage and Exchange Travelling Fellowships |
01/09/2008 |
| ARRANGING GENERALISM IN THE 2020 AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE TEAM |
Chief Investigator |
AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST |
Stream 12: Extension Funding - Adding Value to Stream 6 - Workforce Research |
01/10/2008 |
| ARRANGING GENERALISM IN THE 2020 AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE TEAM |
Chief Investigator |
AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST |
Stream 12: Extension Funding - Adding Value to Stream 6 - Workforce Research |
01/10/2008 |
| Improving Community Coordination, Access and Networks (I-CCAaN): primary care for depression, anxiety and related disorders with co-morbid chronic physical illness |
Chief Investigator |
BEYONDBLUE |
Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders Grants |
01/03/2009 |
| APHCRI - INTERNATIONAL VISITING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM : PROF KURT STANGE |
Chief Investigator |
AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST |
Stream 11: International Visiting Fellowship Program |
23/06/2009 |
| The diamond cohort study - long term outcomes of depressive |
Chief Investigator |
NHMRC |
Project Grants |
01/01/2011 |
Additional Grant and Contract Information
A national and international review of best practice approaches to supporting people with intellectual disabilities and ongoing and complex support needs, Victoria Palmer, Disability Services Queensland 2006/2007. A research partnership to review international literature on specialist therapy support, strengths-based approaches, person centred and individual planning, service provision and case management models, cultural sensitivity and intellectual disability.
Deafness and mental health project, Victoria Palmer, Queensland Deaf Society 2003/2004. A project to design and develop a web resource to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate information on mental health to deaf and hearing impaired communities.
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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