Dr Victoria Loblay

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Victoria is an anthropologist with expertise in ethnography of health systems, policy and practice. Her research explores the role and value of technologies (e.g. simulation models, mHealth and e-monitoring systems) in the implementation and adaptation of health promotion programs and health policy decision-making.

She works closely with community members, practitioners and policymakers – as co-researchers and experts of local contexts – to understand the day-to-day experiences of program implementation. Through collaborative ethnographic methods, Victoria seeks to contribute to more critical and careful ways of conceptualising and adapting health-related interventions. 

Victoria is currently a Research Fellow with the Youth Mental Health and Technology team at the Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney. As part of this role, she is supporting the co-design and evaluation of a parenting app across diverse cultural contexts (for example, Indonesia and Afghanistan). The research aims to provide important insight into the potential for digital media to address cultural and societal challenges to the promotion of optimal childhood development.

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