Contact details
Te: +64 4 918 6188
Fax +64 4 389 5319
Email virginia.signal@otago.ac.nz
Research interests and activities
Virginia is a senior research fellow within the Cancer and Chronic Conditions (C3) research group and Health Environment & Infection Research Unit (HEIRU). Her main research interests lie within improving Maori health and addressing inequities, particularly those seen for cancer and infectious diseases.
Her PhD investigated the effect of ethnicity and/or comorbidity on the stomach cancer treatment pathway and outcomes. Virginia has an oncology nursing and cancer-related health promotion and policy background.