Victoria is a junior doctor with a passion for women’s health. She studied Medicine at the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 2019, and holds an MSc in Global Health and Management, with a strong focus on Global Maternal Health.

Victoria is a self-reported feminist and activist. She is passionate about the safe provision of healthcare, particularly good reproductive care for women, alongside spreading evidence-based information around women’s healthcare to enable women to make informed and empowered decisions around their healthcare.

She advocates strongly against the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and has led a group of researchers to do research around how much medical students know about FGM. From this novel dataset, it was found that medical students in the UK wanted to be taught more about FGM. Victoria then established a team with her mentor to raise awareness to all frontline professionals of their mandatory reporting duties with regards to FGM. This has resulted in her and her team creating a 4-week free FutureLearn course in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, which had over 450 students enrolled.

She is also passionate about the provision of safe and accessible abortion care. She is the campaigns coordinator of Doctor’s for Choice, a pro-choice organisation of healthcare professionals who advocate for abortion rights and reproductive justice both in the UK and worldwide.

She also volunteers for a charity called “Abortion Talk”, which runs a confidential talkline to provide support to anyone with an experience of abortion care; including sexual and reproductive health and abortion care professionals, those who have had or are considering having an abortion, and those who have supported loved ones with their abortion care decisions.

Victoria is passionate about gender equality and has a specific focus on women’s healthcare, but also women’s empowerment more widely. She does all of this whilst working a full-time clinical job.