Victoria Ngo

Victoria Ngo, PhD, graduated the VA Palo Alto HSR&D Postdoctoral Fellowship program in the Elizabeth Dole Center of Excellence for Veteran and Caregiver Research. Dr. Ngo holds a bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley and a PhD in Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership from the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California Davis. Her dissertation explored the characteristics and usefulness of health data for cancer care decisions. She is a health informaticist, and her research focuses on health equity and the optimization of information technology to improve the delivery and coordination of care in the community. During this fellowship, Dr. Ngo utilized participatory research methods to design and evaluate mobile and social technology-enabled interventions to improve delivery of veteran caregiving in the home.