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Dr Victor Gallegos Rejas
Dr

Victor Gallegos Rejas

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Overview

Background

Victor is a Postdoctoral researcher at The University of Queensland, with a clinical and academic background in rehabilitation medicine, public health, and digital health equity. His research focuses on enhancing healthcare access for culturally and linguistically diverse communities, particularly through the development of telehealth innovations and inclusive service design. He has experience teaching public health and epidemiology to medical students and mentoring postgraduate researchers. Victor has co-authored peer-reviewed publications, contributed to national surveys, and helped develop validated tools, including the Digital Health Acceptability Questionnaire.

He completed his Medical Doctor degree in Peru, followed by a specialisation in Rehabilitation Medicine, and later earned a Master of Public Health and a PhD from UQ. His doctoral research explored equity in telehealth access and was supported by multiple competitive scholarships and grants. Victor has also held leadership roles in Peru’s national health system and sports medicine programs, including the PanAmerican Games Lima 2019. His work has been recognised through awards for research excellence, equity, and inclusion.

Availability

Dr Victor Gallegos Rejas is:
Not available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Professional Doctorate of Medicine Surgery, Universidad Científica del Sur
  • Doctoral Diploma of Clinical Rehabilitation, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
  • Masters (Coursework) of Public Health, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Health Equity

Works

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2025

Conference Publication

Talanoa-based diabetes management: evaluating a co-designed intervention for Māori and Pasifika women

Akbar, Heena, Gallegos-Rejas, Victor, Dettrick, Zoe, Niumata, Winnie, Anderson, Debra and Gallegos, Danielle (2025). Talanoa-based diabetes management: evaluating a co-designed intervention for Māori and Pasifika women. Preventive Health Conference 2025, Canberra, ACT Australia, 28-30 April 2025. Canberra, ACT Australia: Public Health Association of Australia.

Talanoa-based diabetes management: evaluating a co-designed intervention for Māori and Pasifika women

Funding

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2023
    Does the addition of telehealth improve outcomes for attendees of a cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program? An evaluation of a quality improvement project
    Wide Bay Hospital & Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Improving equity of telelehealth access across Metro South Health
    UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
    Open grant

Media

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