Biography
Dr Virginia Hagger has over 30 years’ experience in the field of diabetes education in acute and community settings and within clinical practice, management and research roles. Virginia came to Deakin University in early 2017 and is currently the Course Director for the Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education.
Virginia’s research interests include diabetes self-management and structured education, diabetes distress and psychological wellbeing, particularly among adolescents with type 1 diabetes. She has 16 peer-reviewed publications related to these areas of research and practice.
Research interests
Diabetes self-management support
Structured diabetes education
Diabetes distress and depression
Adolescents and young adults living with diabetes
Health literacy
Affiliations
Credentialled Diabetes Educator, Australian Diabetes Educator’s Association
Quality and Patient Safety (QPS) Strategic Research Centre
Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University
The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes
Member, Australian Diabetes Educator’s Association
Member, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
Units taught
HND732 Diabetes in Social and Psychological Contexts
HND731 Learning and Teaching for Health Professionals
HNN217 Community Nursing Practice
HNN120 Quality and Safety in Health Care
HND701 Pathophysiology of Diabetes
Knowledge areas
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes, diabetes self-management education, diabetes distress, psychosocial aspects of living with diabetes, program development and evaluation, workforce development.
Professional activities
Teaching and Learning Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Course Advisory Committee, Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education
Research groups
Quality and Patient Safety (QPS) Strategic Research Centre
The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes
Awards
2019 Alfred Deakin Medal for Doctoral Thesis
2017 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Team of the Year
2017 Head of School Award (Psychology) for the best PhD student publication
Publications
Client's digital stories: Using the lived experience to personalise online learning
Darci Taylor, Virginia Hagger, Cath Mcnamara, Tim Crawford, Peter Lane
(2019), pp. 571-576, ASCILITE 2019 : Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in the use of educational technologies in tertiary education, Singapore, E1
V Hagger, C Hendrieckx, F Cameron, F Pouwer, T Skinner, J Speight
(2018), Vol. 19, pp. 840-847, Pediatric diabetes, Chichester, Eng., C1
Zahra Aziz, Michaela Riddell, Pilvikki Absetz, Margaret Brand, Brian Oldenburg, Australasian Peers for Progress Diabetes Project I, James Dunbar, Rob Carter, Virginia Hagger
(2018), Vol. 18, BMC public health, London, Eng., C1
C Hendrieckx, V Hagger, A Jenkins, T Skinner, F Pouwer, J Speight
(2017), Vol. 31, pp. 577-582, Journal of diabetes and its complications, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
M Hilliard, V Hagger, C Hendrieckx, B Anderson, S Trawley, M Jack, F Pouwer, T Skinner, J Speight
(2017), Vol. 40, pp. 849-855, Diabetes care, London, Eng., C1
V Hagger, C Hendrieckx, F Cameron, F Pouwer, T Skinner, J Speight
(2017), Vol. 40, pp. 1462-1468, Diabetes care, Arlington, Va., C1
J Speight, E Holmes-Truscott, D Harvey, C Hendrieckx, V Hagger, S Harris, B Knight, H McIntyre
(2016), Vol. 112, pp. 65-72, Diabetes research and clinical practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Diabetes distress among adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a systematic review
V Hagger, C Hendrieckx, J Sturt, T Skinner, J Speight
(2016), Vol. 16, pp. 1-14, Current diabetes reports, Philadelphia, Pa., C1
S O'Reilly, J Dunbar, V Versace, E Janus, J Best, R Carter, J Oats, T Skinner, M Ackland, P Phillips, P Ebeling, J Reynolds, S Shih, V Hagger, M Coates, C Wildey
(2016), Vol. 13, pp. 1-21, PLoS medicine, San Francisco, Calif., C1
V Hagger, S Trawley, C Hendrieckx, J Browne, F Cameron, F Pouwer, T Skinner, J Speight
(2016), Vol. 4, pp. 1-13, BMC psychology, London, Eng., C1-1
M Riddell, J Dunbar, P Absetz, R Wolfe, H Li, M Brand, Z Aziz, B Oldenburg
(2016), Vol. 16, pp. 1-13, BMC public health, London, Eng., C1
S Trawley, J Browne, V Hagger, C Hendrieckx, E Holmes-Truscott, F Pouwer, T Skinner, J Speight
(2016), Vol. 18, pp. 813-819, Diabetes technology and therapeutics, New York, N.Y., C1
D Clarke, D Baird, D Perera, V Hagger, H Teede
(2014), Vol. 14, pp. 134-134, BMC Public Health, London, Eng., C1-1
Mothers after gestational diabetes in Australia Diabetes Prevention Program (MAGDA-DPP) post-natal intervention: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
S Shih, N Davis-Lameloise, E Janus, C Wildey, V Versace, V Hagger, D Asproloupos, S O Reilly, P Phillips, M Ackland
(2013), Vol. 14, pp. 1-10, Trials, London, Eng., C1-1
M Riddell, C Renwick, R Wolfe, S Colgan, J Dunbar, V Hagger, P Absetz, B Oldenburg
(2012), Vol. 12, pp. 1-11, BMC Public Health, London, England, C1
Measuring the quality of hospital care: an inventory of indicators
B Copnell, V Hagger, S Wilson, S Evans, P Sprivulis, P Cameron
(2009), Vol. 39, pp. 352-360, Internal medicine journal, Milton, Qld., C1-1
Health literacy in primary health care
H Keleher, V Hagger
(2007), Vol. 13, pp. 24-30, Australian journal of primary health, Clayton, Vic, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
Diabetes on campus: a tailored settings-based approach to supporting transition to university for young adults with diabetes.
Dr Virginia Hagger, Prof Bodil Rasmussen, Dr Amelia Lake, A/Prof Shane Hamblin
- 2020: $29,976
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report