Victoria S Menzies, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
About Victoria S Menzies
TEACHING
Dr. Menzies has taught across undergraduate and graduate programs with a focus on undergraduate psychiatric mental health nursing, graduate psychiatric mental health nursing, and doctoral level nursing theory.
RESEARCH
Dr. Menzies is a PhD prepared nurse researcher and educator. Her broad clinical training as a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist and her doctoral training in research methods have provided an ideal foundation for examining the biobehavioral factors in human health and disease. Over the past 16 years, her research program has focused on improved symptom self-management in individuals diagnosed with chronic pain conditions, including those with fibromyalgia. Her previous work in the field has centered on the development and testing of effective non-pharmacologic symptom self-management strategies for individuals suffering from non-malignant chronic pain (NMCP). Her current program of research (a), continues to focus on the use of non-pharmacologic interventions for pain and other symptom management and (b), has expanded to include investigating mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of NMCP using metabolomic approaches with an aim to determine the clinical and biological risks that contribute to the development and treatment of chronic pain conditions.
SERVICE
Dr. Menzies is an active member of the American College of Rheumatology(ACR)/Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP)and has served on the ACR Government Affairs Committee (2016-2019), the ARP Executive Committee (2018-2019), and is currently serving as a member of ACR’s RheumPac, the committee that provides funding for advocacy issues related to improved patient outcomes championed by the ACR/ARP membership.
Accomplishments
Teaching Profile
Research Profile
Dr. Menzies area of expertise is nonpharmacological interventions (guided imagery) and symptom management in fibromyalgia and other non-malignant chronic pain syndromes with expertise in examining underlying biological mechanisms.
- Symptom science; Chronic illness; Mind-Body therapies; Metabolomics
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Contact Details
- Business:
- (352) 273-6345
- Business:
- vmenzies@ufl.edu
- Business Mailing:
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1225 CENTER DRIVE
COLLEGE OF NURSING
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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Room 4202
1225 Center Drive
Gainesville FL 31610