Professor Victoria Traynor is both Professor of Dementia Research at Warrigal in New South Wales and Professor of Healthy Ageing at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.  Professor Traynor was the inaugural appointment into both of these roles in 2024.  Professor Traynor has worked in Australia for 18 years and started her career as a gerontological nurse in Scotland in 1992.

Professor Traynor's research in gerontology focuses on knowledge translation projects with industry collaborators that support practitioners to improve services to promote the health and well-being with older people. Professor Traynor has extensive experience designing and teaching post-graduate aged and dementia care master’s degrees and qualitative research methods for PhD Integrated degrees, as well as advising on aged and dementia content for undergraduate subjects. Professor Traynor is co-located between Wollongong, New South Wales and the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.