Prof. (Mrs) Victoria Bam is an Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Public Health Nursing and Vice Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana where she has served for more than 20 years. Prior to this, she had worked at the Korle-Bu and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospitals and the Health Learning Materials Centre, Kumasi as a trained nurse-midwife. Her undergraduate training in Nursing was at the University of Ghana, Legon. Her graduate studies was in Health Services Planning and Management at KNUST and her PhD. (Community Health) was a split programme between KNUST and DBL-Institute for Health Research and Development, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She is a pioneer lecturer of the KNUST Department of Nursing, and was instrumental in the development of the academic programmes of the department.

Prof Bam has conducted research and published in credible peer-review journals, and made presentations at local and international conferences. She has also supervised the research projects of more than 100 students at the BSc. MSc., MPhil. and PhD. levels. She supports both public and private institutions of higher learning and other organizations with her expertise. She serves as external examiner and assessor for several universities in Ghana and Africa, and is a reviewer for several journals.

She is a Fulbright Scholar, mentor and member of several professional bodies. She is a Foundation Fellow and President of the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives, fellow of the West Africa Postgraduate College of Nurses and also serves on the Governing Council of the Africa Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth).  

Prof. Bam's research interest areas are public health interventions, maternal and childhealth, diabetes management, pain management and emergency care. She has been honoured with many awards in excellence, leadership, service, innovation and dedication to work.