Professor Claire Foster PhD, MSc, BSc, CPsychol
Professor of Psychosocial Oncology, Director of Macmillan Survivorship Research Group
Claire Foster is Professor of Psychosocial Oncology, Director of the Macmillan Survivorship Research Group and leads the Cancer Survivorship and End of Life Care Research Theme in Health Sciences, University of Southampton.
Claire's research programme focuses on understanding the impact of cancer and its treatment on everyday lives and how equipped people feel to manage this; understanding the impact of a family history of cancer on people's lives; and developing and testing supportive resources to support people affected by cancer to manage some of the consequences of treatment and make complex decisions about treatment or genetic testing. This is achieved through large prospective cohort studies, qualitative studies, development and testing of complex interventions working closely with clinical, patient, academic and policy stakeholders to support the design, conduct and dissemination of the research.
I am passionate about understanding how people are affected by cancer and its treatment and developing resources to support them to make difficult decisions and manage some of the problems cancer and its treatment can bring
Her current research programme is funded by Macmillan Cancer Support, National Institute for Health Research, Movember. Recently completed projects have been funded by Breast Cancer Now, Research for Patient Benefit, and Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.
Within Health Sciences Claire is REF Impact Champion for Health Sciences. She supervises a number of PhD and Masters students from Health Sciences, Psychology and Medicine.
Claire is a member of:
British Psychosocial Oncology Society Executive
National Cancer Research Institute Psychosocial Oncology and Survivorship Clinical Studies Group
Bowel Cancer UK Scientific Advisory Board