About
Samantha is a Health Psychologist with over 20 years of experience in the development and validation of patient reported outcome assessments, with a focus on quality of life (QoL) measures in oncology. She has led on the development of several QoL measures, including the Silver Lining Questionnaire, Global QoL Scale, EORTC QLG-ANL27 and the EORTC QLQ-AYA30. Her PhD on the experience of positivity in illness was awarded from the University of Plymouth in 2002 and formed part of a programme of MRC-funded work looking at novel approaches to QoL assessment. She returned to the University of Southampton in 2012, having completed her undergraduate degree almost two decades earlier, where she has been funded by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Group EORTC QLG) to lead and coordinate QoL questionnaire development projects across several cancer patient groups with a focus on young people with cancer and gastrointestinal cancers. In 2024, Samantha was nominated as a member of the Executive Commitee for the EORTC QLG.