Dr Samantha Sodergren BSc, PhD
Research Fellow Patient Reported Outcome Assessment, Study Co-ordinator for the development of EORTC Quality of Life Modules
Dr Samantha Sodergren Research Fellow within Health Sciences at the University of Southampton.
Patients’ positivity in the face of adversity continually inspires me
My background is in Psychology having earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology in 1992 from the University of Southampton and I became a Chartered Health Psychologist in 2002. My role as Research Assistant at the University of Plymouth for an MRC-funded project looking at novel approaches to quality of life assessment allowed me to develop my interest in Health Psychology. I also took on the role of part-time lecturer at the University of Plymouth and in 2002 I completed my PhD looking at the Positive Consequences of Illness. I have developed several quality of life measurement tools including the Silver Lining Questionnaire which was developed as part of my PhD. I started my research work at the University of Southampton in 2012. My current role as study co-ordinator for the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Group Funded Projects involves the development of measures to assess health-related quality of life for people with cancer; specifically I am working with adolescents and young adults with cancer as well as people with anal cancer. I am also working within the Macmillan Survivorship Research Group preparing reports for the Colorectal Wellbeing (CREW) Study.