Professor Claire Foster

Professor Claire Foster

Professor of Psychosocial Oncology

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Connect with Claire

Email: c.l.foster@soton.ac.uk

Address: B67, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

ORCID

Research

Research groups

Member of:

Research projects

Active projects

ENABLE: Understanding and characterising supported self-management in the context of cancer which cannot be cured.

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

,

Professor Sara Demain ,

Professor Lynn Calman ,

Doctor Richard Wagland ,

Professor Alison Richardson

Sponsor: Macmillan Cancer Support

Developing patient facing resources to support understanding of genetic risk and decision making: CanGene CanVar

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

,

Professor Diana Eccles

Sponsor: Cancer Research UK

Prostate Cancer Outcomes Global Initiative to Compare and Reduce Variation (PRO-CRV)

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

Macmillan HORIZONS Programme

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

,

Professor Lynn Calman ,

Professor Peter Smith ,

Emeritus Professor Anne Rogers ,

Professor Alison Richardson

Sponsor: Macmillan Cancer Support

Pre-op Intentional Weight Loss To Support Post-op Recovery In Patients With Obesity And Colorectal Cancer

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

Sponsor: National Institute of Health and Care Research

CAN-EMPOWER – The CANcer EMotional and Psychological Oncology WEll-being pRoject

Researchers:

Professor Lynn Calman

,

Professor Claire Foster

Sponsor: Macmillan Cancer Support

Randomised controlled trial evaluating effectiveness of neoadjuvant endocrine treatment in post-menopausal women (EndoNET)

Researchers:

Professor Ramsey Cutress

,

Doctor Ellen Copson ,

Professor Claire Foster

Sponsor: National Institute of Health and Care Research

Completed projects

Dr Claire Foster Macmillan Cancer Support Supporting Relatives

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

Sponsor: Macmillan Cancer Support

Dr Claire Foster CRUK Predictive Genetic Testing for BRCA1/2 studentship for Kim Seymour (CLOSED)

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

Sponsor: Cancer Research UK

Macmillan Practice Development Unit

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

Sponsor: Macmillan Cancer Relief

Dr Claire Foster Macmillan (CECO) National Cancer Survivorship Initiative

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

Sponsor: Macmillan Cancer Support

Claire Foster - Feasibility of establishing a cohort of lung cancer patients treated with curative intent to gather patient reported outcomes

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

,

Professor Alison Richardson

Sponsor: The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

C Foster, BCC - Development and pilot testing of an online genetic testing Decision Aid for young women newly diagnosed with early stage breast cancer

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

,

Professor Diana Eccles ,

Professor Ramsey Cutress ,

Doctor Ellen Copson

Sponsor: Breast Cancer Now

Claire Foster, Roy Castle - Feasibility of establishing a cohort of lung cancer patients treated with curative intent radiotherapy

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

,

Professor Janis Baird ,

Professor Lynn Calman ,

Professor Peter Smith ,

Professor Alison Richardson

Sponsor: The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

C Foster - Macmillan CREW Extension

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

Sponsor: Macmillan Cancer Relief

Prof Julia Addington-Hall DCC Understanding the Unknown

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster

Sponsor: Dimbleby Cancer Care

Prof Julia Addington-Hall Macmillan Older women's experience of breast cancer

Researchers:

Professor Claire Foster ,

Professor Bronagh Walsh

Sponsor: Macmillan Cancer Support

TrueNTH: Supported self-management and follow up care programme for men with prostate cancer

Researchers:

Professor Alison Richardson

,

Professor Claire Foster

Sponsor: Prostate Cancer UK

Sara Demain:L Health Foundation - What self-management outcomes matter most to patients

Researchers:

Professor Sara Demain

,

Professor Claire Foster ,

Professor Sue Latter

Personalised Assessment and Care in Cancer

Researchers:

Doctor David Wright

,

Doctor Jane Frankland ,

Professor Claire Foster ,

Professor Lynn Calman

Supporting self-management of multimorbidity during cancer recovery in old age: development and feasibility of an intervention

Researchers:

Professor Jackie Bridges

,

Professor Alison Richardson ,

Doctor Amanda Cummings ,

Professor Lynn Calman ,

Professor Claire Foster

CLASP Cancer: Life Affirming Survivorship support in Primary care

Researchers:

Professor Paul Little

,

Professor Lucy Yardley ,

Professor Geraldine Leydon ,

Doctor Adam Geraghty ,

Professor Claire Foster ,

Professor Alison Richardson ,

Professor Dankmar Böhning ,

Professor Gareth Griffiths

Sponsor: National Institute of Health and Care Research

External roles and responsibilities

Name: Bowel Cancer UK (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2017 -

Name: UK perspective on the use of digital solutions to improve cancer patients' self-efficacy

Role: Keynote speaker

Year: 2018

Name: Breast Cancer Now (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2011 - 2014

Name: Yorkshire Cancer Research (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2016 -

Name: Cancer Quality Council of Ontario (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2016 -

Name: National Cancer Research Institute Psychosocial Oncology and Survivorship Clinical Studies Group (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2012 - 2018

Name: British Psychosocial Oncology Society (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2016 -

Name: Breast Cancer Campaign (External organisation)

Role: Chair

Year: 2012 - 2013

Name: Universities of Stirling and Glasgow Caledonian (External organisation)

Role: Chair

Year: 2017 - 2018

Name: World Cancer Congress (External organisation)

Role: Chair

Year: 2016

Biography

Claire Foster is Professor of Psychosocial Oncology, Director of the Centre for Psychosocial Research in Cancer: CentRIC⁺ and Deputy Head of School Research and Enterprise 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 digital 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, and evaluation of service transformation. We work with people affected by cancer as research partners as well as clinical, academic and policy leaders to support the design, conduct and dissemination of the research to maximise impact.

I am passionate about understanding how people are affected by cancer and its treatment, developing resources to support them to make difficult decisions and manage some of the problems cancer and its treatment can bring, and ensuring our research makes a real difference to people’s lives

Her research programme is funded by Cancer Research UK, Movember, National Institute for Health Research, Health Education England, NHS England, and Macmillan Cancer Support. Recently completed projects have been funded by Breast Cancer Now, NIHR Research for Patient Benefit, and Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.

Claire supervises a number of PhD and Masters students from Health Sciences, Psychology and Medicine.

Claire is a member of:

International Psychosocial Oncology Society International Scientific Committee for 2023 World Congress

Bowel Cancer UK Scientific Advisory Board

Editorial Board Psycho-Oncology

Global Partnership on Self-Management in Cancer

Prizes

Staff Achievement Award (Band 2) (2013)
Worldwide Universities Network: Internationalisation Award (2011)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Recognition ref: 27984) (2007)
CRUK award for Professional Accreditation in Higher Education (PATHE) (2002)
ESRC PhD Studentship (1994)

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