About
A brief description of who you are and what you do.
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You can update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘About’.
Write about yourself in the third person. Aim for 100 to 150 words covering the main points about who you are and what you currently do. Clear, simple language is best. You can include specialist or technical terms.
You’ll be able to add details about your research, publications, career and academic history to other sections of your staff profile.
Research
Your current research, published research topics, projects and groups.
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Research groups
Any research groups you belong to will automatically appear on your profile. Speak to your line manager if these are incorrect. Please do not raise a ticket in Ask HR.
Research interests
Add up to 5 research interests. The first 3 will appear in your staff profile next to your name. The full list will appear on your research page. Keep these brief and focus on the keywords people may use when searching for your work. Use a different line for each one.
In Pure (opens in a new tab), select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading 'Curriculum and research description', select 'Add profile information'. In the dropdown menu, select 'Research interests: use separate lines'.
Current research
Update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’ and then ‘Curriculum and research description - Current research’.
Describe your current research in 100 to 200 words. Write in the third person. Include broad key terms to help people discover your work, for example, “sustainability” or “fashion textiles”.
Research projects
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Publications
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Supervision
Current PhD Students
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Teaching
A short description of your teaching interests and responsibilities.
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Courses and modules
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External roles and responsibilities
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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:
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)
You can update your biography section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select your ‘Personal’ tab then ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading, and ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘Biography’. Aim for no more than 400 words.
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Prizes
You can update this section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+Add content’ and then ‘Prize’. using the ‘Prizes’ section.
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