Cancer Survivorship & Rehabilitation

19th & 20th January, Leeds

We were delighted to welcome a excellent selection of speakers to this conference on survivorship and rehabilitation. Keynote presentations were given by Ciaran Devane (CEO of Macmillan Cancer support), Claire Foster (Director of the Macmillan Survivorship Research Group, Southampton University), Faith Fibson (London South Bank University), and Maggie Watson (Royal Marsden Hospital, and President of IPOS).

The conference programme included symposia on: Communication and patient experiences; Cancer Survivorship; Screening and Interventions; and an invited symposium on the NCRI Psychosocial Oncology Clinical Studies Group. Two workshops were held after the conference (co-organised by the Cancer Experiences Collaborative): the first on Writing for Publication was faciliated by Maggie Watson and Catherine Walshe; and the second on Successful Grant Applications was facilitated by Claire Foster and Karen Groot.

Two conference reviews are included in Issue 1 of our 2012 Newsletter.

1st Student Conference: Surviving the Psychosocial Oncology PhD

27th June, Chester

Our innagural student conference was hosted at the Unviersity of Chester and focussed on how students can cope with, and survive some of the stressors of completing a PhD in Psychosocial Oncology. The morning session was dediated to networking and giving time for each of the student delegates to say a bit about their PhD projects, and to get to know each other. This was followed by sessions on the emotional impact of psychosocial oncology research (Nick Hulbert-Williams and Fiona Kennedy) before lunch, and on maintaining successful relationships with PhD supervisors (Mandy Yilmaz, University of Chester) in the afternoon. The day ended with an FAQ and discussion session with the event organisers and facilitators.

Three of our student delegates wrote full conference reviews for Issue 2 (2012) of our newsletter, which can be accessed in our Members Section.