Senior Scientist Doris Howell

About the project

Senior Scientist Doris Howell will be a Diamond Jubilee International Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton from 2014 - 2017.

Visiting Fellow and Host

Fellow: Doris Howell, Senior Scientist, Lawrence Bloomberg, Nursing; University Health Network & Scientist, Psychosocial Oncology, Ontario Cancer Institute; RBC Chair, Oncology Nursing Research and Education, University of Toronto.

Host: Professor Claire Foster, Director of the Macmillan Survivorship Research Group (MSRG), Health Sciences.

Aims of the collaboration

• To develop a shared UK-Canada agenda in cancer survivorship self-management research.
• To collaborate in theory-based intervention design of self-management interventions for testing in the UK and Canada
• To establish academic and exchange links between the University of Southampton, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the University of Toronto.

Fellowship activities in 2014

• First Fellowship visit to the University of Southampton
• Collaborative discussions with the Macmillan Survivorship Research Group
• Discussions regarding potential collaborative exchange activities
• Preparation of varied funding proposals

Fellowship activities in 2015 & 2016

• Quarterly meetings to develop and refine joint research training programme in cancer survivorship/self-management interventions.
• Development of collaborative project proposal to apply for grants
• Discussion of potential for joint training opportunities and exchange programme
• Plans for co-supervision of a PhD student as part of University of Toronto International Visiting Student Exchange programme
• Funding applications to support post-doctoral Fellow exchange
• Exploration of opportunities for sustaining longer term collaboration

Useful links

Macmillan Survivorship Research Group

Research areas