Professor Lesley Fallowfield
Lesley Fallowfield is Professor of Psycho-oncology at Brighton & Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex where she is Director of the Cancer Research UK Psychosocial Oncology Group.
Professor Fallowfield originally trained as a nurse at Guy’s Hospital London but then did a BSc in Experimental Psychology at Sussex. Research for her doctorate in psychophysics was completed at the Universities of Sussex and Cambridge. She was a senior lecturer in health psychology at the Royal London Medical College where she gained a career development fellowship and a major programme grant from the Cancer Research Campaign.
In 1991 she became full-time Director of the Psychosocial Oncology Group. Professor Fallowfield was awarded the first European chair in Psycho-oncology from University College London in 1997. Her research interests are wide and include the measurement of quality of life in clinical trials of cancer therapy and the training of communication skills for health care professionals in cancer. She has published over 250 papers, and written or co-edited 3 books. She lectures and runs training workshops throughout the world in psychosocial oncology, quality of life assessment and communication skills. Professor Fallowfield has lived in Brighton for over 30 years and has 2 adult children, one a nurse the other a doctor.