Claire Foster is Professor of Psychosocial Oncology, Director of the Centre for Psychosocial Research: CentRIC in Health Sciences, University of Southampton.

Her 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 UK wide prospective cohort studies, qualitative studies, development and testing of complex interventions and evaluations of service transformation working 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.