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Dr Samantha Quaife, BSc, MSc, PhD, CPsychol

Samantha

Reader in Behavioural Science

Email: s.quaife@qmul.ac.uk

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I joined QMUL in 2021 as a Senior Lecturer in Behavioural Science within the Centre for Cancer Screening, Prevention and Early Diagnosis at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health. In 2023 I was promoted to a Reader in Behavioural Science. I am a Chartered Psychologist and Behavioural Scientist, whose academic training is in Health Psychology. I am also an Honorary Associate Professor within the Research Department of Behavioural Science and Health at University College London.

I hold a Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Population Research Fellowship, as well as funding from CRUK, Barts Charity, North Central London Cancer Alliance and previous funding from the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. I am the lead Behavioural Scientist on two major lung screening implementation studies (the SUMMIT Study and the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial) and an expert advisor to NHS England’s Targeted Lung Health Check Programme. I am also a Co-Investigator on the Yorkshire Enhanced Smoking Cessation Study (YESS), the PEARL study (understanding diagnostic experiences of lung cancer patients with no smoking history), as well as studies developing an implementation toolkit for smoking cessation provision in lung cancer screening and testing a radiographer-led intervention,

I actively collaborate with patients and the public in designing, carrying out, and disseminating research, as well as academics, researchers and healthcare professionals nationally and internationally, including University College London, University of Leeds, Cardiff University, University of Nottingham, University of Pennsylvania, University of Glasgow, the National Cancer Institute and the American Thoracic Society. In collaboration with colleagues at KCL and UCL, I co-convene a Cancer Behavioural Science webinar series badged under the CRUK City of London Centre and the UKSBM’s special interest group.

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