Jessica Corner is Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton she is also Chief Clinician for the charity Macmillan Cancer Support.
Professor Corner undertook her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at Chelsea College, London University, graduating in 1983. She studied for her PhD at King’s College, London, awarded in 1990, and trained as a cancer nurse at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London in 1984-5. Her first chair appointment was as Professor of Cancer Nursing at the Institute of Cancer Research in London which she held for six years before moving to the University of Southampton. She was the first nurse to be awarded the Nuffield Trust’s prestigious Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Fellowship in 2001.
she was as a member of the advisory board for the Department of Health Cancer Reform Strategy for England, and as chair of the working group on patient experience, she helped in the development of the strategy. She is co-chair of the Department of Health Patient Experience Advisory Group with Professor Mike Richards. She has written many papers for academic journals, as well as three books and numerous chapters for edited texts.
Among many contributions to the field of cancer care and support, Jessica is best-known for developing a new approach to managing the symptoms of breathlessness in advanced lung cancer by helping people to use breathing control techniques and overcome the fear associated with breathlessness. This non-drug therapy allows people to manage the problem themselves.
