ProfessorMary Wells
Professor of Practice (Cancer Nursing)
Department of Surgery & Cancer - Faculty of Medicine
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- Professor of Practice (Cancer Nursing)Department of Surgery & Cancer - Faculty of Medicine
- Education Centre CXH Nursing Directorate, Charing Cross Hospital, Charing Cross Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
Mary Wells is the Director of Nursing for Research and Academic Leadership at Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and a Professor of Practice in Cancer Nursing at Imperial College. From Nov 2017 to July 2025 she was the Deputy Director of Nursing for Research at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Mary graduated from Guy's Hospital and South Bank with a 1st class BSc (Hons) in Nursing Studies in 1988. She has a Masters in Cancer Care (with Distinction) from the Institute of Cancer Research (1995) and a PhD from the University of Dundee (2007).
She moved to Imperial in November 2017 from the University of Stirling, where she was a Professor of Cancer Nursing Research and Practice at the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit (NMAHP-RU). She was previously a Senior Lecturer at the University of Dundee, and has a clinical background in radiotherapy and oncology, and head and neck cancer care.
Mary's main research interest is cancer rehabilitation and survivorship. She has a particular interest in the nursing contribution to cancer care and in improving patient-reported outcomes and experiences. She has methodological expertise in qualitative and complex interventions research, including RCTs and the study of context.
Mary is chair of the 'Impact and Metrics' subgroup of the Clinical Academic Research Implementation Network (CARIN) and a member of the NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship panel. She has previously served on the Fellowships committee of the Imperial Health Charity and the Macmillan Cancer Support research grants panel. Mary served a two year term as the London member of the Royal College of Nursing's Professional Nursing Committee from 2017-2019. Until 2019 she was co-chair of the European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) Research Working Group, having been a board member from 2009-2016. She was also a subgroup lead in the NCRI's Psychosocial and Survivorship Clinical Studies Group (2013-2019) and a member of the NCRI Head and Neck cancer survivorship and epidemiology group.
In her substantive NHS role, Mary leads the development of clinical academic careers and research in nursing and midwifery.
Mary graduated from Guy's Hospital and South Bank with a 1st class BSc (Hons) in Nursing Studies in 1988. She has a Masters in Cancer Care (with Distinction) from the Institute of Cancer Research (1995) and a PhD from the University of Dundee (2007).
She moved to Imperial in November 2017 from the University of Stirling, where she was a Professor of Cancer Nursing Research and Practice at the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit (NMAHP-RU). She was previously a Senior Lecturer at the University of Dundee, and has a clinical background in radiotherapy and oncology, and head and neck cancer care.
Mary's main research interest is cancer rehabilitation and survivorship. She has a particular interest in the nursing contribution to cancer care and in improving patient-reported outcomes and experiences. She has methodological expertise in qualitative and complex interventions research, including RCTs and the study of context.
Mary is chair of the 'Impact and Metrics' subgroup of the Clinical Academic Research Implementation Network (CARIN) and a member of the NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship panel. She has previously served on the Fellowships committee of the Imperial Health Charity and the Macmillan Cancer Support research grants panel. Mary served a two year term as the London member of the Royal College of Nursing's Professional Nursing Committee from 2017-2019. Until 2019 she was co-chair of the European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) Research Working Group, having been a board member from 2009-2016. She was also a subgroup lead in the NCRI's Psychosocial and Survivorship Clinical Studies Group (2013-2019) and a member of the NCRI Head and Neck cancer survivorship and epidemiology group.
In her substantive NHS role, Mary leads the development of clinical academic careers and research in nursing and midwifery.
FACULTY
- Faculty of Medicine
POSITION NAME
- Professor of Practice (Cancer Nursing)