Jessica Corner

Professor Dame Jessica Lois Corner FMedSci (born 22 March 1961) is a British nurse, academic, educator and author.

Dame

Jessica Corner

DBE FMedSci
Born (1961-03-22) 22 March 1961
CitizenshipBritish
OccupationPro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange
Known forResearch on Cancer and Palliative Care
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of London
King's College London
Academic work
DisciplineNursing
InstitutionsUniversity of Nottingham
Websitehttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/universitycouncil/members/jessicacorner.aspx

She graduated with a PhD from King's College London in 1990. Originally a nurse, she served as Director of the Centre of Cancer and Palliative Care Studies and Deputy Dean of Nursing at the University of London's Institute of Cancer Research (1996-2008). She is the first nurse to be appointed to a Chair at the Institute.[1]

Corner was Dean (from 2010) of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Professor (from 2008) of Cancer and Palliative Care at the University of Southampton.[2]

On 21 July 2015, it was announced that Corner had been appointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange at The University of Nottingham, taking up her new post on 1 January 2016.[3]

Awards and recognition

Corner was elected as a fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences in 2015. On election, her citation included that she 'pioneered the first randomised trials of nurse led care in cancer, now recognized worldwide as landmark studies in advanced practice nursing'.[4] Corner was elected to the Council of the Academy in 2018 for a three year term,[5] and chairs an Academy selection committee.[6]

She was elected chair of the Council of Deans of Health and is a member of the Nursing and Care Quality Forum. She has written three books and written or edited dozens of papers for academic journals. She was a member of the Higher Education Funding Council for England's 2014 Research Excellence Framework sub-panel.[7]

References
  1. Profile, macmillan.org.uk; accessed 17 October 2014.
  2. Profile, timeshighereducation.co.uk; accessed 17 October 2014.
  3. Cancer expert takes the research reins at Nottingham, nottingham.ac.uk; accessed 21 July 2015.
  4. "Professor Dame Jessica Corner | The Academy of Medical Sciences". acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  5. "New Council members for 2018 | The Academy of Medical Sciences". acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  6. "Sectional Committees | The Academy of Medical Sciences". acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  7. Profile, councilofdeans.org.uk; accessed 17 October 2014.
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