Mary Wells

Mary Wells is the Deputy Director of Nursing - Research at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and a Professor of Practice in Cancer Nursing at Imperial College.

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), a member of the NCRI Head and Neck cancer Survivorship and Epidemiology subgroup, the Macmillan Cancer Support Nursing Advisory group and the NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship panel. She is also on the Fellowships committee of the Imperial Health Charity. 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).

As Deputy Director of Nursing - Research at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Mary is leading the development of clinical academic careers and research in nursing and midwifery, and is part of the CATO team to mentor and support nurses and midwives who wish to pursue a clinical academic role.