Galina Velikova PhD

Professor Galina Velikova is an academic Medical Oncologist at the University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals, UK with over 15 years of track record of successful patient-centered research using electronic Patient-Reported-Outcome Measures in daily practice and clinical trials. She currently leads a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) 5-year Programme Grant for applied research on patient self-reported symptoms and toxicity, using an online reporting system (QTool), uniquely integrated into electronic records, along with re-designed care pathways for remote monitoring during cancer treatment to improve patient safety. Further research projects evaluate the use of the electronic system for remote monitoring and follow-up of cancer patients after treatment.

She has experience in leading collaborative research, both nationally and internationally, such as Quality of Life sub-studies of international breast cancer trials (TACT2, SUPREMO). Professor Velikova is the past Chair of the British Psychosocial Oncology Society, EORTC Quality of Life Group; and past President of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL).

She is a practicing oncologist (Consultant in Medical Oncology) with clinical work focused on the systemic treatment of breast cancer patients with early and advanced disease.