Galina Velikova

Professor Galina Velikova is an academic Medical Oncologist at the University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals, UK, with over 20 years’ track record of successful patient-centred research using electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in daily practice and clinical trials. She led 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 in electronic records, along 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.

Professor Velikova has experience in leading collaborative research, both nationally and internationally, such as Quality of Life sub-studies of international breast cancer trials (TACT2, SUPREMO). She is on the Steering Committee for the NHS England national quality-of-life metric project for cancer survivors. Professor Velikova is the past Chair of the British Psychosocial Oncology Society; past Chair of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Group; and past President of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL). Professor Velikova is currently the Chair of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Living with and Beyond Cancer Group and was an elected board member of the EORTC from 2018 – 2021.

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