Psycho-Oncology in Cancer Survivorship and Health Promotion

Maggie Watson is Visiting Professor Research Department of Clinical, Health and Educational Psychology University College London, UK, and Honorary Professor, Research and Innovation University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She has been Head of Psychological Medicine at the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Psychology Research Group, Institute of Cancer Research, UK. President Emeritus of the International Psycho-oncology Society and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Psycho-oncology: Journal of Psychological, Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Cancer. David W. Kissane AC is Emeritus Professor of Palliative Medicine at the University of Notre Dame Australia, and Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Monash University. He practises as a psychiatrist at Cabrini Health in Australia. He has been Head of the Department of Psychiatry for Monash University, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Foundation Chair of PalliativeMedicine at the University of Melbourne. He was President of the International Psycho-Oncology Society 2000-2003. He is senior editor of Oxford Textbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care, 3rd Edition, 2026.Michael Jefford is a Consultant Medical Oncologist and Director of the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre, both at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia. He is a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He has had survivorship lead roles with the International Psycho-oncology Society, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, and the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia.