Dr Amy Hancock

About me:

Dr Amy Hancock is a therapeutic radiographer and Director of Medical Imaging at the University of Exeter. A qualitative researcher, Associate Editor and published author, she is a passionate advocate for research that enhances patient care and services. Amy holds several research and academic leadership roles in patient and public Involvement. She is a College of Radiographers Doctoral Fellowship awardee, and a member of a multidisciplinary team awarded £3.3 million NIHR Health Technology Assessment funding for TOURIST, a series of randomised controlled trials in palliative radiotherapy for stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Her PhD employed co-production to develop a shared definition of compassion and a conceptual framework of compassionate display in radiotherapy. Her research has had demonstrable impact on clinical practice and academic development in radiography, directly informing models of delivery and approaches to patient care. 

She is passionate about research that improves the care and services for patients and is an advocate for patient and public involvement in research and education.

Interests:

Qualitative research, Mixed methods research, Co-production, Cancer experience, Compassion, Patient management, Living with and beyond cancer, Late effects, Patient and public involvement and engagement, Impact of technical development upon patients and services and Radiography workforce development.

Qualifications:

• PhD Social Sciences.
• Postgraduate Award in Mixed Methods for Health Research
• Qualitative Research Methods 1&2 (30 Credits)
• PgCert Ed: Teaching in Higher Education
• MSc (Merit) Radiotherapy & Oncology
• BSc (Hons) Radiotherapy & Oncology