Catherine L. Henshall MN, RGN, MA, PhD

Dr. Cathy Henshall MN, RGN, MA, PhD is a National Institute for Health Research 70@70 Senior Nurse Research Leader and is responsible for improving the capacity and capability of nurses to undertake research across the UK. She is also a Senior Nursing Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University and the Head of Research Delivery at Oxford Health NHS Trust. Cathy holds an honorary contract with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.

She is a Principal Investigator on numerous studies and her research interests include cancer survivorship, self-management, mental health, and workforce development, with a particular interest in lung cancer and mesothelioma care. Cathy was awarded grant funding from Mesothelioma UK in 2018 and 2019 to carry out research exploring ways to improve mesothelioma follow up pathways, from the perspectives of patients and clinicians. Cathy is on the editorial board of BMC Health Services Research and the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Her clinical background is in oncology nursing.