Dr Gemma Cherry: 'Quality of life in older adults with head and neck cancer'
7:00pm - 8:00pm /
Tuesday 27th January 2026
/ Online event
Type: Lecture /
Category: Research
- Debbie Horne, Liverpool Head and Neck Centre Manager
- Admission: Free. Registration not required.
- Online location
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LIVERPOOL HEAD AND NECK CENTRE SEMINAR SERIES: RESEARCH EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT LECTURES 2026 Dr Gemma Cherry is an academic clinical psychologist who combines a clinical role (psycho-oncology) at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital with a substantive post as a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool.
As well as working on the doctoral training programme helping to train clinical psychologists, she conducts research designed to improve the experiences of patients with physical health difficulties (particularly cancer). Her research focuses on understanding why some people experience psychological distress after a diagnosis of cancer or physical health difficulty, and on developing and testing interventions to reduce psychological distress in this context.
She also has an interest in clinical decision-making and clinical communication, and lead several studies focused on improving these aspects of care.
Gemma works closely with the Liverpool Head and Neck Centre on a range of studies.
As well as working on the doctoral training programme helping to train clinical psychologists, she conducts research designed to improve the experiences of patients with physical health difficulties (particularly cancer). Her research focuses on understanding why some people experience psychological distress after a diagnosis of cancer or physical health difficulty, and on developing and testing interventions to reduce psychological distress in this context.
She also has an interest in clinical decision-making and clinical communication, and lead several studies focused on improving these aspects of care.
Gemma works closely with the Liverpool Head and Neck Centre on a range of studies.