Professor Jo Waller
Professor in Cancer Behavioural Science
Research interests
- Cancer
Biography
Jo joined KCL in September 2019 as a Reader in Cancer Behavioural Science. With a background in health psychology, she holds a Cancer Research UK career development fellowship and is Visiting Professor at UCL where she worked between 1998 and 2019. Jo's research focuses on the psychological and behavioural aspects of cancer prevention, screening and early diagnosis. She has a particular interest in cervical cancer prevention, and has published extensively on barriers to screening uptake, the psychological impact of HPV testing, and attitudes to HPV vaccination. Jo is a member of the Advisory Committees for the NHS Breast and Cervical Screening programmes. She was promote to Professor in 2023.
Details of Jo's grants and publications can be found here.
Research
Cancer Behavioural Science Unit
Our research on cancer prevention, screening and early diagnosis aims to maximise the impact of cancer control policies by better understanding decision-making, (non-) participation and psychological impact.
Cancer Prevention Group
Cancer Prevention Group
News
Researchers examine multi-cancer early detection tests from a behavioural science perspective
Researchers from the School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, led by Dr Jo Waller, have recently published a piece in the Lancet Oncology which aims to...
RCGP Research Paper of the Year awarded to King's team
A team of researchers from King’s has won the RCGP Research Paper of the Year in the health services category.
Research suggests over half of eligible women would prefer self-sampling for cervical screening
The study, published in the Journal of Medical Screening, found in a questionnaire that 51.4% of women preferred self-sampling for HPV-based cervical cancer...
Research finds that one in five people are less likely to attend cancer screenings post-pandemic
A collaborative research study, involving researchers from King’s, Cardiff University and University of Surrey, investigates the opinions people have of...
Researchers from the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine work on collaborative study to assess attitudes to cancer diagnosis during the pandemic
Researchers from the School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences are working on a cross-university UK-wide population study to gain insight into public...
Research
Cancer Behavioural Science Unit
Our research on cancer prevention, screening and early diagnosis aims to maximise the impact of cancer control policies by better understanding decision-making, (non-) participation and psychological impact.
Cancer Prevention Group
Cancer Prevention Group
News
Researchers examine multi-cancer early detection tests from a behavioural science perspective
Researchers from the School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, led by Dr Jo Waller, have recently published a piece in the Lancet Oncology which aims to...
RCGP Research Paper of the Year awarded to King's team
A team of researchers from King’s has won the RCGP Research Paper of the Year in the health services category.
Research suggests over half of eligible women would prefer self-sampling for cervical screening
The study, published in the Journal of Medical Screening, found in a questionnaire that 51.4% of women preferred self-sampling for HPV-based cervical cancer...
Research finds that one in five people are less likely to attend cancer screenings post-pandemic
A collaborative research study, involving researchers from King’s, Cardiff University and University of Surrey, investigates the opinions people have of...
Researchers from the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine work on collaborative study to assess attitudes to cancer diagnosis during the pandemic
Researchers from the School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences are working on a cross-university UK-wide population study to gain insight into public...