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Opening Clinical Keynote Address:
Chris Williams, MD, FRC Psych
Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Director of Glasgow Institute for Psychosocial Interventions (GIPSI), Glasgow, Scotland
Dr. Williams is Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is also Director of Glasgow Institute of Psychosocial Interventions. He is a Past-President of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (CBT) – the lead body for CBT in the United Kingdom and also a past Governing Board member of the United Kingdom for Psychotherapy. He is also a Patron of the charity Triumph over Phobia – a user-led self-help organisation addressing self-management of anxiety and also of the Anxiety UK – the anxiety disorders charity in the UK.
His main clinical and research interest is in the area of CBT and in particular in looking at ways of disseminating this approach more widely. He has a close interest in teaching and has developed written and computer-based self-help treatments for anxiety, depression and bulimia including the popular www.livinglifetothefull.com website – which has averaged over three million “hits” a month. Living Life to the Full has been identified as one of the top 4 mental health portals by the Times newspaper and has been recognized by the British Association for Counselling in it’s annual awards in the Excellence in the Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy category. He has written over 70 books translated into more than 7 languages and includes the book Reclaim Your Life: From Illness, Disability, Pain or Fatigue which helps readers cope with chronic illness/ A recent RCT of his resources for symptoms in neurology clinics has confirmed a significant benefit to patients.
Rehabilitation Keynote Address:
Michael Feuerstein, Ph.D., MPH, ABPP
Professor, Departments of Medical and Clinical Psychology and Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Dr. Feuerstein will speak on future improvements in work and cancer, informed by the knowledge and techniques developed in areas related to work disability and work disability prevention. This knowledge needs to be adapted/tailored to the varied needs of cancer survivors experiencing problems related to work. He is a seven-year survivor of a malignant brain tumour and since becoming a cancer survivor himself, he has dedicated his life to helping cancer survivors.
In 2006, he published a volume Handbook of Cancer Survivorship where experts in many different fields covered the challenges faced by cancer survivors and how best to manage them. Recognizing a major gap in the dissemination of scientifically sound information, in 2007, he launched an international multidisciplinary journal, The Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice to help providers, researchers, policy experts and cancer survivors learn about the most recent work in the areas of health, health care, function and well-being. His research recently focuses on cancer survivorship and work and the application of advances in neurotechnology for addressing cognitive challenges many face (cancer survivors of all ages, mTBI, older adults) in the context of work and overall function. Recently, in 2009, he edited a book related to many aspects of cancer survivorship and work and is working on the fourth book in this area that addresses amajor problem for cancer survivors’ quality of cancer survivor specific health care.
Research Keynote Address:
Michael H. Antoni, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Program Leader, Biobehavioural Oncology program, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, USA
Dr. Michael Antoni is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami, leads the Biobehavioural Oncology Program at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Florida. His research focuses on psychoneuroimmunology applied to viral infections and certain human cancers. He has led multiple NIH-funded randomized controlled trials funded through NCI-R01s and a P50 Mind Body Center, one of only 5 awarded nationally. These trials demonstrated the effects of cognitive behavioural stress management (CBSM) interventions on psychological adjustment, immune and neuroendocrine system functioning, and health outcomes in women with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-associated cervical dysplasia, women with breast cancer, and men with prostate cancer. This work has resulted in published intervention manuals tailored for each of these populations. He has over the past three decades published hundreds of journal articles, abstracts, chapters and books in the area of stress management, health psychology and behavioral medicine in the context of chronic disease. He is a Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, is Associate Editor for the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine and for Psychology and Health, and serves on the Editorial Boards of Health Psychology Reviews, and Brain, Behavior and Immunity.