Jessica Corner
{{Short description|British nurse}}
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| birth_name = Jessica Lois Corner{{Cite web|url=http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/11830247/PROFESSOR-DAME-JESSICA-LOIS-CORNER|title = Jessica Lois Corner - Nottingham - Pro-Vice Chancellor}}
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| birth_place = Alderbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
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| alma_mater = University of London
King's College London
| discipline = Nursing
| work_institution = University of Nottingham
| known_for = Research on cancer and palliative care nursing
| occupation = Executive Chair of Research England
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| website = [https://www.ukri.org/people/jessica-corner/ UKRI profile]
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Professor Dame Jessica Lois Corner DBE FMedSci (born 22 March 1961){{Cite web|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/structure/university-executive-board/provicechancellorresearchandknowledgeexchange.aspx|title = Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research & Knowledge Exchange - the University of Nottingham}} is a British nurse, academic, educator and author. She is currently the Executive Chair of Research England. She was previously Professor of Cancer and Supportive Care, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange at the University of Nottingham.{{Cite web|title=Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research & Knowledge Exchange - The University of Nottingham|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/structure/university-executive-board/provicechancellorresearchandknowledgeexchange.aspx|access-date=2022-01-28|website=www.nottingham.ac.uk}}
Career
She graduated with a PhD from King's College London in 1990. Originally a nurse, she served as Director of the Centre of Cancer and Palliative Care Studies and Deputy Dean of Nursing at the University of London's Institute of Cancer Research (1996–2008). She is the first nurse to be appointed to a chair at the institute.[http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Aboutus/WhoWeAre/Our_people.aspx Profile], macmillan.org.uk; accessed 17 October 2014.
Corner was Dean (from 2010) of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Professor (from 2008) of Cancer and Palliative Care at the University of Southampton.[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/people/qa-with-dame-jessica-corner/2014363.article Profile], timeshighereducation.co.uk; accessed 17 October 2014.
On 21 July 2015, it was announced that Corner had been appointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange at The University of Nottingham, taking up her post on 1 January 2016.[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2015/july/cancer-expert-takes-the-research-reins-at-nottingham.aspx Cancer expert takes the research reins at Nottingham], nottingham.ac.uk; accessed 21 July 2015. At Nottingham she was the driving force behind their 'Beacons of Excellence' which proved highly controversial. (https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/news-items/2017/new-beacons-of-excellence-announced.aspx)
On 6 July 2022, it was announced by UK Research and Innovation that Corner had been appointed Executive Chair of Research England, taking up her post on 1 October 2022.{{Cite web |date=6 July 2022 |title=Preferred candidate for Executive Chair of Research England named |url=https://www.ukri.org/news/preferred-candidate-for-executive-chair-of-research-england-named/ |website=UKRI}}
She was elected chair of the Council of Deans of Health and is a member of the Nursing and Care Quality Forum. She has written three books and written or edited dozens of papers for academic journals. She was a member of Higher Education Funding Council for England's Research Excellence Framework 2014{{Cite web|title=REF 2014 Sub-panel 3 membership list|url=https://www.ref.ac.uk/2014/media/ref/content/expanel/member/Main%20Panel%20A%20-%20Final%20List%20(Jan%202015).pdf|website=REF 2014|access-date=28 January 2022|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142440/http://www.ref.ac.uk/2014/media/ref/content/expanel/member/Main%20Panel%20A%20-%20Final%20List%20(Jan%202015).pdf|url-status=dead}} and 2021{{Cite web|last=England|first=Higher Funding Council of|title=Assessment systems panel user group - REF 2021|url=https://www.ref.ac.uk/panels/assessment-systems-panel-user-group/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=Higher Education Funding Council for England|language=en}} allied health professions, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy sub-panels.[http://www.councilofdeans.org.uk/about/elected-executive Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314161524/http://www.councilofdeans.org.uk/about/elected-executive/ |date=14 March 2016 }}, councilofdeans.org.uk; accessed 17 October 2014.
Awards and recognition
Corner was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to healthcare research and education.{{Cite web|title=Birthday Honours 2014 List|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/319881/Birthday_Honours_2014_List.pdf|website=GOV.UK}} Corner was elected as a fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences in 2015. On election, her citation included that she 'pioneered the first randomised trials of nurse led care in cancer, now recognized worldwide as landmark studies in advanced practice nursing
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Category:Alumni of King's College London
Category:Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Category:British medical writers
Category:Women medical writers
Category:Academics of the University of Southampton
Category:Academics of the University of Nottingham
Category:Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom)