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Samantha Sodergren is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, specializing in health psychology with a focus on patient-reported outcome assessments, particularly in the context of quality of life measures for oncology. She has over 20 years of experience in the development and validation of quality of life measures for cancer patients. Notably, she has led the development of several significant quality of life instruments, including the Silver Lining Questionnaire, the Global Quality of Life Scale, and the EORTC QLG-ANL27 and EORTC QLQ-AYA30 questionnaires. Samantha completed her PhD at the University of Plymouth in 2002, which was part of an MRC-funded project exploring novel approaches to quality of life assessments. She returned to the University of Southampton in 2012 after an extensive career in quality of life research with the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer. She is currently nominated as a member of the Executive Committee of the EORTC Quality of Life Group and is involved in research groups focused on psychosocial research in cancer, advocating for the experiences of young cancer patients and leading various projects aimed at improving the healthcare ecosystem for adolescents and young adults affected by cancer.