Speaker Details

Professor Margaret Fitch

Margaret Fitch, RN PhD, is a professor (adjunct) at the Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, in Canada. She has a background in oncology nursing and psychosocial oncology, including palliative care, practicing for over 20 years at the Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto. She held the positions of head of oncology nursing and psychosocial oncology, and co-director of the psychosocial and behavioural oncology research unit. Her long-term research focus has been on coping and adaptation of patients/survivors and families across the cancer trajectory. Advocacy for patient and stakeholder engagement has been a specific interest. Psychosocial care along the cancer trajectory and survivorship are the broad foci for her research work and teaching. She currently serves as editor-in-chief of the Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal and is on the board of director with the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology. She is an honorary lecturer at both the University of Rwanda and the University of Nairobi within their respective nursing schools.