Research Fellow
Phone: 0113 2067548
Email:s.gelcich@leeds.ac.uk
Sarah joined the group in December 2017 as part of the Quality of Life Metric Pilot Evaluation project. The project aims to evaluate the implementation of a Quality of Life Metric across 5 Cancer Alliances in England to inform national rollout. The metric will aim to compare the quality of life post-treatment across different providers for service development.
Sarah currently leads a Yorkshire Cancer Research funded project: CANVAS- CANcer surveillance And Support. This project aims to enhance the support for breast and colorectal (bowel) cancer survivors by developing and evaluating a new surveillance approach with online self-reporting of symptoms, provision of tailored advice and integration in risk-stratified care pathways.
Sarah has a background in applied linguistics, particularly in conversation analysis in medical consultations. She was awarded a Medical Humanities Sheffield scholarship and completed her PhD studies at the University of Sheffield. The study investigated communication of risk and disagreement within chronic type 2 diabetic medical consultations. Sarah is interested in communication and talk-in-interaction within medical settings, as well as patient reported outcomes for chronic conditions.
Current PhD supervision:
Victoria Robins: Physical functioning after treatment for breast cancer and the impact of age
Rebecca Mottram: Identifying unmet needs following ovarian or testicular tissue preservation among survivors of childhood cancer
Qualifications:
PhD Communication in Medical Settings, University of Sheffield 2017
BA (Hons) Linguistics, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile 2001
Papers:
Mottram R, Feltbower R, Jones G, Gelcich S, Rostron H, Allen M, Glaser A. 2025. From Storage to Survivorship: A Scoping Review of Young Adult Cancer Survivors’ Experiences and Preferences in Reproductive Survivorship Care after Fertility Tissue Preservation. Journal of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology. 26-34. 38-1.
Robins VR, Gelcich S, Absolom K, Velikova G. 2024. The impact of age on physical functioning after treatment for breast cancer, as measured by patient-reported outcome measures: A systematic review. The Breast. 103734-103734 76
Archer S, Holch P, Armes J, Calman L, Foster C, Gelcich S, MacLennan SJ, Absolom K. 2020. “No turning back” Psycho‐oncology in the time of COVID‐19: Insights from a survey of UK professionals. Psycho-Oncology. 1430-1435 29.9