Professor Anna Campbell MBE
Advisor, SATCC
Director of CanRehab and Professor in Clinical Exercise Science at Edinburgh Napier University
Anna Campbell is Professor in Clinical Exercise Science at Edinburgh Napier University. Since 2000, she has worked in the field of exercise oncology and has been instrumental in the implementation of evidence-based exercise programmes for people affected by cancer around the world. She has published over 90 peer reviewed research papers, three book chapters, and the only textbook on this topic - Essentials In Exercise Oncology.
Professor Campbell is also the Director of CanRehab - an international provider of training on exercise-based cancer rehabilitation for health professionals and fitness specialists. CanRehab provided training courses for physiotherapists, clinical exercise scientists, oncologists and fitness instructors in the UK, North America, Australia, and throughout Europe.
She is also chair of the charity CanRehab Trust, which provides people affected by cancer with remote and face-to-face exercise programmes with cancer exercise qualified instructors and activity retreats.
Last, but by no means least, Professor Campbell is part of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Cancer Rehabilitation 2030 working group and the World Rehabilitation Association (WRA), working on a cancer rehabilitation workforce development in low- and middle-income countries.
Why the SATCC?
"Huge progress has been made in understanding the role of exercise to support people before, during, and after cancer treatment, from preparing for surgery and chemotherapy to support the best outcomes, improving treatment tolerance, and helping to prevent cancer recurrence.
Now that we have measurable evidence to that effect, we need people like exercise physiologists and CanRehab fitness instructors in leisure centres and spas to have a little knowledge to signpost people to the right programme and get the support they need.
The SATCC is already doing an excellent job of engaging spaces beyond the medical environment to give people the holistic support they need. I know that CanRehab can support their work as well as add to the scope of lifestyle services the SATCC is sharing with people who need them."
"The SATCC is doing an excellent job of engaging spaces beyond the medical environment to give people the holistic support they need. I know CanRehab can support their work and add to the scope of services the SATCC is sharing with people who need them."