Trustee

Daniel Kelly has been The RCN Chair of Nursing Research at Cardiff University since 2011. He was a Charge Nurse at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre, then taught cancer care for several years at the Royal Marsden Hospital before moving into academia.

Formerly President of the European Oncology Nursing Society, he has co-chaired the European Cancer Organisation’s HPV Action Network since 2019.

He was awarded the OBE in 2021 for his national and international contribution to research and education in cancer and palliative care, and the RCN Fellowship in 2016.

He is Chair of the Education, Research and End of Life Policy Committee. Daniel’s other roles include being a Visiting Professor at Edinburgh University, University College London and Oxford Brookes University. He lives locally and is also the Lead Governor at King’s College London NHS Foundation Trust.