Prof Heidi Probst

Heidi qualified as a Therapeutic Radiographer in 1987 from the London Hospital, Whitechapel (UK), and worked for the NHS for 14 years where her specialist area was pre-treatment imaging. Heidi started her PhD while a clinical radiographer in Leeds, and was awarded a fellowship from the Department of Health to complete her PhD qualifying in 2002.

She joined Sheffield Hallam University as a senior lecturer in 2001, was appointed Reader in Radiotherapy in 2013 and Professor of Radiotherapy and Oncology in June 2015. Heidi was awarded a Fellowship from the College of Radiographers in 2015 for her contribution to the development of the profession through her research.

Heidi is the founder and chair of the Breast Radiotherapy Interest Group (BRIG), a professional group for Therapeutic Radiographers (Radiation Therapists), Physicists and dosimetrists specialising in radiotherapy for breast cancer. From 2020-2023 Heidi was Director of the Health Research Institute at Hallam and in August 2023 she was awarded an honorary fellowship from the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine for her contribution to research in radiotherapy.

Heidi was awarded an MBE in the 2024 Kings New Year honours list for services to Radiography.

Heidi led the systematic review for the current national skin care guidelines and was a member of the guideline development group. She is currently chief investigator for three radiotherapy breast cancer studies: the SuPPORT 4 All (S4A) study, the Calibrate study and the Respire+ project (https://www.shu.ac.uk/research/in-action/projects/designing-a-bra-for-radiotherapy).