Lisa Ashmore - Lancaster University

Dr Lisa Ashmore

Associate Dean (Engagement) / Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences

Research Overview

My research focusses on including traditionally excluded groups in care and service development. Working in collaboration with patients, organisations and academia, I use insights from Science and Technology Studies to inform this work. I am particularly interested in knowledge production, accountability, responsibility and care as results of interactions in sociotechnical systems.

My research programme (since 2017) has focussed on experiences of undergoing radiotherapy for gynaecological cancer, funded through four grants, NIHR Health Services and Delivery, MRC Proximity to Discovery, Northwest Cancer Research and ESRC Impact Accelerator Account (IAA) funding.

The project aims for these projects were:

to create new infrastructures for supporting consent conversations in gynae-radiotherapy,
to increase understanding of how radiotherapy impacts on the sense of sexual self and on social and personal lives,
to improve patient experiences of living with the social and personal impacts of radiotherapy, and
to develop key competencies and guidance on talking about sexual wellbeing for practitioners working in radiotherapy.

I am currently joint lead on the GRACE project: Gynaecological RAdiotherapy Consent Enhancement, a ?800k project examining how health services can better support people’s decision making when considering radiotherapy for gynaecological cancer.

I am also a co-investigator on an NIHR funded project looking at prehabilitation for cancer surgery, leading Work Package One, co-designing evaluation criteria for inclusive prehabilitation services.

– Lisa Ashmore joined Holly Masters and Lorraine Groverthe to talk about Sexual Wellbeing and Cancer in the April RTUK Talk.

– Lisa Ashmore was interviewed for the radiotherapy podcast, RadChat, about clinical academic careers and the Gynae narratives project.

Selected Publications

Ashmore, L., Eastham, R., Hadley, O., Hanbury, A., Singleton, V. 12/09/2024 In: Radiography. 30, 5, p. 1411-1417. 7 p.
Journal article

Hutton, D., Ashmore, L., Kragh-Furbo, M., Stewart, H., Singleton, V. 31/05/2023 In: Radiography. 29, Suppl. 1, 3 p.
Editorial

Ashmore, L., Singleton, V., Kragh-Furbo, M., Stewart, H., Hutton, D., Singleton, C., Salisbury, L. 31/07/2022 Lancaster University. ISBN: 9781862204287.
Book

Wareing, L., Rycroft-Malone, J., Ashmore, L., Malin, R., Barker, L., Granato, C., Moore, D. 28/02/2023 Lancaster University. 70 p.
Commissioned report

Stewart, H., Ashmore, L., Kragh-Furbo, M., Singleton, V., Hutton, D. 1/01/2024 In: Health. 28, 1, p. 90 - 107. 18 p.
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Ashmore, L., Stewart, H., Hutton, D., Evans, K. 1/11/2020 In: Radiography. 26, 4, p. E270-E276. 7 p.
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Wood, L.A., Smith, R.J., Hall, T. 16/12/2016 In: Applied Mobilities. 1, 2, p. 139-146. 8 p.
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Wood, L. 06/2016 In: Sociology of Health and Illness. 38, 5, p. 768-781. 14 p.
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Wood, L. 06/2017 In: Nursing Ethics. 24, 4, p. 441-451. 11 p.
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Wood, L. 19/08/2015 In: Science as Culture. 24, 4, p. 507-525. 19 p.
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Buscher, M., Liegl, M., Perng, S., Wood, L. 01/2014 In: Sociologica. 2014, 1, p. 1-37. 37 p.
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Ashmore, L. 12/2012 In: Health Expectations. 15, 4, p. 401-409. 9 p.
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Wood, L. 11/2011 Lancaster University.
Doctoral Thesis

01/02/2025 → 30/11/2025
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01/09/2024 → 28/02/2027
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01/09/2022 → 30/08/2023
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01/06/2022 → 31/05/2025
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28/02/2022 → 31/07/2023
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16/05/2021 → 30/09/2022
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16/05/2019 → 30/09/2022
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31/03/2018 → 30/11/2019
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01/09/2016 → 31/01/2017
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01/07/2015 → …
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01/04/2011 → 30/06/2015
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