Dr Lisa Ashmore
Associate Dean (Engagement) / Senior Lecturer in Social SciencesResearch Overview
I am a Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences at Lancaster Medical School (40%), Associate Dean for Engagement in the Faculty of Health and Medicine (40%) and a Clinical Academic Therapeutic Radiographer based at in the Rosemere Cancer Centre at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (20%).
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.
Career Details
Prior to completing my PhD, I trained and worked as a Therapeutic Radiographer and some of my current work is based in the context of radiotherapy treatment for gynaecological cancer. My work is based on collaboration and engagement with NHS organisations and academic institutions and I am keen to apply participatory methods. The methods I use in my research include conducting workshops and focus groups but I also use other social science methods, such as ethnography (to explore cultures of practice) and narrative methods (to explore experiences of healthcare).
I am on Twitter @DrLisaAshmore
Web Links
http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/gynae-cancer-narratives/
External Roles
Registered Therapeutic Radiographer, Health and Care Professionas Council, RA39120
PhD Supervision Interests
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the field of Science and Technology Studies - in particular health or cancer technologies, experiences of health and technologies or workplace studies. I am particularly interested in supervising students with backgrounds in professional practice.
Selected Publications
Supporting practitioners to talk about sexual wellness and pleasure during radiotherapy for gynaecological cancer
Ashmore, L., Eastham, R., Hadley, O., Hanbury, A., Singleton, V. 12/09/2024 In: Radiography. 30, 5, p. 1411-1417. 7 p.
Journal article
Patient Voices: An essential piece in radiotherapy’s data jigsaw
Hutton, D., Ashmore, L., Kragh-Furbo, M., Stewart, H., Singleton, V. 31/05/2023 In: Radiography. 29, Suppl. 1, 3 p.
Editorial
We need to talk about ... radiotherapy for gynaecological cancer
Ashmore, L., Singleton, V., Kragh-Furbo, M., Stewart, H., Hutton, D., Singleton, C., Salisbury, L. 31/07/2022 Lancaster University. ISBN: 9781862204287.
Book
Engaging underrepresented people in a regional transformation project: Co-production of a framework
Wareing, L., Rycroft-Malone, J., Ashmore, L., Malin, R., Barker, L., Granato, C., Moore, D. 28/02/2023 Lancaster University. 70 p.
Commissioned report
Ghosts in the Machinery: Living With and Beyond Radiotherapy Treatment for Gynaecological Cancer
Stewart, H., Ashmore, L., Kragh-Furbo, M., Singleton, V., Hutton, D. 1/01/2024 In: Health. 28, 1, p. 90 - 107. 18 p.
Journal article
Digital Support for Living with and Beyond Gynaecological Cancer
Ashmore, L., Stewart, H., Hutton, D., Evans, K. 1/11/2020 In: Radiography. 26, 4, p. E270-E276. 7 p.
Journal article
Work on the move: editors’ introduction to the special issue
Wood, L.A., Smith, R.J., Hall, T. 16/12/2016 In: Applied Mobilities. 1, 2, p. 139-146. 8 p.
Journal article
Con-forming bodies: the interplay of machines and bodies and the implications of agency in medical imaging
Wood, L. 06/2016 In: Sociology of Health and Illness. 38, 5, p. 768-781. 14 p.
Journal article
Experimental subjects and partial truth telling during technological change in radiotherapy
Wood, L. 06/2017 In: Nursing Ethics. 24, 4, p. 441-451. 11 p.
Journal article
Conceptualising decadent technology: a case study of path dependence in radiotherapy
Wood, L. 19/08/2015 In: Science as Culture. 24, 4, p. 507-525. 19 p.
Journal article
How to follow the information?: a study of informational mobilities in crises
Buscher, M., Liegl, M., Perng, S., Wood, L. 01/2014 In: Sociologica. 2014, 1, p. 1-37. 37 p.
Journal article
Cakes for Cure: The role of charities in the embedding of innovative cancer treatment technologies
Ashmore, L. 12/2012 In: Health Expectations. 15, 4, p. 401-409. 9 p.
Journal article
The ray of hope: hidden work and the pursuit of accuracy
Wood, L. 11/2011 Lancaster University.
Doctoral Thesis
All Publications
Creating patient-centred infrastructures to enhance informed consent and improve patient experience of radiotherapy for gynaecological cancers
01/09/2024 → 28/02/2027
Research
Funding for Cancer-related MSc by research
01/09/2022 → 30/08/2023
Research
Mapping and Identifying Quality and Inequality in Prehabilitation for Cancer Surgery: Evidence for Improvement
01/06/2022 → 31/05/2025
Research
Engaging underrepresented people in a regional transformation project: co-production of a framework
28/02/2022 → 31/07/2023
Research
Living Well During and Beyond Treatment for Gynaecological Cancer: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Patients Undergoing Treatment for Gynaecological Cancer
16/05/2021 → 30/09/2022
Research
Living Well During and Beyond Treatment for Gynaecological Cancer: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Patients Undergoing Treatment for Gynaecological Cancer
16/05/2019 → 30/09/2022
Research
Proximity to Discover: Industry Engagement for Impact
31/03/2018 → 30/11/2019
Research
EPSRC : Balance Network "Work-Life Balance in the Digital Age"
01/09/2016 → 31/01/2017
Research
Work on the Move: An Ethnographic Exploration of Mobile Paramedic Practices
01/07/2015 → …
Research
FP7: Bridging resources and agencies in large-scale emergency management
01/04/2011 → 30/06/2015
Research
Cancer Round Table: Tackling Cancer Inequalities in Lancashire and South Cumbria, North West Cancer Research
Expert Opinion
Patient Experiences of Gynae Cancer, Merseyside Cancer Special Interest Group, Arrowe Park Hospital, 5th March 2024
Invited talk
Sexual Well Being and Intimacy
Invited talk
Gynae Cancer Narratives
Invited talk
Clinical Academic Careers
Invited talk
Developing Materials for Talking about Sexual Pleasure During Radiotherapy for Gynaecological Cancer
Oral presentation
Gynae Cancer Narratives
Invited talk
Using Feminist Activist Approaches to Develop A Manifesto for Change for Radiotherapy for Gynaecological Cancer
Oral presentation
Gynae Narratives: Involving Patients
Invited talk
Giving verbal evidence regarding patient experience of treatment to the APPG Radiotherapy
Expert Opinion
National Cancer Research Institute (External organisation)
Membership of committee
UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowships (UKRI FLF) programme Peer Review College (PRC) (External organisation)
Member of Advisory Panel
Macmillan Allied Health Professionals Steering Group (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Gynae Cancer narratives
Invited talk
Working in Partnership on the Gynae Cancer Narratives Project
Invited talk
Gynae Cancer Narratives
Invited talk
Northwest Radiotherapy Operational Delivery Network Prehabilitation Steering Group (External organisation)
Membership of committee
NMAHP Research Forum Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB (External organisation)
Membership of network
Findings of two parallel projects looking at experiences of radiotherapy for gynaecological cancers
Oral presentation
Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
“Where will we end up from here?” Shaping of Time, Space and Place in Ambulance Work
Oral presentation
Mobile Utopia
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
TalkBack Seminar Series, Institute for Information Management, Bremen University.
Invited talk
EASST / 4S
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Third ISA Forum of Sociology
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
ISF / Demand Workshop on Office (Work) Futures
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
ISCRAM 2016
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Lancaster University Researcher Ethics Network
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
MEDFEST 2016: Framing Trauma Conflict and Medicine
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Ethnographies and Health
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Social and Ethical Aspects of Health and Medicine
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Work on the Move
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Challenging questions and ethical obligations: the ethics of everyday practice
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Sociology of Health and Illness (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Experience as Evidence
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Social Science and Medicine (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Mobility Futures
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Human Computer Interaction (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Dealing with the Disaster of Others
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Festscrift for Christian Heath
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
EASST / 4S Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Mobilizing Communications and Networked Reinvention: Persons, Cities, Social Worlds
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Participatory Design Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Health Expectations (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Graduate Student Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Urban Crisis Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
EASST Conference 2010
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Mini-STS PhD Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Mini-STS PhD Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Intellectual Party 2010: Lancaster Sociology Summer Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Work in Progress Seminar: Lancaster University
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Social Science and Medicine: controversies, contradictions, dilemmas (and opportunities!)
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Sociology Intellectual Summer Party, Lancaster University
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Vice Chancellors Prize for Participatory Research:Engaging underrepresented people in a regional transformation project
Prize (including medals and awards)
Alan Nichols Memorial Award, College of Radiographers.
Prize (including medals and awards)
Highly commended in the North West Cancer Research award for Excellence in Research for The Gynae Narratives Project
Prize (including medals and awards)
Research Advocate Award (Nomination)
Prize (including medals and awards)
Manufacturing
- CeMoRe - Centre for Mobilities Research
- Centre for Health Futures
- Centre for Science Studies
- Interdisciplinary network in culture, health, ethics and society