Dr Lisa Ashmore

Associate Dean (Engagement) / Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences

Research 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.

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

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

Engagement approach and joint research project with Lancaster University: Update to the New Hospital Programme Clinical Strategic Oversight Group
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

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

Human Computer Interaction (Journal)
Publication peer-review

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)

  • CeMoRe - Centre for Mobilities Research
  • Centre for Health Futures
  • Centre for Science Studies
  • Interdisciplinary network in culture, health, ethics and society