• United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Lisa welcome's applications from new PhD students in any of the following areas:

- Projects that focus on seldom heard populations and their experiences of (digital) health and care

- Projects that specifically focus on children, adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer, life-limiting conditions, complex health care needs, mental health or other long-term conditions

- Digital intervention co-design and co-development projects

- Projects that focus on the digital divide and unmet needs of underrepresented populations

Personal profile

Personal Statement

Lisa is a Reader in Digital Health and Care in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS). She is also the Director of Research and the Programme Director for the MSc Digital Health Systems in CIS.

Lisa is a senior member of the Digital Health and Wellness Group in CIS and has research interests and expertise in person-centered digital health interventions. Lisa works with people across the life course and particularly prioritises seldom heard populations in her research activities. For example, Lisa's research portfolio includes children and young people with complex health care needs and their families, teenagers and young adults diagnosed with cancer, teenagers and young adults living with life-limiting conditions, young people's experiences of mental health in various health and social contexts, and justice experienced individuals.

Lisa has experience of various digital health technologies including remote patient monitoring, patient reported outcome measures, mobile applications, and digital integrated care systems. Lisa prioritises collaborative, co-produced and co-design approaches to digital intervention design, development, implementation and evaluation, in different health and care settings. Lisa has experience of qualitative, mixed-methods and randomised controlled trial research study designs.

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Transition or transfer? An experiential perspective on moving from paediatric to adult cancer services, University of Dundee

Master of Science, Health Psychology, University of Stirling

Bachelor of Science, Psychology (Hons), University of Stirling

External positions

Turku UAS Fellow, Turku University of Applied Sciences

1 Jan 202331 Dec 2028

Honorary Researcher, Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice

2022 → …

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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