Contact information
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6082-3151
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG
Research groups
Lisa Hinton
Senior Social Scientist
Lisa is a senior social scientist in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, and Director of Oxford Qualitative Courses. She leads applied qualitative and mixed methods research aimed at improving healthcare, with a focus on women’s health, global health, patient and staff experiences, inclusion, and diversity. She works with the Medical Sociology & Health Experiences Research Group and the Hypertension Group.
Lisa was a journalist and TV producer at the BBC and Channel 4 before joining the NDPCHS to complete her MRC-funded DPhil in medical sociology on experiences of infertility. After completing her DPhil in 2010, Lisa worked with the Health Experiences Research Group (HERG) and took on the role of Director for Applied Research for HERG in 2017.
From 2019-2023 Lisa worked at the Healthcare Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute, at the University of Cambridge where she was co-chief investigator for major research programmes on avoiding brain injury in childbirth (ABC) and co-producing good practice for remote antenatal care (CORONET).
She is a co-principle investigator, with Dorothy Oluoch, for the RESPECT study, Kenyan-based research exploring the potential for using mothers’ experiences of pre-term birth to improve care in LMICs. She is currently co-investigator for the SNAP2 trial which seeks to optimize care for people after a hypertensive pregnancy, leading on evaluation and health equity, and co-investigator for the Children’s Surgery Outcome Reporting programme using routinely available data to reduce unwarranted variation in the health and wellbeing of children undergoing early surgery.
Lisa is an expert in qualitative and mixed methods for applied health research. She has published over 75 peer-reviewed journal articles for clinical, sociological, policy and practitioner audiences. She regularly supervises masters and doctoral students and is happy to hear from prospective DPhil students interested in doing sociologically-informed studies of health experiences, healthcare improvement and digital innovations in the broad area of women’s health. She is Director of Oxford Qualitative Courses, the University of Oxford's expert-led programme of short courses in qualitative research.
Recent publications
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Why is safety in intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring so hard? A qualitative study combining human factors/ergonomics and social science analysis.
Journal article
Lamé G. et al, (2023), BMJ Qual Saf
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Infant feeding as a transgressive practice in the context of HIV in the UK: A qualitative interview study
Journal article
Rai T. et al, (2023), Women's Studies International Forum, 101
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Not just surveys and indicators: narratives capture what really matters for health system strengthening.
Journal article
Oluoch D. et al, (2023), Lancet Glob Health, 11, e1459 - e1463
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A Mobile Clinical Decision Support System for High-Risk Pregnant Women in Rural India (SMARThealth Pregnancy): Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal article
NAGRAJ S. et al, (2023), Jmir Formative Research
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Training for managing impacted fetal head at caesarean birth: multimethod evaluation of a pilot.
Journal article
van der Scheer JW. et al, (2023), BMJ Open Qual, 12