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Lisa Hinton
Associate Professor
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Katherine Tucker
Associate Professor
Rosa Mackay
MSc, BSc (Hons)
Research Associate and DPhil Candidate
I am a DPhil candidate working as part of the SNAP2 trial, qualitatively evaluating an intervention to aid the self-management of blood pressure medication in the postnatal period. I have an interest in applied qualitative work that aims to understand and improve people’s experiences of healthcare, particularly in the field of sexual and reproductive health
Having previously held the Ann McPherson Fellowship as part of the Medical Sociology and Health Experiences Research Group, I have worked on a range maternal health projects at the department. These include research into ethnic disparities in obstetric anaesthesia, service evaluation of community-based health initiatives, and exploring the use of at-home fetal Dopplers during pregnancy.
I hold a BSc in Biomedical Science (Hons Reproductive Biology) from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc in Reproductive and Sexual Health Research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. During my Masters degree I conducted qualitative work that explored people’s experience of abortion care in Britain, and this is a continued area of interest.
Recent publications
Managing obstetric bleeding in Wales: A qualitative evaluation of the OBS Cymru care bundle using Normalisation Process Theory
Journal article
Rai T. et al, (2025), PLoS ONE, 20
“I'm Pregnant, What Do I Do?”: Exploring How People Having Abortions in Britain Find and Use Online Sources of Information
Journal article
Mackay R. et al, (2025), Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
Compensatory mechanisms that maintain androgen production in mice lacking key androgen biosynthetic enzymes
Journal article
Lawrence BM. et al, (2024), FASEB Journal, 38
blation of the canonical testosterone production pathway via knockout of the steroidogenic enzyme HSD17B3, reveals a novel mechanism of testicular testosterone production.
Journal article
Rebourcet D. et al, (2020), FASEB J, 34, 10373 - 10386