Staff Profile
Dr Lisa Crowe
Senior Research Associate
- Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
Faculty of Medical Sciences
缅北禁地
Room 5.06, Ridley 1
缅北禁地 Upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Introduction:
Lisa Crowe (PhD, MA, MSc, BA Hons) is a Research Associate in the Population Health Sciences Institute. Her research focuses on difficult and distressing topics in healthcare and public health, which often has the added component of being lifechanging, unexpected and sensitive in nature.
Lisa has experience applying her expertise in highly sensitive topics across a number of different research groups within the institute. These include: the Alcohol research group; the Maternal and Perinatal research group; and the Cancer research group. Lisa is currently embedded within the Health Inequalities research group working on research exploring health inequalities involving the criminal justice system and childcare.
Specific research topic experience includes: Termination of Pregnancy for non-lethal fetal anomaly; Paediatric VAD and heart transplant; Cancer patients receiving biological and precision therapy; loss from a multiple pregnancy; obesity in pregnancy; exploring the use of NPS; mental health service evaluation; at risk alcohol use.
Research Interests:
Research of a highly sensitive / distressing nature
Public health
Experience of health, illness and healthcare
Inequalities in health
Medical sociology
Qualitative and Mixed methods
PROM development
Funding:
“Families, significant others and parental rights: co-designing training for prison staff”, ESRC Impact Accelerator Award, (Co-applicant, 2025). £47,245
"Exploring decision-making around (dis)continuation of biological and immuno-therapies in advanced cancer" (Co-applicant, 2022). £46,000
"The Berlin Heart Study: Mobile autonomy in children with end stage heart-failure": (Co-applicant, 2017). £37,887
N8 Policing Research Partnership Catalyst Project. "Exploring Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) use and its consequences for police practitioners and substance users in the North East of England". (Co applicant, 2016). £23,473.60
MRC ESRC Interdisciplinary PhD Studentship Award. "Termination of pregnancy for non-lethal fetal anomalies: Professional perspectives". £80,750.00
Current work:
Disentangling integrated health and justice systems.
'Divided Households': Developing a co-produced, child centred, rights-based framework for prison social visits.
Exploring experiences of formal and informal childcare in North East England
Previous work:
Study Coordinator for TARGET: Exploring experiences of new cancer therapies: Understanding patient experiences and assessing unmet needs. A sequential mixed-methods study. (2019-2024)
Study Coordinator for DECIDE: Exploring decision-making around (dis)continuation of targeted and immuno-therapies in advanced cancer. (2024)
Evaluating adiposity measures in pregnancy to predict adverse pregnancy outcomes (Systematic review). (2019)
The Berlin Heart Study: Mobile autonomy in children with end stage heart-failure. (Ethnography and qualitative interviews with children and their family) (2017-2018).
GLOWING: Investigating pregnant women's participating in the GLOWING trial (weight management during pregnancy). (2018).
Exploring Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) use and its consequences for police practitioners and substance users in the North East of England. (Qualitative) (2016-17).
The association between maternal body mass index (BMI), prolonged pregnancy and post term birth (Systematic review) (2016)
ACCEPT: A pilot feasibility trial looking at brief interventions in a custody suite setting. (Pilot trial, mixed methods) (2014-16).
Liaison: A service evaluation of a Liaison Psychiatry Service. (Service evaluation, mixed methods) (2014-16).
Loss from a multiple pregnancy: A scoping review of existing guidelines for health professionals (Qualitative) (2016).
Development of guidelines for health professionals supporting parents who have lost a baby from a multiple pregnancy. (Qualitative) (2014-15).
Supervision:
2026 (Masters in Public Health) Hollie Hepple Purvis: ‘Barriers to employment for justice-involved populations’ Academic Co-Supervisor, 缅北禁地
2025 (Masters in Public Health) Hannah Murray: ‘Experiences of family-carers of solid organ transplant recipients’ Academic Co-Supervisor, 缅北禁地
2023 (Masters in Public Health) Loanna Pangou: ‘Improving sleep for patients on the paediatric intensive care unit’, Academic Co-Supervisor, 缅北禁地
2023 (Masters in Public Health) Kaat Marynissen: 'Exploring how LBGTQ+ sexualities are addressed in Relationship and Sex Education in secondary schools in North-East England: a qualitative study' Academic Co-Supervisor, 缅北禁地 Prize winner
2018 (Masters in Public Health) Malcolm Moffat: ‘Understanding barriers to cervical cancer screening among poor attenders: a qualitative study’. Academic Co-Supervisor, 缅北禁地
Teaching:
MSc Public Health, Research Methods: Essay marking 2026.
MSc Public Health, Research Methods: Lecture co-delivered 2025.
MSc Public Health, Fundamentals of Research: Essay marking 2025.
MSc Dissertation Marking: 2023; 2022; 2019; 2018.
MSc Public Health, Gender and Health: Lecture delivered 2018.
Essay marking MSc Public Health Research: 2017.
Teaching Assistant: (School of Sociology and Medical School): 2009 – 2014. Sociology: This involved facilitating seminars for undergraduate students on sociology programme. Modules include; The sociology of health and illness, the sociology of evil, knowing in sociology, the sociology of identities, doing sociology, making sense of society. Medical school: This involved facilitating seminars for first and second year medical students on the social science module. This role also involves marking the social science essay (for both year groups).
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Articles
- McGrath J, Crowe L, Jackson K, Griffin N, Baariu J, Jobe A, King H, O'Donnell A, Macdonald SJ, Moseley L, Munford L, Ramsay SE, Scott J, Stockdale K, Addison M, Scott S. . Social Science & Medicine 2026, 400, 119224.
- Scott S, Griffin N, Crowe L, Shildrick T, Young T, Loucks N, Minson S. . Children and Youth Services Review 2026, 185, 108904.
- Griffin N, Crowe L, Loucks N, Minson S, Shildrick T, Young T, Scott S. . Health Expectations 2026, 29(2), e70625.
- Crowe L, Brown MC, Lecouturier J, Greystoke A, Nuryunarsih D, Rimmer B, Bojke A, Bojke R, Richardson J, Wells M, Ezeala E, Carter L, Todd A, Sharp L. . Journal of Cancer Survivorship 2025, epub ahead of print.
- Lecouturier J, Crowe L, Brown MC, Greystoke A, Bojke A, Bojke R, Richardson J, Wells M, Ezeala E, Carter L, Sharp L, Todd A. . Psycho-Oncology 2025, 34(11), e70318.
- Heslehurst N, McParlin C, Sniehotta FF, Rankin J, Crowe L, McColl E. . Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2024, 10(1), 47.
- Crowe L, Brown M, Lecouturier J, Greystoke A, Bojke A, Bojke R, Richardson J, Wells M, Ezeala E, Carter L, Sharp L, Todd A. . European Journal of Oncology Nursing 2024, 73, 102696.
- Crowe L, Brown M, Bojke A, Bojke R, Greystoke A, Lecouturier J, Richardson J, Wells M, Todd A, Sharp L. . BMJ Open 2023, 13, e066229.
- Nguyen G, Hayes L, Ngongalah L, Bigirumurame T, Gaudet L, Odeniyi A, Flynn A, Crowe L, Skidmore B, Simon A, Smith V, Heslehurst N. . Obesity Reviews 2022, 23(10), e13491.
- Heslehurst N, Ngongalah L, Bigirumurame T, Nguyen TG, Odeniyi A, Flynn A, Smith V, Crowe L, Skidmore B, Gaudet L, Simon A, Hayes L. . Obesity Reviews 2022, 23(7), e13449.
- Rimmer B, Crowe L, Todd A, Sharp L. . Journal of Cancer Survivorship 2022, 16, 960-975.
- Crowe L, Simpson E, Barlow K, Rankin J. . SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 2022, 2, 100115.
- Crowe L, Simpson E, Reinhardt Z, Rankin J. . Pediatric Transplantation 2020, 24(1), e13636.
- McGovern R, Crowe L, Addison M, Hickman M, Kidger J, McColl E, Newbury-Birch D, Kaner E. . Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 2020, 27(6), 436-444.
- Crowe L, Graham RH, Robson S, Rankin J. . BMJ Open 2018, 8(3), e020815.
- Addison M, Stockdale K, McGovern R, McGovern W, McKinnon I, Crowe L, Hogan L, Kaner E. . Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy 2018, 25(4), 313-319.
- Addison M, McGovern R, Angus C, Becker F, Brennan A, Brown H, Coulton S, Crowe L, Gilvarry E, Hickman M, Howel D, McColl E, Muirhead C, Newbury-Birch D, Waqas M, Kaner E. . Alcohol and Alcoholism 2018, 53(5), 548-559.
- Crowe L, Graham RH, Robson SC, Rankin J. . European Journal of Medical Genetics 2018, 61(9), 493-498.
- Heslehurst N, Vieira R, Hayes L, Crowe L, Jones D, Robalino S, SLack L, Rankin J. . Obesity Reviews 2017, 18(3), 293–308.
- Crowe L, Embleton ND, Rankin J. . Infant 2015, 11(4), 123-126.
- Hayes L, Richards J, Crowe L, Campbell C, Embleton ND, Rankin J. . Infant 2015, 11(5), 164-166.
- Heslehurst NH, Crowe L, Robalino S, Sniehotta FF, McColl E, Rankin J. . Implementation Science 2014, 9, 97.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)
- Heslehurst N, Vieira R, Hayes L, Crowe L, Jones D, Robalino S, Slack E, Rankin J. . In: British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society. 2016, University of Birmingham, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Crowe L, Addison M, Vaittinen A. . In: British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society (BMFMS) 18th Annual Conference 2016. 2016, Birmingham, UK: BJOG.
- Crowe L, Graham R, Robson S, Rankin J. . In: British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society 17th Annual Conference. 2015, London, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Crowe L, Graham RH, Robson SC, Rankin J. . In: British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society (BMFMS) 17th Annual Conference 2015. 2015, London: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Crowe L, Graham RH, Robson SC, Rankin J. . In: 16th Annual Conference of the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society. 2013, Dublin: BMJ Group.
- Crowe L, Graham R, Rankin J, Robson SC. Non-lethal fetal anomaly: understanding students' views on access to termination of pregnancy. In: 14th Annual Conference of the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society. 2010, 缅北禁地 Upon Tyne: Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed.
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Reports
- Bennett N, Bailey A, Broadbridge A, Crowe L, Unthank J, Richardson V, Ayadurai C, Qi X, Albani V, Scott S, Boston R. . Health Equity North, 2025.
- Addison M, Stockdale K, McGovern R, McGovern W, McKinnon I, Crowe L, Hogan L, Kaner E. . N8 Policing Research Partnership, 2017.
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Review
- Chong E, Crowe L, Mentor K, Pandanaboyana S, Sharp L. . Supportive Care in Cancer 2023, 31(1), 74.