Dr Lisa Newington

Profile

Lisa joined the Barts Bone and Joint Health team in September 2023. She is an ac-credited hand therapist (British Association of Hand Therapists) and has combined research and clinical practice throughout her career. Lisa continues to work clinically at Barts Health NHS Trust, having previously worked as an advanced practice hand therapist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust. 

Lisa is involved in national and international hand therapy research and mentors research active allied health professionals through NIHR and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy mentorship schemes. 

Lisa was recently appointed to the Scientific Committee of the European Federation for Societies of Hand Therapy (EFSHT) and has previously chaired the British Association of Hand Therapists Clinical Evidence Committee. Lisa is a Deputy Director for the London Centre for Work and Health and an Editorial Board Member for the journal Hand Therapy. 

Lisa completed her PhD at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton through an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship (2016-2019), and held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship with Imperial Biomedical Research Centre and Imperial Health Charity (2020-2023). 

Research

Research Interests:

Lisa is a mixed methods researcher, focusing on upper limb rehabilitation and muscu-loskeletal health and work. This includes outcome measurement and the use of rou-tinely collected data.

Current research projects include: 
Chief investigator: Postdoctoral Research Grant, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Charitable Trust (2023-2024). Work-related recommendations for people attending outpatient musculoskeletal upper limb services: a systematic review of information provision strategies and survey of practice. 

Co-applicant: NIHR HTA (2022-2025), FLexor repAir and REhabilitation (FLARE): A randomised trial to determine the clinical and cost effectiveness of repairing flexor digi-torum profundus (FDP) alone versus repair of both FDP and flexor digitorum superfi-cialis (FDS) for treatment of complete zone II flexor. 

Co-applicant: NIHR Programme Development Grant (2024-2025). Improving work par-ticipation for people with long-term health conditions. 

Principle investigator: NIHR HTA (2022-2025). Flexor Injury Rehabilitation Splint Trial (FIRST). 

Research supervisor: Hand Therapy MSc, University of Derby. Patient experiences of musculoskeletal disorders and work: Qualitative interviews with patients attending outpatient hand therapy and physiotherapy services.

Publications