Lisa joined the Barts Bone and Joint Health team in September 2023. She is an accredited 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 Life course 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).
While in Washington, DC for the 2025 IFSSH/IFSHT Triennial Congress, Stephanie and Cara had the pleasure of sitting down with Lisa Newington, a physiotherapist and hand therapist from London to discuss sustainability and the UK’s sustainability efforts. Lisa shares with us how their medical system is addressing sustainability and how we as hand therapists can do our part when treating our patients.
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