Lisa Riste

Dr. Lisa Riste is a Research Fellow affiliated with the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre and the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Manchester. She also holds an honorary position at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust and leads FLAG-Me CIC. Her work focuses on medication safety, particularly for individuals with hidden impairments such as sight or hearing challenges. She has co-designed the FLAG-Me Vision and Sound software to alert pharmacists to these impairments.

Education:

• PhD in Public Health & Epidemiology (1997), University of Manchester
• MSc in Public Health & Epidemiology (1992), University of Manchester
• BA (Hons) Biological Science & Environmental Studies

Research Interests: Health service research, implementation of integrated care, medication safety in community pharmacies, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME), public and patient involvement, and addressing health inequalities through co-production approaches. Her work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and well-being.

Articles and Contributions: Dr. Riste has published on topics including long-COVID interventions, AI in healthcare decision-making, and medication safety for visually impaired patients. Her recent work explores manual therapies for sleep improvement in long-COVID and the ethical implications of AI explainability in medical contexts.

Awards and Grants:

• MMHSCT Short-term Fellowship (2014-2015)
• NHS Manchester Research Fellowship (2009)
• Funding from UKRI/ESRC/MRC and internal University of Manchester grants

Teaching and Mentorship: She currently co-supervises four MPharm students researching the teaching of the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) in pharmacy curricula. Past supervision includes projects on medication safety in community pharmacies and qualitative analyses of bipolar disorder interventions.

Labs and Collaborations: Involved in the Medication Safety Theme at the NIHR Centre and collaborates on projects like the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome interventions in primary care. She contributed to datasets on healthcare coaching and CFS/ME management.