During her Professional Doctorate Lisa, as well as working in Health Promotion, also worked in the Clinical Genetics Department at University Hospital Southampton as a qualitative researcher for STAARS (Adults and Adolescents with Russell-Silver Syndrome in the UK). The qualitative arm of the research aimed to explore what it is like to live with Silver-Russell syndrome through in-depth interviews with adults and adolescents. Part of this research formed the basis of her thesis for her Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology.