Dr Lisa Owens
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Affiliations:
Trinity College Dublin, St James's Hospital Dublin
Research Interests:
- Reproductive Endocrinology
- Menstrual and Reproductive Disorders
- Health Across the Lifespan
- PMOS
- Male Factor Fertility
- Complex Menopause
- Fertility and Metabolic Health
Dr Lisa Owens is a Consultant Endocrinologist at St James’s Hospital and Clinical Senior Lecturer at Trinity College Dublin.
Lisa has a specialist interest in reproductive endocrinology and has led specialist reproductive clinics at St James’s Hospital since 2019. Her work spans reproductive health across the lifespan, with particular interest in menstrual/reproductive disorders, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, male factor fertility, complex menopause and the interaction between fertility and metabolic health.
Her research focuses on translating clinical problems into research questions that can improve patient care, with interests spanning clinical research, translational science and health policy. She is Co-PI for the HRB funded Prepare trial (PREconception weight management Programme to Achieve weight Reduction and Enhance fertility). She also leads/co-leads other clinical research projects including assessing the psychological impact of living with obesity and infertility, and translational studies including defining how GLP-1 receptor agonists impact macrophage bioenergetics during mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
She is section chief for Reproduction for the Endocrine connections journal. She is a founding member of the Society for Endocrinology Reproductive Endocrinology Specialist Interest Group and a member of the Society for Endocrinology UK programme committee (2022-present) and has contributed to national clinical guidelines for the management of menopause in secondary care.
Through the Centre, Lisa is particularly interested in building multidisciplinary collaborations across Trinity and its affiliated hospitals, strengthening partnerships with patients and advocacy organisations, and developing research that addresses important unmet needs in reproductive health for both women and men.