Sarah is an assistant professor in the department of infectious disease epidemiology. She has a degree in nursing from the University of Manchester and worked as a neonatal nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children and Homerton University Hospital neonatal intensive care in London. Sarah began to develop her career in global health through studying a diploma in International Community Health Care and a Masters in Public Health at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool. She completed her PhD at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2020. 

Sarah's research interest is focused around improving the quality and experience of care for mothers and their newborns. Her PhD was on the health system needs for small and sick newborns and their mothers and developing the associated metrics for monitoring these services in low- and middle-income countries. Sarah has worked in Nicaragua, Argentina, Libya, Malawi, Uganda and South Sudan on a variety of maternal, newborn, child health and reproductive health programmes. Sarah has a broader interest in health systems, nursing education and training, quality of care, maternal and newborn health in complex settings and has experience working in conflict and humanitarian crises.