Alexandra Josephson
Research Assistant
Cardiovascular Disease, Epidemiology, Social Determinants of Health
Alexandra is a Research Assistant at the Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, working under the supervision of Prof. Nathalie Conrad. Her research uses UK Biobank data to investigate the role of blood lipid markers in heart failure across different disease subtypes.
Alexandra completed her undergraduate degree in Public Health at Brown University before moving to Oxford, where she received her MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology. Her dissertation was undertaken at Mass General Brigham and examined heart failure phenotyping models across demographic subgroups and input types. She will be doing her DPhil in the department focusing on cardiovascular inequalities in the UK.
Recent publications
It's Time to Put the Nap in Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAPSACC): A Systematic Review Demonstrating the Impact of Child Care on Sleep Outcomes in Early Childhood.
Journal article
von Ash T. et al, (2025), Child Obes, 21, 255 - 272