Sarah Haynes

Sarah is a junior doctor from Sydney, Australia with a passion for global women's health. Sarah graduated from the University of New South Wales, Sydney in 2021 with a Doctor of Medicine and Bachelor of Medical Studies. Sarah worked as a junior doctor for  two years in Australia, before being awarded the Rhodes Scholarship to undertake post-graduate study at Oxford University. 

Sarah is currently undertaking a Doctor of Philosophy in Women's and Reproductive Health under the supervision of Professor Jane Hirst, Professor Simon Stanworth and Dr Margaret Smith. Her research area of interest is iron deficiency anaemia in women of reproductive age, with a particular focus on the improving the detection and prevention of iron deficiency and anaemia.

Sarah's DPhil research comprises three distinct projects. The first, conducted in collaboration with the CPRD Anaemia Group at the Department of Primary Care, uses a large primary care dataset to explore the relationship between preconception haemoglobin levels and pregnancy outcomes. The second project, in partnership with the Drakesmith Group at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, examines how varying iron dosages during pregnancy affect iron biomarkers. Finally, she is working with the SmartHealth India project at the George Institute to investigate the aetiology of anaemia in postpartum women in rural India. 

Outside of her DPhil, Sarah is passionate about sex and gender discrimination in Medicine and is a member of Translation and Health Delivery Working Group at the Centre for Sex and Gender Equity in Health and Medicine at the George Institute, Australia.