Sarah Haynes

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

Sarah is currently completing 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 focuses on iron deficiency and anaemia in women of reproductive age, with particular emphasis on improving the use and interpretation of iron biomarkers in this population.

Her DPhil comprises three projects. The first, conducted in collaboration with the CPRD Anaemia Group in the Department of Primary Care, uses a large primary care dataset to examine the relationship between preconception haemoglobin levels and pregnancy outcomes. The second, undertaken with the Drakesmith Group at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, investigates the effects of different iron supplementation regimens in pregnancy on iron biomarkers. The third project, in collaboration with the SMARThealth India programme at the George Institute, explores the aetiology of anaemia among postpartum women in rural India.

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