Dr Sara A Morgan (née Afshar) BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD
Lecturer in Public Health

Dr Sara A Morgan (née Afshar) is a Lecturer in Public Health based within the School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.
My work is guided by a desire to discover, and understand ways to improve, the causes and consequences of health inequalities, primarily during adolescence but also later into the life-course.
Sara initially trained in biomedical sciences, followed by global health and development at UCL, which led to work as a programme manager for a donor-funded programme at the National Cancer Institute in Sri Lanka and as a health advisor for an international charity.
She recently completed her doctoral studies in epidemiology and international public health. Her thesis examined the prevalence and impact of multi-morbidity in middle-income countries: for which she undertook mixed methods research, including qualitative fieldwork in Ghana. In parallel she undertook research consultancies with the World Health Organisation in Geneva and Cairo, and held responsibilities as a trustee for a local charity.
Currently, she has joined the ARC Wessex team as a Lecturer in Public Health to undertake mixed methods research that tackles the wider determinants of offending and violence prevention.
She was awarded Best Early Career Researcher in Public Health (2019) by the National Institute of Health Research and Public Health England.
Qualifications
BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences, University of Southampton (2009)
MSc Global Health & Development, University College London (2010)
PhD Epidemiology and International Public Health, University of Southampton (2017)