Professor Sasha Shepperd
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Sasha Shepperd
BA, MSc, DPhil
Professor of Health Services Research
- Co-ordinating Editor, Cochrane Review Group
Sasha is Professor of Health Services Research and Co-coordinating editor for the international Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) Review Group.
After an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Vermont she completed a Masters at the Harvard School of Public Health and a DPhil at University of Oxford. Her main interest is health systems research, this includes generating evidence to guide the design of health services with a focus on population ageing. Research methods include the conduct of randomised trials, systematic reviews and meta-analysis of the global evidence, and the use of large databases.
Sasha is the chief investigator of a NIHR funded multi-site randomised trial of Acute Care in the Home. Through her work in health systems research she has developed an interest in streamlining randomised trials of complex interventions, and related methodological research. She has worked for a number of years on strengthening graduate education in population health.
Recent publications
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The burden of risk factors for non-communicable disease in rural Bihar, India: a comparative study with national health surveys.
Journal article
Ross S. et al, (2022), BMC Public Health, 22
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Adults' views and experiences of vaccines developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative evidence synthesis [Protocol]
Journal article
Maria AR. et al, (2022), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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Discharge planning from hospital.
Journal article
Gonçalves-Bradley DC. et al, (2022), Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2
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Factors that impact on recruitment to vaccine trials during a pandemic or epidemic: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Journal article
Meskell P. et al, (2022), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022
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The value and challenges of using observational studies in systematic reviews of public health interventions (Opinion Editorial)
Journal article
Hilton M. et al, (2022), American Journal of Public Health