Cookies on this website

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click 'Accept all cookies' we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you won't see this message again. If you click 'Reject all non-essential cookies' only necessary cookies providing core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility will be enabled. Click 'Find out more' for information on how to change your cookie settings.

Accept all cookies Reject all non-essential cookies Find out more

Professor Sasha Shepperd

Professor Sasha Shepperd

Contact information


sasha.shepperd@ndph.ox.ac.uk

Sasha Shepperd

BA, MSc, DPhil

Professor of Health Services Research

  • Health Services Research Unit lead
  • Co-ordinating Editor, Cochrane Review Group

Sasha is Professor of Health Services Research and leads the Health Services Research Unit. After an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Vermont she completed a MS at the Harvard School of Public Health and a DPhil at the University of Oxford. Her research investigates how to improve the effectiveness of health systems, with a focus on population ageing. Research methods include  randomised trials, evidence synthesis and qualitative methods. She is a founding member of the Cochrane Person Centred Care, Health Systems and Public Health Thematic Group  that brings together three Cochrane groups: Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC), Consumers and Communication and Public Health. She was the CI for a multi-site randomised trial of hospital at home 

Through her work in health systems research she has developed an interest in streamlining randomised trials of complex interventions, related methodological research and led the development of DISCERN (a guide for users to assess the quality of health information). She has worked for a number of years on strengthening graduate education in population health, and is the Chair of the departmental Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.