Sarah Akhtar Baz

Biography

Sarah is a Qualitative Research Fellow at the Health Sciences department, University of York. She is currently working on the qualitative longitudinal Long Covid project (part of a NIHR/UKRI funded project called CONVALESCENCE) and BioDriveAFS Trial Process Evaluation. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the Bradford Institute for Health Research.

Sarah is a sociologist with expertise at the intersection of race and ethnicity, health and wellbeing and family studies. She is experienced in undertaking qualitative research methods on sensitive research topics.

Sarah has also delivered guest lectures at The University of Sheffield, Department of Sociological Studies in the following areas: sociology of family, 'race’, immigration and multiculturalism, and intersectionality.

Education
PhD/Sociology, University of Sheffield (2021) Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslim lone mothers: exploring lived experiences, intersectionality and support provided by South Asian women's organisations.