Sara Calderón

Dr Sara Calderón is a Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow in Primary Care at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London. She is a practicing General Practitioner (GP) in Tower Hamlets, London, and balances clinical work with academic research. She holds an MBBS from the University of Zaragoza (2012), an MSc in Primary Care Research from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2018), and a PhD from Queen Mary University of London (2023).

• Education:
• MBBS, University of Zaragoza (2012)
• MSc Primary Care Research, Autonomous University of Barcelona (2018)
• PhD, Queen Mary University of London (2023)

Her research focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to primary healthcare systems, including the implementation of social prescribing initiatives to prevent Type 2 diabetes. She employs mixed-methods and complexity-informed methodologies, collaborating with global organizations like the WHO and the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute. Current projects include evaluating social prescribing in the NHS using primary care electronic health records and exploring its adoption in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Dr Calderón has secured grants from the NIHR School for Primary Care Research, ESRC, and the Currier’s Millennium Healthcare Bursary. She also collaborates with the WHO Collaborating Centre for Quality and Equity in Primary Health Care Systems, analyzing GP migration trends and Spanish primary care system performance.