Sarah Darby

Professor Sarah Darby is a leading Medical Statistician at the University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Population Health. Her research focuses on quantifying long-term outcomes of cancer treatments, leveraging large-scale health data and methodological innovation. She holds a BSc in Mathematics (Imperial College London), MSc in Mathematical Statistics (University of Birmingham), and PhD in Medical Statistics (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine). Her career spans institutions including St. Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, the National Radiological Protection Board, and the Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima before joining Oxford in 1984.

Her work is funded by a Cancer Research UK Programme Grant, emphasizing translational research bridging statistical rigor with clinical impact. Key research areas include radiation epidemiology, cancer treatment efficacy, and population health analytics. Her recent publications analyze cardiovascular disease patterns, proton therapy outcomes, and breast cancer mortality trends in large-scale cohorts.

Sarah actively contributes to energy policy and sustainability through interdisciplinary collaborations, addressing smart grid technologies, energy sufficiency, and polycentric governance frameworks for clean energy communities. She holds a Fellowship at Green Templeton College and is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).