Sarah completed her PhD at the University of Sydney in heat stress, menopause, and workplace women’s health, yet her research to date has focused on occupational heat stress, thermal comfort, and women’s health with a mixed-mode approach to research methodology. She has also been part of the team implementing the Australian Open heat stress scales, physiological monitoring of athletes, and NHMRC projects which aimed to identify cooling methods for older adults in heatwaves to influence public health guidelines.

Sarah is an associate lecturer at Charles Darwin University within Exercise and Sports Science, and member of the Heat and Health Research group at The University of Sydney.