Dr Sarah Hayes

Postdoctoral Researcher

About Me

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Epidemiology of Emerging and Zoonotic Infections funded by a National Institute for Health and Care Research grant as part of the Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections and supervised by Professor Christl Donnelly. 

I hold a PhD in infectious disease epidemiology and a Masters in Epidemiology, both from Imperial College London. I also hold a Bachelor in Veterinary Medicine from the Royal Veterinary College and worked in veterinary clinical practice for many years before returning to academia in 2016. 

Research Interests

My research interests are in applying statistical and epidemiological methods to further our understanding of infectious disease transmission, with a particular focus on zoonotic infections and One Health. The ultimate goal of my research is to drive improvements in the health of both humans and animals.

Publications

Hayes, S., McCabe, R., Angelis, D., Donnelly, C., Evans, S., Medley, G., Spiegelhalter, D. and Bird, S. (2023) “Modelling hepatitis C infection acquired from blood transfusions in the UK between 1970 and 1991 for the Infected Blood Inquiry”, medRxiv.
Hayes, S., Lushasi, K., Sambo, M., Changalucha, J., Ferguson, E., Sikana, L., Hampson, K., Nouvellet, P. and Donnelly, C. (2022) “Understanding the incidence and timing of rabies cases in domestic animals and wildlife in south-east Tanzania in the presence of widespread domestic dog vaccination campaigns”, Veterinary Research, 53(1).
Ezanno, P., Picault, S., Bareille, S., Beaunée, G., Boender, G., Dankwa, E., Deslandes, F., Donnelly, C., Hagenaars, T., Hayes, S., Jori, F., Lambert, S., Mancini, M., Munoz, F., Pleydell, D., Thompson, R., Vergu, E., Vignes, M. and Vergne, T. (2022) “The African swine fever modelling challenge: Model comparison and lessons learnt.”, Epidemics, 40, p. 100615.
Dankwa, E., Lambert, S., Hayes, S., Thompson, R. and Donnelly, C. (2022) “Stochastic modelling of African swine fever in wild boar and domestic pigs: epidemic forecasting and comparison of disease management strategies”, Epidemics, 40.
Lushasi, K., Hayes, S., Ferguson, E., Changalucha, J., Cleaveland, S., Govella, N., Haydon, D., Maganga, S., Mchau, G., Mpolya, E., Mtema, Z., Nonga, H., Steenson, R., Nouvellet, P., Donnelly, C. and Hampson, K. (2021) “Reservoir dynamics of rabies in south-east Tanzania and the roles of cross-species transmission and domestic dog vaccination”, Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(11), pp. 2673–2685.
Thompson, H., Imai, N., Dighe, A., Ainslie, K., Baguelin, M., Bhatia, S., Bhatt, S., Boonyasiri, A., Boyd, O., Brazeau, N., Cattarino, L., Cooper, L., Coupland, H., Cucunuba, Z., Cuomo-Dannenburg, G., Djaafara, B., Dorigatti, I., van Elsland, S., FitzJohn, R., Fu, H., Gaythorpe, K., Green, W., Hallett, T., Hamlet, A., Haw, D., Hayes, S., Hinsley, W., Jeffrey, B., Knock, E., Laydon, D., Lees, J., Mangal, T., Mellan, T., Mishra, S., Mousa, A., Nedjati-Gilani, G., Nouvellet, P., Okell, L., Parag, K., Ragonnet-Cronin, M., Riley, S., Unwin, H., Verity, R., Vollmer, M., Volz, E., Walker, P., Walters, C., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, O., Whittaker, C., Whittles, L., Winskill, P., Xi, X., Donnelly, C. and Ferguson, N. (2020) “SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence on repatriation flights from Wuhan City, China.”, Journal of travel medicine, 27(8), p. taaa135.
Hogan, A., Jewell, B., Sherrard-Smith, E., Vesga, J., Watson, O., Whittaker, C., Hamlet, A., Smith, J., Winskill, P., Verity, R., Baguelin, M., Lees, J., Whittles, L., Ainslie, K., Bhatt, S., Boonyasiri, A., Brazeau, N., Cattarino, L., Cooper, L., Coupland, H., Cuomo-Dannenburg, G., Dighe, A., Djaafara, B., Donnelly, C., Eaton, J., van Elsland, S., FitzJohn, R., Fu, H., Gaythorpe, K., Green, W., Haw, D., Hayes, S., Hinsley, W., Imai, N., Laydon, D., Mangal, T., Mellan, T., Mishra, S., Nedjati-Gilani, G., Parag, K., Thompson, H., Unwin, H., Vollmer, M., Walters, C., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Xi, X., Ferguson, N., Okell, L., Churcher, T., Arinaminpathy, N., Ghani, A., Walker, P. and Hallett, T. (2020) “Potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study.”, The Lancet. Global health, 8(9), pp. e1132 - e1141.
Walker, P., Whittaker, C., Watson, O., Baguelin, M., Winskill, P., Hamlet, A., Djafaara, B., Cucunubá, Z., Olivera Mesa, D., Green, W., Thompson, H., Nayagam, S., Ainslie, K., Bhatia, S., Bhatt, S., Boonyasiri, A., Boyd, O., Brazeau, N., Cattarino, L., Cuomo-Dannenburg, G., Dighe, A., Donnelly, C., Dorigatti, I., van Elsland, S., FitzJohn, R., Fu, H., Gaythorpe, K., Geidelberg, L., Grassly, N., Haw, D., Hayes, S., Hinsley, W., Imai, N., Jorgensen, D., Knock, E., Laydon, D., Mishra, S., Nedjati-Gilani, G., Okell, L., Unwin, H., Verity, R., Vollmer, M., Walters, C., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Xi, X., Lalloo, D., Ferguson, N. and Ghani, A. (2020) “The impact of COVID-19 and strategies for mitigation and suppression in low- and middle-income countries.”, Science (New York, N.Y.), 369(6502), pp. 413–422.
Jeffrey, B., Walters, C., Ainslie, K., Eales, O., Ciavarella, C., Bhatia, S., Hayes, S., Baguelin, M., Boonyasiri, A., Brazeau, N., Cuomo-Dannenburg, G., FitzJohn, R., Gaythorpe, K., Green, W., Imai, N., Mellan, T., Mishra, S., Nouvellet, P., Unwin, H., Verity, R., Vollmer, M., Whittaker, C., Ferguson, N., Donnelly, C. and Riley, S. (2020) “Anonymised and aggregated crowd level mobility data from mobile phones suggests that initial compliance with COVID-19 social distancing interventions was high and geographically consistent across the UK.”, Wellcome open research, 5, p. 170.
Jeffrey, B., Walters, C., Ainslie, K., Eales, O., Ciavarella, C., Bhatia, S., Hayes, S., Baguelin, M., Boonyasiri, A., Brazeau, N., Cuomo-Dannenburg, G., FitzJohn, R., Gaythorpe, K., Green, W., Imai, N., Mellan, T., Mishra, S., Nouvellet, P., Unwin, J., Verity, R., Vollmer, M., Whittaker, C., Ferguson, N., Donnelly, C. and Riley, S. (2020) “Anonymised and aggregated crowd level mobility data from mobile phones suggests that initial compliance with COVID-19 social distancing interventions was high and geographically consistent across the UK.”

Contact Details

Email: sarah.hayes@stats.ox.ac.uk

Office: G.03

Pronouns: She/Her

Research Groups

Statistical Genetics and Epidemiology