Dr Sarah Amele

  • Research Associate (Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment)

Biography

Sarah is a Research Associate in the Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) research group within the School of Health and Wellbeing (SHW). She joined the SHW in March 2021, to research ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes. Since, she has worked on a number of projects examining health inequalities among disadvantaged populations. 

Sarah holds a PhD in Biostatistics from University College London, and a Masters degree in Medical Statistics from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. 

Research interests

Applied statistics, health inequalities, social determinants of health

Publications

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Number of items: 11.

2025

Amele, S. et al. (2025) Investigating the contribution of socio-economic position to ethnic inequalities in severe COVID-19 outcomes: population-based mediation analyses of national linked Scottish data. European Journal of Public Health, 35(4), pp. 788-794. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf078) (PMID:40447124) (PMCID:PMC12311338)

Kibuchi, E. et al. (2025) Are ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes mediated by occupation risk? Analyses of a 2-year record linked national cohort study in Scotland. European Journal of Public Health, 35(2), pp. 379-385. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf025) (PMID:40044144) (PMCID:PMC11967892)

McCabe, R. et al. (2025) Effect modification and interaction between ethnicity and socioeconomic factors in severe COVID-19: analyses of linked national data for Scotland. BMJ Open, 15(4), e092727. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092727) (PMID:40228847) (PMCID:PMC11997826)

2024

Amele, S. et al. (2024) Quality of ethnicity data within Scottish health records and implications of misclassification for ethnic inequalities in severe COVID-19: a national linked data study. Journal of Public Health, 46(1), pp. 116-122. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdad196) (PMID:37861114) (PMCID:PMC10901260)

2023

Amele, S. et al. (2023) Ethnic inequalities in positive SARS-CoV-2 tests, infection prognosis, COVID-19 hospitalisations, and deaths: Analysis of two years of a record linked national cohort study in Scotland. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77, pp. 641-648. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220501) (PMID:37524538) (PMCID:PMC10511958)

Irizar, P. et al. (2023) Pathways to ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 health outcomes in the United Kingdom: a systematic map. Social Science and Medicine, 329, 116044. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116044) (PMID:37364448) (PMCID:PMC10284430)

Irizar, P. et al. (2023) Ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 infection, hospitalisation, intensive care admission, and death: a global systematic review and meta-analysis of over 200 million study participants. EClinicalMedicine, 57, 101877. (doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101877) (PMID:36969795) (PMCID:PMC9986034)

2022

Bécares, Laia, Shaw, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-6066, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, Irizar, Patricia, Amele, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8934-582X, Kapadia, Dharmi, Nazroo, James and Taylor, Harry (2022) Racism as the fundamental cause of ethnic inequities in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: a theoretical framework and empirical exploration using the UK Household Longitudinal Study. SSM - Population Health, 19, 101150. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101150) (PMID:35765366) (PMCID:PMC9225926)

Amele, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8934-582X and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2022) More inclusive research is needed for an equitable response to dementia. Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 15, 100329. (doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100329) (PMID:35243476) (PMCID:PMC8866056)

Katikireddi, S. V. et al. (2022) Two-dose ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine protection against COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths over time: a retrospective, population-based cohort study in Scotland and Brazil. Lancet, 399(10319), pp. 25-35. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02754-9) (PMID:34942103) (PMCID:PMC8687670)

2021

Agrawal, U. et al. (2021) COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths after BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations in 2·57 million people in Scotland (EAVE II): a prospective cohort study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(12), pp. 1439-1449. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00380-5) (PMID:34599903) (PMCID:PMC8480963)

This list was generated on Wed Oct 15 01:43:21 2025 BST.
Jump to: Articles
Number of items: 11.

Articles

Amele, S. et al. (2025) Investigating the contribution of socio-economic position to ethnic inequalities in severe COVID-19 outcomes: population-based mediation analyses of national linked Scottish data. European Journal of Public Health, 35(4), pp. 788-794. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf078) (PMID:40447124) (PMCID:PMC12311338)

Kibuchi, E. et al. (2025) Are ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes mediated by occupation risk? Analyses of a 2-year record linked national cohort study in Scotland. European Journal of Public Health, 35(2), pp. 379-385. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf025) (PMID:40044144) (PMCID:PMC11967892)

McCabe, R. et al. (2025) Effect modification and interaction between ethnicity and socioeconomic factors in severe COVID-19: analyses of linked national data for Scotland. BMJ Open, 15(4), e092727. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092727) (PMID:40228847) (PMCID:PMC11997826)

Amele, S. et al. (2024) Quality of ethnicity data within Scottish health records and implications of misclassification for ethnic inequalities in severe COVID-19: a national linked data study. Journal of Public Health, 46(1), pp. 116-122. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdad196) (PMID:37861114) (PMCID:PMC10901260)

Amele, S. et al. (2023) Ethnic inequalities in positive SARS-CoV-2 tests, infection prognosis, COVID-19 hospitalisations, and deaths: Analysis of two years of a record linked national cohort study in Scotland. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77, pp. 641-648. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220501) (PMID:37524538) (PMCID:PMC10511958)

Irizar, P. et al. (2023) Pathways to ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 health outcomes in the United Kingdom: a systematic map. Social Science and Medicine, 329, 116044. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116044) (PMID:37364448) (PMCID:PMC10284430)

Irizar, P. et al. (2023) Ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 infection, hospitalisation, intensive care admission, and death: a global systematic review and meta-analysis of over 200 million study participants. EClinicalMedicine, 57, 101877. (doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101877) (PMID:36969795) (PMCID:PMC9986034)

Bécares, Laia, Shaw, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-6066, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, Irizar, Patricia, Amele, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8934-582X, Kapadia, Dharmi, Nazroo, James and Taylor, Harry (2022) Racism as the fundamental cause of ethnic inequities in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: a theoretical framework and empirical exploration using the UK Household Longitudinal Study. SSM - Population Health, 19, 101150. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101150) (PMID:35765366) (PMCID:PMC9225926)

Amele, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8934-582X and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2022) More inclusive research is needed for an equitable response to dementia. Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 15, 100329. (doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100329) (PMID:35243476) (PMCID:PMC8866056)

Katikireddi, S. V. et al. (2022) Two-dose ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine protection against COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths over time: a retrospective, population-based cohort study in Scotland and Brazil. Lancet, 399(10319), pp. 25-35. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02754-9) (PMID:34942103) (PMCID:PMC8687670)

Agrawal, U. et al. (2021) COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths after BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations in 2·57 million people in Scotland (EAVE II): a prospective cohort study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(12), pp. 1439-1449. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00380-5) (PMID:34599903) (PMCID:PMC8480963)

This list was generated on Wed Oct 15 01:43:21 2025 BST.

Sarah Amele