Sarah Vollam
RN MSc PhD
Nurse Researcher
- Post-doctoral Nurse Researcher, NDCN
- Divisional Research Lead for MRC, OUHFT
- Reader in Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Clinical Research, OxINMAHR, Oxford Brookes University.
Sarah has a clinical ICU nursing background and worked as a research nurse for several years before joining the university as a researcher. Her work focuses on detecting and managing clinical deteriorations in hospitalised patients, and post-ICU ward management. She has expertise in mixed methods and qualitative research.
Sarah recently completed the REFLECT project.This is a study investigated the course of care in patients following discharge from Intensive Care. This study identified several areas of clinical care where improvements could be made with the aim of reducing mortality and improving the experience of post-ICU patients. This work will inform future research aiming to implement these findings.
Other projects include:
Virtual HDU - a programme of research aimed to develop and test ambulatory vital signs monitoring to detect deterioration in surgical patients.
Sarah was awarded a PhD from University of Hertfordshire in 2021.
Sarah is an Associate Editor for Nursing in Critical Care.
Sarah is also the Divisional Research Lead for MRC at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and has a keen interested in support nurses, midwives and allied health professionals to develop careers in research.
Recent publications
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Wearables for continuous patient monitoring on COVID-19 isolation wards
Conference paper
ROMAN C. et al, (2023)
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Introduction to this special issue on rehabilitation during and after critical care.
Journal article
Vollam S. and Efstathiou N., (2023), Nurs Crit Care, 28, 472 - 474
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The postgraduate literature review: Turning your chapter into a scholarly publication.
Journal article
Walker W. et al, (2022), Nurs Crit Care, 27, 736 - 738
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Increased long-term mortality following new-onset atrial fibrillation in the intensive care unit: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal article
Garside T. et al, (2022), J Crit Care, 72
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Publisher Correction: Reporting guideline for the early-stage clinical evaluation of decision support systems driven by artificial intelligence: DECIDE-AI.
Journal article
Vasey B. et al, (2022), Nat Med, 28