Sara Dada is a global health researcher and PhD candidate, focusing on maternal health and community engagement. Since completing her MSc in One Health at the Royal Veterinary College and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as a Fulbright Scholar, Sara has conducted and led research projects focusing on communications and community engagement to empower communities and build capacity in Sierra Leone, Kenya, India, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Sara has supported organisations such as the World Health Organization, Women in Global Health, and GOAL Global on research and advocacy projects relating to communications, community engagement, and participation. She has published peer-reviewed articles on subjects ranging from maternal and child health to vaccine hesitancy to community engagement and has been invited to present her innovative research on community engagement and realist methods in global health at numerous conferences, panels, and webinars.