Sarah works as a senior midwifery lecturer and teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students. She has published papers on culture, black African women and pregnancy, sickle cell anaemia and FGM. Her MSc thesis was an innovation project resulting in the creation of a toolkit on the culture of black African women during pregnancy. In Sarah's former role as a RCN midwifery forum committee member she also contributed to RCN guidance on FGM. Her specialist areas are ethnic minority health, high risk pregnancy and the socio-cultural context of women's healthcare. Sarah has published several papers in this area in peer reviewed journals and self-published a book on Black African Culture and Childbirth