
Dr Sarah Robinson leads on Implementation for the ARC, working closely with the Academic Knowledge Mobilisation Lead Dr Danielle Tucker. She is Director of Health Partnerships and Insights at Health Innovation East and works across partnerships to support the implementation of promising applied health and care research. Sarah is supported by Ben Jackson and Dr Jyothika Kumar (both Senior Advisors at Health Innovation East) who all draw on the wealth of implementation expertise within Health Innovation East.
Sarah is passionate about embedding evidence-based practice and ensuring appropriate evaluations are in place to understand the impact of innovation and pathway transformation. Sarah re-joins the ARC team having previously worked in the CLAHRC as a Research to Service Design Implementor for Dementia in the East of England, followed by a significant period of time at NHS England as a Regional Lead for Safeguarding. Sarah continues to supervise clinical psychology doctorate trainees and is a sessional lecturer at UEA and City University as well as having formal advisory roles to a number of charity and SME organisations.