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Professor Sarah Slight

Professor of Patient Safety and Digital Health

  • Telephone: +44 (191) 208 2358
  • Address: School of Pharmacy,
    King George VI Building,
    Queen Victoria Road,
    缅北禁地 Upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background

Sarah Slight is Professor in Patient Safety and Digital Health. Her research is aimed at developing and evaluating novel digital health technologies to improve patient safety, inform healthcare professional and patient decision-making, and support patient care.


She has been awarded substantial peer-reviewed research funding totalling over £15 million from national and international funders, including UK NIHR, US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Food and Drug Administration, and European Commission. All these grants have had a focus on digital health technologies and/or patient safety. She has worked with international academic and commercial partners to integrate and optimise digital technologies in UK healthcare settings; this included a €2.4 million EU Horizon 2020 grant to assess the performance of an innovative technology (MedEye) to prevent medication administration errors that was ranked one of the top 5% projects in Europe. She collaborated on the £67 million Early Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases (EDoN) initiative (Sept 2019-23) funded by Alzheimer's Research UK and Gates Ventures, which brought together global experts in data science, digital technology and neurodegeneration from over 35 universities and technology companies worldwide. This initiative endeavoured to develop a non-invasive digital tool(s) for the detection of neurodegenerative diseases on a population-wide scale. She is a co-investigator on £2 million NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Spatial biomarkers of early Alzheimer's disease (SABRE) that aims to detect Alzheimer’s disease in its very earliest pre-symptomatic stages, when therapeutic interventions have the greatest chance of delaying or preventing progression to dementia. She was principal investigator on £150k NIHR Programme Development Grant (Jun 2023 - Mar 2024) investigating the impact of poor air quality on health, and co-producing a communication strategy that includes digital components tailored to their needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. She is co-investigator on £3 million UKRI Natural Environment Research Council that aims to improve our understanding of temperature-health relationships in the most vulnerable and co-develop environmental and community-based interventions that reduce risks under current and future climates. She is also co-investigator on £2.4m NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research that aims to develop and evaluate a complex ePrescribing-based Antimicrobial Stewardship (ePAMS+) intervention for hospitals. 


She has an interest in digital health equity, with on-going research looking at who is at risk of digital exclusion, the key challenges faced by underserved groups when using digital health technologies, and the strategies to overcome these digital barriers. She has conducted novel research in how digital health technologies can support patients on their care pathway, including promoting lifestyle and health behaviour changes, understanding the role that online forums can play, and the value of teachable moments in encouraging behaviour change in surgical patients.

 

She has a substantial volume of high quality research publications (>200 articles), many of which have been published in top ranking journals, such as Nature Digital Medicine, Lancet Digital Health; and BMJ Quality and Safety. One of her papers was chosen by the BMJ Health and Care Informatics to be among the top 10 best papers published in 2023 (). Another paper entitled ‘The Case Study Approach’ has been cited >5,520 times (Google Scholar). She supervises a number of doctoral students who have published in high impact journals like The Lancet and presented their work to UK Houses of Parliament. These PhD students have also won multiple awards, including winner of the FMS Insights Public Lecture Doctoral Thesis Prize (Hassan, 2021) and runner up (Robinson, 2021), and finalist in STEM for Britain (Hassan, 2021).

 

Professor Sarah Slight is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the UK Neurodegeneration Initiative, a key component of the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission (approx. £120 million committed). She has a leading international reputation in the area of digital health and clinical informatics, serving as Chair of the Membership Standing Committee for the UK Faculty of Clinical Informatics (Sept 2018-23) an organisation that aims to advance public health through the best use of information and information technology. She was awarded Fellowship of the British Computer Society (Nov 2024) in recognition of being one of the most influential professionals in the industry. She was a member of the NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Advisory Panel, which assessed funding applications for primary care research, many of which have had a substantial beneficial influence on practice at regional and national levels. She is currently Associate Editor for the Journal for Patient Safety and Associate Editor for BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.

 

She moved to Harvard Medical School in January 2012 to work alongside internationally renowned expert Prof David W. Bates. She was one of a team of world leading experts in Health Information Technology who presented a White Paper to the U.S. FDA aimed at better understanding and improving the safety of electronic ordering of medications. She has co-authored several national reports and book chapters on the topic of medication errors and health information technology, including: Patient Safety and Healthcare Improvement at a Glance (Wiley), Americas Healthcare Transformation: Strategies and Innovations (Rutgers), and Key Advances in Clinical Informatics: Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology (Elsevier). She also contributed to the chapter on Safer Primary Care: Medication Errors for first edition of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Safer Primary Care Technical Series.

 

She was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Nov 2022) for her distinction in Profession of Pharmacy, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Practice Research Award (Sept 2017) for her contribution to pharmacy practice research in the UK, the Partners in Excellence Award for Leadership and Innovation twice (Jan 2017, Jan 2015) for her contribution to international research with Harvard University, and NIHR SPCR Career Development Award (Sept 2010-13). She holds a number of honorary positions, including Visiting Professor at Kings College London.


Publications

  • Articles

    • Heed J, Heed A, Klein S, Slee A, Watson N, Husband AK, Slight SP. . Journal of Patient Safety 2025, 21(5), 309-316.
    • Connolly EM, Mc Ardle R, Bimpong KAA, Slight SP. . Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2024, 101(3), 715-729.
    • Hassan N, Slight R, Bimpong K, Bates DW, Weiand D, Vellinga A, Morgan G, Slight SP. . npj Digital Medicine 2024, 7(1), 332.
    • Weir CJ, Hinder S, Adamestam I, Sharp R, Ennis H, Heed A, Williams R, Cresswell K, Dogar O, Pontefract S, Coleman J, Lilford R, Watson N, Slee A, Chuter A, Beggs J, Slight S, Mason J, Bates DW, Sheikh A. . BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2024, 24, 301.
    • Wilson S, Tolley C, Mc Ardle R, Beswick E, Slight SP. . Journal of Medical Internet Research 2023, 25, e46711.
    • Lawson L, Mc Ardle R, Wilson S, Beswick E, Karimi R, Slight S. . Journal of Medical Internet Research 2023, 25, e45658.
    • Weir CJ, Adamestam I, Sharp R, Ennis H, Heed A, Williams R, Cresswell K, Dogar O, Pontefract S, Coleman J, Lilford R, Watson N, Slee A, Chuter A, Beggs J, Slight S, Mason J, Yardley L, Sheikh A. . Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2023, 9(1), 18.
    • Brouat S, Tolley C, Bates DW, Jenson J, Slight SP. . Informatics in Medicine Unlocked 2022, 32, 101014.
    • Wilson S, McArdle R, Tolley C, Slight S. . Alzheimer's & Dementia 2022, 18(S2), e059820.
    • Tolley CL, Watson NW, Heed A, Einbeck J, Medows S, Wood L, Campbell L, Slight SP. . BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2022, 22(1), 86.
    • Hill SR, Bhattarai N, Tolley CL, Slight SP, Vale L. . BMJ Open 2022, 12(2), e053115.
    • Robinson A, Husband A, Slight R, Slight SP. . JMIR Human Factors 2022, 9(1), e29782.
    • Heed J, Klein S, Slee A, Watson N, Husband A, Slight SP. . British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2022, 88(7), 3351-3359.
    • Serou N, Slight R, Husband A, Forrest S, Slight S. . Journal of Patient Safety 2022, 18(4), 358-364.
    • Serou N, Slight SP, Husband AK, Forrest SP, Slight RD. . BJS Open 2021, 5(2), zraa007.
    • Serou N, Husband AK, Forrest SP, Slight RD, Slight SP. . Journal of Patient Safety 2021, 17(5), 335-340.
    • Serou N, Sahota L, Husband AK, Forrest SP, Slight RD, Slight S. . International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2021, 33(1), mzab046.
    • Robinson A, Slight RD, Husband AK, Slight S. . BJS Open 2021, 5(2), zraa009.
    • Robinson A, Slight RD, Husband AK, Slight SP. . Journal of Medical Internet Research 2021, 23(3), e25885.
    • Robinson A, Slight R, Husband AK, Slight S. . Perioperative Medicine 2020, 9, 2.
    • Bimpong KAA, Khan A, Slight R, Tolley CL, Slight SP. . BMJ Open 2020, 10(7), e034919.
    • Robinson A, Husband AK, Slight RD, Slight SP. . BJS Open 2020, 5(1), zraa009.
    • Robinson A, Husband AK, Slight RD, Slight SP. . JMIR Perioperative Medicine 2020, 3(2), e17320.
    • Robinson A, Oksuz U, Slight R, Slight S, Husband A. . JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2020, 8(12), e19237.
    • Moore EC, Tolley CL, Bates DW, Slight SP. . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2020, 27(5), 798-807.
    • Campbell SM, Bell BG, Marsden K, Spencer R, Kadam U, Perryman K, Rodgers S, Litchfield I, Reeves D, Chuter A, Doos L, Ricci-Cabello I, Gill P, Esmail A, Greenfield S, Slight S, Middleton K, Barnet J, Moore M, Valderas JM, Sheikh A, Avery AJ. . Journal of Patient Safety 2020, 16(3), e182-e186.
    • Slight SP, Tolley CL, Bates DW, Fraser R, Bigirumurame T, Kasim A, Balaskonis K, Narrie S, Heed A, Orav EJ, Watson NW. . The Lancet Digital Health 2019, 1(8), E403-E412.
    • Wong A, Rehr C, Seger DL, Amato MG, Beeler PE, Slight SP, Wright A, Bates DW. . Drug Safety 2019, 42(4), 573-579.
    • Slight SP, Seger DL, Franz C, Wong A, Bates DW. . Journal of American Medicine Informatics Association 2018, 25(9), 1183-1188.
    • Wong A, Amato MG, Seger DL, Rehr C, Wright A, Slight SP, Beeler PE, Orav EJ, Bates DW. . BMJ Quality and Safety 2018, 27(9), 718-724.
    • Nanji KC, Seger DL, Slight SP, Amato M, Beeler P, Her Q, Dalleur O, Eguale T, Wong A, Silvers E, Swerdloff M, Maniam N, Fiskio J, Dykes P, Bates DW. . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2018, 25(5), 476-481.
    • Slight SP, Tolley CL, Bates DW, Fraser R, Kasim A, Birgirumurame T, Watson N. Largest UK Medication Error and ADE prevention study using Electronic Prescribing System. Lancet 2018. In Preparation.
    • Cornu P, Phansalkar S, Seger DL, Cho I, Pontefract S, Robertson A, Bates DW, Slight SP. . International Journal of Medical Informatics 2018, 111, 165–171.
    • Tolley C, Forde N, Coffey KL, Sittig DF, Ash JS, Husband AK, Bates DW, Slight S. . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2018, 25(5), 575-584.
    • Wong A, Seger DL, Slight SP, Amato MG, Beeler PE, Fiskio JM, Bates DW. . Drug Safety 2018, 41(3), 297-302.
    • Wong A, Seger DL, Slight SP, Amato MG, Beeler PE, Fiskio JM, Bates DW. . Drug Safety 2018, 41(3), 297-302.
    • Nazar H, Nazar Z, Yeung A, Maguire M, Connelly A, Slight SP. . Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy 2018, 14(11), 1027-1042.
    • Goss FR, Lai KH, Topaz M, Acker WW, Kowalski L, Plasek JM, Blumental KG, Seger DL, Slight SP, Fung KW, Chang FY, Bates DW, Zhou Li. . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2018, 25(6), 661-669.
    • Serou N, Sahota L, Husband A, Forrest S, Moorthy S, Vincent C, Slight RD, Slight SP. . British Journal of Surgery Open 2017, 1(4), 106-113.
    • Serou N, Sahota L, Husband AK, Forrest S, Moorthy K, Vincent C, Slight RD, Slight S. . British Journal of Surgery Open 2017, 1(4), 106-113.
    • Ricci-Cabello I, Saletti-Cuesta L, Slight SP, Valderas JM. . Health Expectations 2017, 20(5), 961-972.
    • Slight SP, Beeler PE, Seger DL, Amato MG, Her QL, Swerdloff M, Dalleur O, Nanji KC, Cho I, Maniam N, Eguale T, Fiskio JM, Dykes PC, Bates DW. . BMJ Quality and Safety 2017, 26(3), 217-225.
    • Slight SP, Eguale T, Amato MG, Seger AC, Whitney DL, Bates DW, Schiff GD. . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2016, 23(2), 311-316.
    • Her QL, Amato MG, Seger DL, Beeler PE, Slight SP, Dalleur O, Dykes PC, Gilmore JF, Fanikos J, Fiskio JM, Bates DW. . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2016, 23(5), 924-933.
    • Topaz M, Seger DL, Goss F, Lai K, Slight SP, Lau JJ, Nandigam H, Zhou L. . Methods of Information in Medicine 2016, 55(2), 151-157.
    • Topaz M, Seger DL, Slight SP, Goss F, Lai K, Wickner PG, Blumenthal K, Dhopeshwarkar N, Chang F, Bates DW, Zhou L. . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2016, 23(3), 601-608.
    • Nazar H, Brice S, Akhter N, Kasim A, Gunning A, Slight SP, Watson NW. . BMJ Open 2016, 6(10), e012532.
    • Plasek JM, Goss FR, Lai KH, Lau JJ, Seger DL, Blumenthal KG, Wickner PG, Slight SP, Chang FY, Topaz M, Bates DW, Zhou L. . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2016, 23(e1), 79-87.
    • Zhou L, Dhopeshwarkar N, Blumenthal KG, Goss F, Topaz M, Slight SP, Bates DW. . Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2016, 71(9), 1305-1313.
    • Her QL, Seger DL, Amato MG, Beeler PE, Dalleur O, Slight SP, Dykes PC, Bates DW. . American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 2016, 73(1), e34-e45.
    • Cho I, Slight SP, Nanji KC, Seger DL, Maniam N, Fiskio JM, Dykes PC, Bates DW. . International Journal of Medical Informatics 2015, 84(9), 630-639.
    • Slight SP, Berner ES, Galanter W, Huff S, Lambert BL, Lannon C, Lehmann CU, McCourt BJ, McNamara M, Menachemi N, Payne TH, Spooner SA, Schiff GD, Wang TY, Akincigil A, Crystal S, Fortmann SP, Vandermeer ML, Bates DW. . JMIR Medical Informatics 2015, 3(3), e30.
    • Slight SP. . Journal of General Internal Medicine 2015, 30(8), 1187.
    • Nazar H, Nazar Z, Portlock J, Todd A, Slight SP. . British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2015, 80(5), 936-948.
    • Lee L, Cresswell K, Slee A, Slight SP, Coleman J, Sheikh A. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open 2014, 5(10).
    • Cho I, Slight SP, Nanji KC, Seger DL, Maniam N, Dykes PC, Bates DW. . BMC Nephrology 2014, 15, 200.
    • Slight SP, Franz C, Olugbile M, Brown HV, Bates DW, Zimlichman E. . Critical Care Medicine 2014, 42(8), 1862-1868.
    • Avery AJ, Rodgers S, Dean Franklin B, Elliott RA, Howard R, Slight SP, Swanwick G, Knox R, Gookey G, Barber N, Sheikh A. . British Journal of General Practice 2014, 64(622), 259-261.
    • Nanji KC, Slight SP, Seger DL, Cho I, Fiskio JM, Redden LM, Volk LA, Bates DW. . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2014, 21(3), 487-491.
    • Slight SP, Bates DW. . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2014, 21(e2), e181–e184.
    • Slight SP, Quinn C, Avery AJ, Bates DW, Sheikh A. . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2014, 21(e2), e226–e231.

  • Book Chapter

    • Slight SP, Bates DW. . In: Aziz Sheikh, Kathrin M. Cresswell, Adam Wright, David W. Bates, ed. Key Advances in Clinical Informatics: Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology. London: Academic Press, 2017, pp.131-144.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Dhillon G, Hassan N, Wilson S, McArdle R, Su L, Slight S. . In: Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC 2024). 2024, Philadelphia: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    • Hassan N, Wilson S, Marley K, Slight R, Slight S. . In: Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice Conference. 2024, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland: Oxford University Press.
    • Rawi AA, Hassan N, Mc Ardle R, Slight S. . In: Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC 2023). 2023, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: AAIC.
    • Wilson S, Tolley C, Mc Ardle R, Beswick E, Lawson L, Slight R, Slight S, Hassan N. . In: Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC 2023). 2023, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: AAIC.
    • Hassan N, Slight R, Weiand D, Morgan G, Vellinga A, Mamdouh H, Gallier S, Sapey E, Slight S. . In: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Annual Conference. 2023, Oxford University Press.
    • Hassan N, Slight RD, Slight SP. . In: Faculty of Clinical Informatics Annual Scientific Conference 2022. 2022, Online: BMJ Publishing Group.
    • Hassan N, Slight R, Weiand D, Vellinga A, Morgan G, Aboushareb F, Slight SP. . In: Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice Conference (HSRPP 2021). 2021, Reading: Oxford University Press.
    • Hassan N, Slight RD, Bimpong K, Weiand D, Vellinga A, Morgan G, Slight SP. . In: Public Health Science 2021. 2021, Online: The Lancet Publishing Group.
    • Hassan N, Slight R, Slight SP. . In: Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice Conference (HSRPP 2021). 2021, Reading: Oxford University Press.
    • Brown C, Slight SP, Husband A, Watson N, Bates D. . In: 38th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine. 2015, Toronto, Canada: Springer.
    • Slight SP, Seger DL, Thomas S, Robertson A, Coleman J, Bates DW, Phansalkar S. . In: 37th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine. 2014, San Diego, CA, USA: Springer.
    • Slight SP, Eguale T, Amato MG, Seger AC, Whitney DL, Bates DW, Schiff GD. . In: 37th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine. 2014, San Diego, CA, USA: Springer.
    • Robertson A, Quist AJL, Thach T, Volk L, Wright A, Phansalkar S, Slight SP, Bates DW, Schiff GD. . In: 37th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine. 2014, San Diego, CA, USA: Springer.

  • Editorials

    • Slight S, Husband A. . International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2018, 26(S1), 3-3.
    • Bates DW, Slight SP. . Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2014, 89(8), 1027-1029.

  • Note

    • Connolly EM, Slight S, Mc Ardle R. . Alzheimer's and Dementia 2022, 18(S8), e062834.

  • Reviews

    • Wilson S, Tolley C, Mc Ardle R, Lawson L, Beswick E, Hassan N, Slight R, Slight S. . npj Digital Medicine 2024, 7(1), 173.
    • Trotter NE, Slight SP, Karimi R, Bates DW, Sheikh A, Weir C, Tolley CL. . Informatics in Medicine Unlocked 2023, 37, 101183.
    • Hassan N, Slight R, Weiand D, Vellinga A, Morgan G, Aboushareb F, Slight SP. . International Journal of Medical Informatics 2021, 150, 104457.
    • Tolley CL, Slight SP, Husband AK, Watson N, Bates DW. . American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 2018, 75(4), 239-246.
    • Brown CL, Mulcaster HL, Triffitt KL, Sittig DF, Ash JS, Reygate K, Husband AK, Bates DW, Slight SP. . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2017, 24(2), 432-440.
    • Panesar SS, Desilva D, Carson-Stevens A, Cresswell KM, Salvilla SA, Slight SP, Javad S, Netuveli G, Larizgoitia I, Donaldson LJ, Bates DW, Sheikh A. . BMJ Quality and Safety 2016, 25(7), 544-553.
    • Kuntz JL, Safford MM, Singh JA, Phansalkar S, Slight SP, Her QL, Lapointe NA, Mathews R, O'Brien E, Brinkman WB, Hommel K, Farmer KC, Klinger E, Maniam N, Sobko HJ, Bailey SC, Cho I, Rumptz MH, Vandermeer ML, Hornbrook MC. . Patient Education and Counseling 2014, 97(3), 310-326.