Sarah Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Services Research & Policy at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine(LSHTM).   She completed her first degree in psychology in 1994 at the University of Nottingham.  She trained in psychometrics while completing PhD at the MRC Institute of Hearing Research in Nottingham in 1998.  Since then, she has worked in health services research focusing on the development and evaluation of patient-reported measures (MRC Unit Nottingham 1998-2000; LSHTM 2000-present).

Her research uses modern psychometric methods based on Rasch measurement theory to develop and evaluate robust, accurate and precise instruments to measure patient outcomes and experience.