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amy.booth@gtc.ox.ac.uk

Amy Booth

Postdoctoral Fellow in Sustainable Medicines

Biography

Dr Amy Booth is a medical doctor and interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of health, environmental crises, and sustainability. She completed her DPhil at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, exploring pharmaceutical companies’ climate action and pathways to net zero. Prior to this, she graduated summa cum laude with an MBChB from the University of Cape Town and worked as a medical doctor in South Africa. This clinical experience exposed her to both the health impacts of environmental crises and the environmental impact of health care, inspiring her transition into sustainable health research.

Amy’s research has been published in journals including The Lancet Planetary Health, BMJ Leader, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. She is co-authoring a forthcoming book on sustainable health care and has presented her work internationally, including invited talks at the UK House of Commons, the European Society for Medical Oncology, and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, as well as appearances on the BBC and various podcasts. Alongside this, Amy has advised the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and health projects across sub-Saharan Africa. She is an inaugural member of the UK Young Academy, an Academy of Medical Sciences Emerging Research Leader in Climate and Health, and an ERASMUS+ PlanEd Prescribing Associate Partner.

Amy currently co-leads the MSc in Translational Health Sciences module on Sustainable Health Care at Oxford. Alongside this, she holds a research fellow position at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, exploring sustainable medicines management as part of a nation-wide Green Healthcare Hub on decarbonising health and social care. 

Amy provides supervision for postgraduate students and is happy to hear from potential DPhil students with interest in sustainable health care.