In 2020 Sam completed his Masters in Public Health (MPH) at Imperial College London, prior to which he studied a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences at St George's University of London.
Sam began his career as a Research Associate in Health Economics in 2020 at the University of Manchester within the Health Organisation, Policy and Economics (HOPE) group, working on projects investigating the scoial determinants of health in the UK. In 2022, Sam was awared an NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowship also at the University of Manchester.
Since June 2024 Sam has started on his PhD at University of Lausanne working as a PhD fellow on an SNSF Ambizione project at 精东影业.