Jo Pocock studied medicine at Cambridge University then trained in Infectious diseases and Microbiology at
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, undertaking a PhD during this time in Cytomegalovirus infection and innate immunity in the Department of Medicine in Cambridge.
Since becoming a consultant 4 years ago she has worked in the Department of Microbiology at Royal Papworth Hospital, with particular interest in Transplant infection and screening pre-transplant, and is currently (slowly) working on ways to introduce oral antibiotics for endocarditis in Papworth.