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Jennie Wilson
BSc(Hons) MSc RGN
Research Fellow
Jennie completed her Registered Nurse training and obtained an honours
degree in microbiology at Liverpool University in 1982. She then worked as a
Research Associate for the Nursing Practice Research Unit at Surrey
University before moving into infection control, initially as Senior Nurse
Infection Control at St Georges Hospital, London and then at Charing Cross
Hospital and Riverside Health Authority. She is a diplomate member of the
Faculty of Public Health and completed her Masters in Public Health at St
Georges Hospital Medical School in 2002.
Jennie joined the Health
Protection Agency (previously the Public Health Laboratory Service) in
1992 where she developed her interest in surveillance of healthcare
associated infection. She was a partner in two major Department of Health
funded projects undertaken by the PHLS: Socio-economic Burden of
Hospital-acquired infection and the Clinical Audit of Hospital Infection
Control Activity. In 1997, Jennie became part of the senior team that
developed the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Scheme (NINSS) and
established national surveillance in England for surgical site infection and
hospital-acquired bloodstream infections. She is now the Programme Lead for
the Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Service, national representative
for England in the European surveillance network - Hospitals in Europe
Linked in Infection Control through Surveillance (HELICS), and advises on
surveillance of healthcare associated infection and infection control for
the HPA.
Jennie has a range of publications in the field of infection control,
including two textbooks Infection Control in Clinical Practice (now going
into its 3rd edition) and Clinical Microbiology - an Introduction for the
Healthcare Professional. She has also worked as expert advisor to the
infection prevention and control programme for the Clinical Governance
Support Team.
Jennie joined the Richard Wells Research Centre as a Research Fellow in
2005. In addition to her general knowledge and expertise in the field of
infection prevention and control, she is particularly interested in
developing research related to the surveillance of healthcare-associated
infection and its value in reducing rates of infection.
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