Sharon Peacock
Sharon Peacock | |
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| Born | Sharon Jayne Hardstaffe 24 March 1959 |
| Alma mater | University of Southampton (BM) Open University (PhD) |
| Spouse |
Peter Peacock (m. 1983) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pathogens Genomics Clinical practice Public health |
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| Thesis | Staphylococcal fibronectin-binding proteins (2003) |
| Website | www |
Sharon Jayne Peacock (born 24 March 1959) is a British microbiologist who is Professor of Public Health and Microbiology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge, and Master of Churchill College, Cambridge.
Peacock is known for her work on the use of microbial whole genome sequencing in diagnostic and public health microbiology, for research and policy work relating to antimicrobial resistance, and for her research on Burkholderia pseudomallei and Staphylococcus aureus including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). In 2020, she led the development of the COG-UK consortium, which provided genomic sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the pandemic response.