Jenna Bowen
Cardiff University
Welsh Crucible 2015
Jenna graduated from the Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2006. Following completion of a pre-registration year in community pharmacy, she returned to the department to undertake a PhD, which she successfully defended in November 2011. Now working as a Lecturer within the School, Jenna’s research lies in the field of sepsis and infection, with particular focus on the development of point-of-care diagnostic tools to enable rapid diagnosis, patient stratification and personalisation of therapies. She enjoys working across disciplines and has established collaborations with engineers, physicists, clinical academics and industrial partners from around the UK and within the EU in order to deliver impactful, translational research.