Dr. Joanne L. Mitchell BSc (Hons), PhD

• Clinical Scientist
• Quality Manager

Joanne Mitchell completed a first degree in Biological Sciences (Microbiology) and then began her research career in 1989 at the Lung Immunobiochemical Research Laboratory (General Hospital, Birmingham) where she first worked with Dr. David Burnett.

Her interest in host-pathogen interactions led her to complete a PhD on the immune responses to colonising bacteria in the respiratory tract of patients with chronic lung disease. Further work in this field involved investigations of T-cell responses to respiratory pathogens and studies of respiratory epithelial cell cytokine responses to bacterial cell wall components.

She has gained experience in a wide range of immunological and microbiological techniques and has supervised a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate students through part or all of their projects. She has continued to supervise project students since she joined Micropathology Ltd in 1999 and is involved in the company’s routine diagnostic work and in its research projects.