Rowena Jenkins

Dr Rowena Jenkins is a lecturer within the Microbiology and Infectious Diseases group at Swansea University Medical School. Training in Microbiology before specialising in molecular microbiology and lecturing in Biomedical Sciences.

Research interests focus on antibiotic resistance, and innovative antimicrobial treatments as well as looking at their potential role in chronic infections such as cystic fibrosis and wound infections.

Rowena is a principal investigator on a number of grants looking at the potential for manuka honey to be used in clinic to alleviate respiratory infection - collaborating with partners in the NHS and industry.

Dr Jenkins was the Editor for the Microbiology Society publication ‘Microbiology Today’ and a member of their communications committee 2017-2020 and is now an editor for the Journal of Medical Microbiology. She was the secretary for the South Wales branch of the Royal Society of Biology 2015 - 2021.

Rowena's research group at Cardiff Metropolitan University investigated the infections associated with Cystic Fibrosis and Diabetic foot ulcers as well as looking at the zoonotic pathogens found in companion animals, this work was carried out with partners from the NHS, industry and academia.