Dr Judith Richards
Consultant Medical Microbiologist

Judith graduated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and moved to the UK in 1977.  After a period of general training which included general medicine, nephrology and psychiatry, she completed her pathology training specialty in medical microbiology.

She has been a hospital consultant in Medical Microbiology since 1989, and infection control doctor since 1992.

Judith has had a long standing interest in teaching, lecturing at local level both at the hospital and at the University of East Anglia Medical School, where she is an Hon. University Lecturer and PhD supervisor.  She is also an examiner for the Royal College of Pathologists (Microbiology).

She was on the Council of the Hospital Infection Society from 1997 to 2007, and as Scientific Secretary organised numerous national and international meetings and conferences.  Her interest in supporting overseas developments in the field of infection control led her to organise several lecture tours to South America, Australia and South Africa.

She has published over 32 papers, and presented as invited/keynote lecturer in Uruguay, Argentina and Australia.