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2022

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Best Female Scientists

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116
Citations
63915
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667
National Ranking
66

Microbiology

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119
Citations
68787
World Ranking
150
National Ranking
17

Medicine

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Sharon J. Peacock is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Molecular Medicine.

Their work frequently addresses topics such as Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Antibiotic Use and Resistance, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Recent notable publications by Sharon J. Peacock include:

  • Pathophysiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), 2020, JAMA
  • SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike mutations and immune escape, 2021, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 variant biology: immune escape, transmission and fitness, 2023, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate cases of health-care associated COVID-19: a prospective genomic surveillance study, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans: A systematic review, 2020, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sharon J. Peacock include:

  • Julian Parkhill (28 joint publications)
  • Beth Blane (25 joint publications)
  • Ewan M. Harrison (18 joint publications)
  • Nicholas M. Brown (18 joint publications)
  • Theodore Gouliouris (16 joint publications)

Their research has been published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 16 publications
  • The Lancet Microbe - 11 publications
  • Microbial Genomics - 8 publications
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases - 6 publications
  • Nature Microbiology - 5 publications

Sharon J. Peacock has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom, and as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Pathophysiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Review.

    W. Joost Wiersinga;Andrew Rhodes;Allen C. Cheng;Sharon J. Peacock;Sharon J. Peacock

  • Multilocus sequence typing for characterization of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible clones of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Mark C. Enright;Nicholas P. J. Day;Catrin E. Davies;Sharon J. Peacock;Sharon J. Peacock

  • SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike mutations and immune escape.

    William T. Harvey;Alessandro M. Carabelli;Ben Jackson;Ravindra K. Gupta

  • SARS-CoV-2 variant biology: immune escape, transmission and fitness

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  • Evolution of MRSA During Hospital Transmission and Intercontinental Spread

    Simon R. Harris;Edward J. Feil;Matthew T. G. Holden;Michael A. Quail

  • Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: Evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Edward J. Feil;Jodi A. Lindsay;Sharon J. Peacock

  • Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England.

    Erik Volz;Swapnil Mishra;Meera Chand;Jeffrey C. Barrett

  • Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with a novel mecA homologue in human and bovine populations in the UK and Denmark: a descriptive study.

    Laura García-Álvarez;Matthew T G Holden;Heather Lindsay;Cerian R Webb

  • Predicted global distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei and burden of melioidosis

    Direk Limmathurotsakul;Nick Golding;David A. B. Dance;Jane P. Messina

  • SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway

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  • Genomic plasticity of the causative agent of melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Richard W. Titball;Richard W. Titball;Sharon J. Peacock;Sharon J. Peacock;Ana M. Cerdeño-Tárraga

  • How Clonal Is Staphylococcus aureus

    Edward J. Feil;Jessica E. Cooper;Hajo Grundmann;D. Ashley Robinson

  • Medical progress: Melioidosis

    W. Joost Wiersinga;Bart J. Currie;Sharon J. Peacock;Sharon J. Peacock

  • Emergence and global spread of epidemic healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile.

    Miao He;Fabio Miyajima;Paul Roberts;Louise Ellison

  • Rapid whole-genome sequencing for investigation of a neonatal MRSA outbreak.

    Claudio U. Köser;Claudio U. Köser;Matthew T.G. Holden;Matthew J. Ellington;Edward J P Cartwright;Edward J P Cartwright

  • Virulent Combinations of Adhesin and Toxin Genes in Natural Populations of Staphylococcus aureus

    Sharon J. Peacock;Catrin E. Moore;Anita Justice;Maria Kantzanou

  • Whole-genome sequencing to identify transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus between patients with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study

    Josephine M Bryant;Dorothy M Grogono;Daniel Greaves;Juliet Foweraker

  • Melioidosis: insights into the pathogenicity of Burkholderia pseudomallei

    W. Joost Wiersinga;Tom van der Poll;Nicholas J. White;Nicholas J. White;Nicholas P. Day;Nicholas P. Day

  • Mechanisms of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

    Sharon J. Peacock;Gavin K. Paterson

  • Whole-genome sequencing for analysis of an outbreak of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a descriptive study

    Simon R Harris;Edward J P Cartwright;M Estée Török;Matthew T G Holden

  • Routine Use of Microbial Whole Genome Sequencing in Diagnostic and Public Health Microbiology

    Claudio U. Köser;Matthew J. Ellington;Edward J. P. Cartwright;Edward J. P. Cartwright;Stephen H. Gillespie

  • Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study.

    Katherine A Twohig;Tommy Nyberg;Asad Zaidi;Simon Thelwall

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas P. J. Day
Nicholas P. J. Day University of Oxford
Direk Limmathurotsakul
Direk Limmathurotsakul Mahidol University
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
M. Estée Török
M. Estée Török Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Matthew T. G. Holden
Matthew T. G. Holden University of St Andrews
Wirongrong Chierakul
Wirongrong Chierakul Mahidol University
Narisara Chantratita
Narisara Chantratita Mahidol University
Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University
Allen C. Cheng
Allen C. Cheng Monash University

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