Dr Annie Joseph is a Consultant Microbiologist and Clinical Laboratory Lead for Microbiology at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. She has subspecialty experience in urological infection, obstetric infection, antimicrobial stewardship and laboratory diagnostics development. She is a standing member on the NICE Managing Common Infections Committee and a council member of the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. As a former Health Education England East Midlands Innovation fellow, she has worked to integrate the appropriate use of diagnostics and antimicrobials across the Primary and Secondary Care interface.