Dr Chrissie Jones is an Associate Professor in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Southampton, UK. Her research interests focus on interventions in pregnancy to prevent infection in early life. She has expertise in the field of maternal vaccination and has led pertussis, RSV and COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials in pregnancy. She is the co-director of IMPRINT (imprint-network.co.uk), a global network of experts in vaccination in pregnancy and early life. Dr Jones lead studies to reduce the risk of CMV acquisition in pregnancy and is now engaging with policy makers to integrate CMV education into routine antenatal care in the UK. She leads the perinatal infection service at Southampton and serves as medical advisor to the charity CMV Action. With postgraduate training in medical education, Dr Jones is involved with multiple initiatives to train and equip others in Paediatric Infectious Diseases. She been the Chair of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) Committee for Education since 2016 and is education lead for the British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity and Infection Group (BPAIIG).