Joanne Yarwood Associate Professor LSHTM MSc SRN SCM FPCert DipHSS EPI Programme Manager Public Health England (PHE) Jo trained as a nurse and midwife. Since 1984 she has pursued a career in primary care and research, working as a practice nurse then national nurse research co-ordinator for the British family Heart Study. She then worked as a district audit co-ordinator and held an honorary lectureship at the Department of Primary Care, University College London Medical School. She has been working in immunisation for 24 years and has led on key aspects of the programme including – • the national communication strategy • the planning and implementation of the routine immunisation programme including all new programmes since 1995 She has played a role in influencing the delivery of immunisation at both national and international levels and has presented at local, national and international level. She teaches every year at the summer Vaccinology course in Antwerp, worked with WHO Euro and has co-led work in the EU.