With a background in health psychology, Jo is a Reader in Cancer Behavioural Science at King's College London. She holds a Cancer Research UK career development fellowship and is Visiting Professor at UCL where she worked between 1998 and 2019. Her research focuses on the psychological and behavioural aspects of cancer prevention, screening and early diagnosis. She has a particular interest in cervical cancer prevention, and has published extensively on barriers to screening uptake, the psychological impact of HPV testing, and attitudes to HPV vaccination.