She is Professor Emerita at the University of Birmingham, UK and also Scientific Director within the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership.
[1] Laura J. V. Piddock gained a BSc degree in Biological Sciences (Biochemistry and Microbiology) in 1981 and was awarded a PhD degree by the University of Birmingham in 1985 for work on penicillin binding proteins with Richard Wise at Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham.
In particular, this has addressed the way that their use in veterinary practice can generate antibiotic resistant bacteria that enter the food chain of humans.
[6] In 2019 she was awarded the Garrod Lecture and Medal by the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy[7] for how her work on antibiotic efflux has led to new ideas for drug discovery.
[8] Piddock is the author or co-author of over 250 scientific publications, reports and book chapters.