Mrs Jayne Jones

Biography

Jayne Jones is a Health Care and Professions Council state-registered Biomedical Scientist with more than 30 years’ experience in diagnostic parasitology. Jayne manages a team that provide a high-quality United Kingdom Accreditation Service clinical diagnostic parasitology service that is used by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) clinicians and health professionals locally and throughout the UK.

Jayne’s role involves management of the laboratory plus a quality management role that ensures the clinical diagnostic parasitology laboratory staff and procedures adhere to ISO standard 15189.

She is a member of the Institute of Biomedical Science, actively participating in their continual professional development CPD scheme and a member of the North West Pathology Quality Managers forum. She is also a member of LSTM Laboratory Users Group and the LSTM Biological Safety Committee

Research interests

Jayne’s research interests are focused on diagnostic parasitology, quality management, pathology, and accreditation.

Teaching

Jayne contributes to the LSTM professional short courses.

Selected research publications

UK guidelines for the investigation and management of eosinophilia in returning travellers and migrants. – Journal: Journal of Infection – Published: 1st February 2025

Chronic Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Fijian migrants to the UK – Journal: Journal of Medical Microbiology – Published: 12th November 2024

Predicting mortality in febrile adults: comparative performance of the MEWS, qSOFA, and UVA scores using prospectively collected data among patients in four health-care sites in sub-Saharan Africa and South-Eastern Asia – Journal: eClinicalMedicine – Published: 1st November 2024

A comparative study of traditional and molecular diagnostic methods for detection of gastrointestinal parasites in Nepalese migrants to the UK – Journal: Journal of Infection – Published: 19th October 2024

Gastrointestinal parasite infections in Nepalese Gurkha recruits arriving in the United Kingdom from 2012–2020 – Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases – Published: 26th January 2024

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