Dr Rochelle Hockney
Senior Lecturer Leeds Beckett
- Leeds
Dr Rochelle Hockney's research investigates the role of infection and inflammation in reproductive health, pregnancy and fertility.
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Biography
Alongside teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students, Rochelle enjoys being the main outreach and engagement co-ordinator, plus social media content creator for Biomedical Sciences at Leeds Beckett University. She is also an advisory member in the Royal Society of Biology Early Career Lecturers in Biosciences Group which feeds into the Heads of Biological Sciences Committee. She has a passion for inspiring the next generation of scientists to be involved in innovative and exciting technology-based research.
Before joining LBU, Rochelle was previously a lecturer at Teesside University, where she also achieved her PhD in Microbiology in 2020. Prior to this she worked in industry at a pharmaceutical company, gained an MSc in Reproductive and Developmental Medicine at The University of Sheffield and BSc Biology at Derby University.
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Education
University of Derby
BSc
Biology
2014
The University of Sheffield
MSc
Reproductive Medicine
2015
Teesside University
PhD
Microbiology
2020
Affiliations
- Royal Society of Biology Early Career Lecturers in Biosciences Group : Advisory Member
- Teenage Cancer Trust : Fundraisng Volunteer
Languages
- English
Media Appearances
Opinion: Back to normal?
Royal Society of Biology online
Two lecturers who started their university jobs during the pandemic look at how returning to ‘normal’ has created a new set of challenges
Articles
Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) samples are not a beneficial replacement for frozen tissues in fetal membrane microbiota research
PLoS ONE2022
Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) tissues are routinely collected, archived, and used for clinical diagnosis, including maternal and neonatal health. Applying FFPE samples to microbiota research would be beneficial to reduce preparation, storage and costs associated with limited available frozen samples.
Fetal membrane bacterial load is increased in histologically confirmed inflammatory chorioamnionitis: A retrospective cohort study
Placenta2020
It is widely debated whether fetal membranes possess a genuine microbiome, and if bacterial presence and load is linked to inflammation. Chorioamnionitis is an inflammation of the fetal membranes. This research focussed on inflammatory diagnosed histological chorioamnionitis (HCA) and aimed to determine whether the bacterial load in fetal membranes correlates to inflammatory response, including histological staging and inflammatory markers in HCA.
