Professor Jacqui Reilly
Professor of Infection Prevention and Control
Department of Nursing, Community and Public HealthProfessor Jacqui Reilly co-leads the SHIP team of researchers at Glasgow Caledonian. Her research focuses on Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC).
Jacqui started her career in clinical practice in 1988 and worked in various settings including care homes, intensive care and surgical care. She then specialised in infection prevention and control surveillance, working in hospital and community settings, before moving to the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (SCIEH) in 2001 to develop the national programme of HAI surveillance in Scotland.
She became a Consultant Epidemiologist in Health Protection Scotland in 2004, the Lead Consultant at the national level for Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI) for over a decade, and thereafter an NMAHP Director and the HAI executive lead for NHS National Services Scotland and Public Health Scotland. She was jointly appointed at GCU with the NHS until she retired from the NHS in 2025. She now works part-time as an academic at Glasgow Caledonian.
She has been a clinical academic researcher since 1996, when she started her PhD in the epidemiology of HAI. She has a PgC in Teaching and is a registered lecturer/practice educator. Her University appointments included Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer, leading postgraduate specialist practice and master's-level modules on clinical effectiveness, quality improvement and contributing to public health, inclusive of the GCU global IPC module.
She became a Professor in 2010 and her joint appointment has been focused since then on research at Glasgow Caledonian. Her research has contributed to the national and international infection prevention and control evidence based, including the World Health Organisation international IPC guidelines.
She is a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and the Royal Society of Biology, and was awarded a CBE in 2022 for services to public health and healthcare.