I am Head of Peninsula Medical School as well as  the Non-Executive Director of University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. Prior to joining the University, I was Professor of Microbiology Education and Engagement at the Norwich Medical School at UEA, as well as Course Director for Medicine with a Gateway Year Programme. I was also the Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Innovation at UEA, and a Non-Executive Director for the James Paget University Hospital in Great Yarmouth.
I have made contributions to wider society in science communication, microbiology, and antibiotic resistance through public engagement activities and events. I am also a strong advocate for women in STEM. In 2020 I was lucky enough to be awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to research and education in antimicrobial resistance, as recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
My research expertise is in the areas of public engagement, science communication, medical education, antibiotic resistance and infection prevention and control.

• Council Member for the Microbiology Society (2020-2023)
• Member of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
• Senior Fellow HEA 2017
• Committee member for the Institute for Volunteering Research (2019-2022)

• Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of East Anglia
• Council member of the Microbiology Society (2020 – 2023)
• NED University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust
• Member of the Town Deal Board for Great Yarmouth Borough Council (2019-2022)
• Non-Executive Director James Paget University Hospital (2021-2022)
• Reviewer and Moderator for international funding bodies European Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe
• Evaluator for the UUK Knowledge Exchange Concordat Development Year 2021 
• Chair of the Delivery Group for the Institute for Volunteering Research (2019-2022)
• Currently External Examiner at the University of Manchester

Drury, E. and University of East Anglia (2020) Antibiotics unearthed : antibiotic discovery and citizen science. dissertation. University of East Anglia. Available at: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80559/.

Microbiology and Antimicrobial Resistance.

Introduction to Public Health.

History of the NHS.