Junko is a Specialty Registrar in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine in Oxford. Brought up internationally across the UK, USA, and Japan, she has held a longstanding interest in working for a cause that has a wide-reaching global impact – solidified during a previous internship at the WHO, and an elective working in Thailand and Cambodia.

Currently, her main research interest is in the application of genomics to improve microbiology diagnostics and tackle global antimicrobial resistance.

Junko holds a BA in Natural Sciences and a MPhil in Public Health from the University of Cambridge, and a medical degree from the University of Oxford.

Outside of work, Junko enjoys keeping herself active, and used to be on the Great Britain national team for the martial art kendo.