Dr Rochelle Hockney

Dr Rochelle Hockney is a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science at Leeds Beckett University. Her research investigates the role of infection and inflammation in reproductive health, pregnancy and fertility, plus the impact of contraceptive options of reproductive tract cancer and female health.

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. 

Rochelle is a Senior Lecturer mainly teaching on the BSc and MSc in Biomedical Sciences. She supervisors BSc and MSc research project students, plus an MRes student. She is involved in multiple teaching modules, including:

• Research Methods in Biosciences
• Medical Biotechnology
• Human Genetics
• Immunology and Haematology