DrAlison Connolly

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Highland Radio (January 2023) – At 2 hours, I was invited as an expert speaker for a radio/video interview on the topic of glyphosate exposures among the Irish population (https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1lPKqBqVdpmGb).

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Contributed to the UCD School’s initiative to make a video about our research area and why it is important: https://www.ucd.ie/phpss/newsandevents/internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience2025/; https://youtu.be/K7iuJie_fhU;

I contributed to the UCD College of Health & Agricultural Science’s initiative: Women in Science 2025; https://x.com/i/status/1889231563704922309.

The Research Impact Case Study Competition celebrates the many ways that research at UCD makes a difference in the world. We encourage all researchers, regardless of discipline, to consider entering. This competition offers researchers at UCD an opportunity to develop a short case study, highlighting the impact of their research to an external, non-specialist audience.

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The European Environment and Health Process (EHP) Partnership on Human Biomonitoring (HBM), or HBM Partnership, launched at the Seventh Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in 2023, currently involves over 20 countries from western, central and eastern Europe. Germany leads this initiative together with Georgia. This EHP Partnership aims to promote the use of HBM as a scientific tool to inform decision-making, share knowledge and experience and build capacity across the WHO European Region to use HBM in regulating hazardous chemicals to protect public health. Colin O'Hehir, Head of the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Goals Unit, Health and Wellbeing Programme, Department of Health in Ireland, nominated Dr Connolly as Ireland's designated contact point.

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Researcher Showcase (2024) – Participated in an interview to develop a showcase overview of my research and future aspirations: https://www.ucd.ie/chas/research/researchthemes/healthresearch/publichealthandhealthpromotion/researchershowcase/dralisonconnolly/.

Dr Alison Connolly was invited to speak at SEK Dublin International School in Greystones, Wicklow, to speak for Women and Girls in Science Day. Alison presented her research and career, and this was attended by two other schools (i.e. Temple Carrig School and Greystones Community College).

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s (FSAI) Total Diet Study and Biomarkers Working Group wishes to encourage human biomonitoring studies in Ireland to support better food safety risk management decisions to control chemical exposure from food. Dr Connolly is a working group member and was involved in the identification of parameter/foodstuff combinations for consideration in the Total Diet Study and for the selection of appropriate biomarkers to support risk assessment in Ireland. The findings were published in an FSAI report: https://www.fsai.ie/getattachment/18e7ac08-f15f-40ec-bbfd-2b5aae69b9e0/Report-Total-Diet-Study-and-Biomarkers.pdf?lang=en-IE&ext=.pdf.

The Health & Safety Excellence Awards 2022, which recognises and rewards the most outstanding health & Safety achievements in industry and public bodies across Ireland.

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science (2023) - Contributed to the UCD School’s initiative to record a video describing our research area and include some encouraging words for future women in science: https://www.ucd.ie/phpss/newsandevents/internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience2023/l; https://youtu.be/ye35lPFRcR8.

Kildare Today (January 2023) – Invited on as an expert speaker for a radio interview on the topic of glyphosate exposures.

East Coast FM (January 2023) – Invited as an expert speaker for a radio interview on the topic of glyphosate exposures.

• RTÉ News (January 2023) – 33 minutes Invited as an expert speaker on the RTÉ Radio 1 to discuss the results of a glyphosate research study. (https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/news-at-one/programmes/2023/0123/1350340-news-at-one-monday-23-january-2023/).