Project Team

Dr Marie Coggins

Dr Marie Coggins  

Lecturer Exposure Science
Physics, School of Natural Sciences,
Arts/Science Building
University of Galway
T: (091) 495056
E: Marie.Coggins@universityofgalway.ie‌

Dr Marie Coggins, is a lecturer in Exposure Science in Physics, School of Natural Sciences at University of Galway and a member of the Health from Environment group at the Ryan Institute, University of Galway.  She has worked in industry and academia, managing numerous research projects related to the measurement of human exposure to physical, chemical and biological pollutants in a range of microenvironments. Previous research has involved the measurement of exposures to glyphosate and flame retardants among the Irish population using Human Biomonitoring. Further details on her research profile can be obtained at: Dr Marie Coggins Profile

She is currently Academic Director of the University of Galway MSc & HDip Occupational and Environmental Health & Safety programmes in the College of Science and Engineering.

Dr Nina Wemken

Postdoctoral Researcher: Dr Nina Wemken

‌Dr Nina Wemken,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
School of Physics,
Arts/Science Building,
NUI Galway.
T: (091) 493437
E: nina.wemken@nuigalway.ie

Dr Nina Wemken is the post-doctoral researcher working on the HAVEN project. She will be carrying out the pollutant monitoring in homes. She works in Exposure Science in the School of Physics and is also a member of the NUI Galway Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies (CCAPS)and the Ryan Institute's Centre for One Health. She has a BSc in Forensic Science and Analysis and an MSc in Toxicology from NUI Galway. During her PhD she worked on human exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Irish population on the ELEVATE project.

Dr Victoria Hogan

Dr Victoria Hogan,
Lecturer in Health Science,
College of Science and Engineering,
NUI Galway.
T: (091) 495289
E: Victoria.Hogan@nuigalway.ie

Biography

Dr. Victoria Hogan is a lecturer in Occupational Health and Wellbeing in the School of Health Sciences, NUIG and Deputy Director of the Health Promotion Research Centre, NUIG. She has extensive experience in mixed method social science research. She has been co-investigator on a number of research projects funded by external agencies such as the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, the Health and Safety Authority and the Equality Authority. She has been the Academic Director of the undergraduate programme in Environmental Health and Safety, NUIG since 2015. She has previous experience with indoor air quality research examining exposure levels in podiatry clinics, dairy farms and swine farms with colleagues from NUI Galway.

Dr Edel Doherty

Dr Edel Doherty
Lecturer Economics
School of Business and Economics
J.A. Cairnes Building
NUI Galway
E: edel.doherty@nuigalway.ie

Dr Edel Doherty is a lecturer in Economics at NUI Galway and she specialises in health and environmental economics. She is a founding member of the Health Economics and Policy Analysis Centre at NUI Galway representing the largest group of academic health economists working in Ireland (http://www.nuigalway.ie/health-economics/). Edel has used economic methods to examine issues related to burden of disease, particularly around healthcare usage, cost of illness, economic evaluation and health inequalities. Edel has worked across a range of disease areas (e.g. obesity, musculoskeletal disorders, vaccinations, diabetes, cancer). Within environmental economics, Edel mainly used non-market valuation methods to examine preferences for improved environmental quality. Edel has been a co-applicant or co-PI on projects funded by the EPA, Health Service Executive, Health Research Board, Safefood, EU-Interreg and Department of Agriculture (Stimulus Funding).

Hilary Cowie

Hilary Cowie

Project Partner: Hilary Cowie (Institute of Occupational Medicine)

Hilary is a consultant for the Arden project and will be providing the Arden project team with statistical support. Hilary is the Head of Statistics and Toxicology at the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Edinburgh. Her work has been concerned with the investigation of exposure-response relationships.