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Mrs Allison Dunne

BPharm, MSc, MA

Contact Details

Part-Time Teaching Assistant
E: allisonruth.dunne@universityofgalway.ie
 
researcher
 

Biography

Allison is a clinical pharmacist with an MSc in psychiatric pharmacy practice (2014) and MA in Health Promotion from University of Galway (2019).  Her research explores how community initiatives such as parkrun can impact the social and mental wellbeing of people at high risk of poor mental health and suicide. 

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2024) '`My parkrun friends.¿ A qualitative study of social experiences of men at parkrun in Ireland'
Allison Dunne, Helen Quirk, Alice Bullas, Steve Haake (2024) '`My parkrun friends.¿ A qualitative study of social experiences of men at parkrun in Ireland'. Health Promotion International, 39 (3) [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'A. Motivation to Improve Mental Wellbeing via Community Physical Activity Initiatives and the Associated Impacts¿A Cross-Sectional Survey of UK parkrun Participants'
Dunne A, Haake S, Quirk H, Bullas A. (2021) 'A. Motivation to Improve Mental Wellbeing via Community Physical Activity Initiatives and the Associated Impacts¿A Cross-Sectional Survey of UK parkrun Participants'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (24) [DOI] [Details]

Published Reports

  Year Publication
(2019) Consumer testing of alternatives for communicating the Environmental Footprint profile of products. Final report for the European Commission.
Elsen, M., van Giesen, R., van den Akker, K. and Dunne, A. (2019) Consumer testing of alternatives for communicating the Environmental Footprint profile of products. Final report for the European Commission. European Commission, Brussels. [DOI] [Details]
(2017) Exploratory study of consumer issues in online peer-to-peer platform markets.
Pierre Hausemer, Julia Rzepecka, Marius Dragulin, Simone Vitiello, Lison Rabuel, Madalina Nunu, Adriana Rodriguez Diaz Milieu: Emma Psaila, Sara Fiorentini GfK: Sara Gysen, Tim Meeusen, Simon Quaschning, Allison Dunne Vadim Grinevich with Franz Huber and Linda Baines (2017) Exploratory study of consumer issues in online peer-to-peer platform markets. European Commission, Brussels. [DOI] [Details]