An Assistant Professor in the UCD Centre for Safety and Health at Work (CSHW) within the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. The Programme Director of the UCD Higher Diploma of the Safety, Health and Well-Being at Work (level 8 NFQ). Dr Alison Connolly is an exposure scientist whose research is motivated by the protection of human health by evaluating and understanding exposures from new and emerging pollutants. Exposure science evaluates contact between stressors (e.g. chemicals, biological agents) and receptors (e.g. humans, other organisms). Exposure scientists are specialists in the characterisation of human exposure sources, pathways, and processes that potentially lead to impacts on human health and the natural and built environment.

Alison is a member of several professional societies: Vice President of the Occupational Hygiene Society of Ireland (OHSI), a member of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES), and the student representative and webmaster of the European Chapter of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES Europe).