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Jean O'Dwyer

UCC

Dr. Jean O'Dwyer is Deputy Head of Environmental Science in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science at University College Cork and Deputy Director/Head of Environmental Geoscience at the Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geoscience (iCRAG). Jean has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (2011) and a PhD in Environmental Health Science (2015) from the University of Limerick. Her research interests focus on the interaction between the natural environment and human health, with a particular emphasis on waterborne infectious disease and the impact of climate change on human health and wellbeing. Jean is a Principal Investigator in the Environmental Research Institute where she leads the Environment and Health Research Lab and is a Funded Investigator in the SFI Centre iCRAG under the Earth System Change spoke. 

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