Dr Alison Connolly is an Assistant Professor at the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, in the Centre for Safety and Health at Work. Alison is the Programme Director of the UCD Higher Diploma of the Safety, Health, and Well-Being at Work programme. Alison Connolly received an Honorary Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Environmental Health and Safety (Level 8) from the University of Galway with 1st class honours and a PhD in Science from the same university. Dr Alison Connolly is an internationally recognised exposure scientist whose research is motivated by the protection of human health by evaluating and understanding exposures from new and emerging pollutants. Dr Connolly's research is predominantly focused on the utilisation of the exposure assessment methodology of human biomonitoring (HBM). She is also the Principal Investigator on numerous human biomonitoring projects, including international collaborations with the Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) initiative. Dr Connolly is Ireland's designated contact point (nominated by the Department of Health) for the European Environment and Health Process (EHP) Partnership on Human Biomonitoring in the WHO European Region and has extensive contributions to the international scientific community.