Lecturer

Email: Ciara.Walsh@TUDublin.ie

Tel: (01) 220 5675

Background

Aurora Leadership Development Project Certificate in Change Management, EUT+ Certificate (Distinction) & licensed trainer in Food Safety Management, NHP Postgraduate Diploma in Third Level Learning & Teaching, DIT Certificate in Writing for Publication, MU PhD in Food Microbiology, University of Ulster, Jordanstown BSc. (hons) Food Science, UCC

 

Experience

• Currently working in a Senior Engagement Manager Role in the Enterprise Academy in TU Dublin
• Lecturer in Food Regulatory Affairs,Food Safety & Microbiology, TU Dublin : Jan2015 –
• Technical Executive, Food Safety Authority of Ireland – Sept2008 – Dec 2014
• Newman Scholar Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Centre for Food Safety, University College Dublin:  July 2005 to August 2008
• Walsh Fellowship Postgraduate Student, Teagasc, Ashtown, 2001-2005

Research Interests

University-Industry Academic Engagement 
Programme Development & Entrepreneurship
Food Hypersensitivity
Food Regulation & Policy

Food Safety & Microbiology Publications

Peer-reviewed publications listed on Orchid & Google Scholar:

Orchid

Google Scholar

Examples of recent publications

- C. Walsh, G. Kinsella & J. Dunne (2023) Case-Study: An Industry-Academic Engagement Study of the Brewing and Distilling Sector in Ireland https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1178&context=ijap

- E. Dimla, S. Boyd, J. McIntosh, & C. Walsh (2023) Examination of Food Hypersensitivity in Early Years Services, Schools (primary and secondary), and Nursing Homes on the Island of Ireland.  EHAI Yearbook 2023, 80-85.

- C. Walsh, E. Dimla, S. O’Neill, L. Carter, C. McShane, E. O’Rourke, K. Domijan, J. McIntosh, N. Akasheh, A. Deem O. Cahill, M. Riblet, & M. Friel (2022) Safefood Food Hypersensitivity Research Report: The economic cost of food hypersensitivity | safefood

- Food Standard Agency (2022) Estimating the Financial Costs of Individuals with a Food Hypersensitivity.  Available at: https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/FINAL%20OFF-SEN%20FHS%20Financial%20Cost%20Report.pdf

 

- Food Standards Agency (2022) Paper: Food Hypersensitivity (FHS) – Update on Workstreams and Recommended Next Steps. Available at: https://www.food.gov.uk/print/pdf/node/9801

- J. Gruefeldova, K. Domijan & C. Walsh (2019) A Study of Food Safety Knowledge, Practice and Training among food handlers in Ireland.  Journal of Food Control

-C. Walsh and C. Leva (2018) A Review of Human Factors and Food Safety. Journal of Safety Science

-P. O’Mahony, C. Walsh, O. Cahill, J. McIntosh, P. Burke, & R. Charles (2018) FSAI Risk Assessment Report: Information required for the risk assessment of undeclared food   allergens in Ireland

- C.A., Kennedy, C. Walsh, M. Karczmarczyk, S. O’Brien, N. Akasheh, M. Quirke, U., Fogherty, K. Kavanaght, C.T. Parker,  T. Sweeney, S. Fanning (2018). Multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli in diarrhoeagenic foals: Pulsotyping, phylotyping, serotyping, antibiotic resistance and virulence profiling. Veterinary Microbiology, 223, 144-152.

- A. Kassem, J. Meade, K. McGill, C. Walsh, J. Gibbons, J.G. Lyng, P. Whyte (2018).  An investigation of high intensity ultrasonication and chemical immersion treatments on C. jejuni and spoilage bacteria in chicken. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 45, 298-305.

- A. Kassem, J. Meade, J. Gibbons, K. McGill, C. Walsh, J. Lyng, and P. Whyte, (2017)  Evaluation of chemical immersion treatments to reduce microbial populations in fresh beef.  International Journal of Food Microbiology, 261, 19-24.- Articles with the European Union Food Information Council (EUFIC). Examples as follows:

Walsh(2018) Food Technologies: securing our future food supply. European Union Food Information Council (EUFIC)

Walsh(2016) Food Packaging Unwrapped, ‘Food Today’, European Union Food Information Council

Walsh(2016) GMO- what do we need to know? ‘Food Today’, European Union Food Information Council

Walsh(2014) Food additives and their re-evaluation . ‘Food Today’, European Union Food Information Council (Page views 15,509, November 2017)

Walsh(2013) Antimicrobial resistance: a shared responsibility, ‘Food Today’, European Union Food Information Council (Page views 18,050, November 2017)

Dissemination Activities

Convene Project: Enterprise Led Programme Design: A best practice case study of Brewing & Distilling (Episode 6), November, 2023: https://www.tudublin.ie/connect/partnering-with-us/enterprise-academy/news-events/podcasts/

Convene: HCI Pillar 3 – Convene, October 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67dIuvPdJso#

Safefood Knowledge Network, 1^st of June 2022

safefood | The true cost of food hypersensitivity

Irish Times,28^th of June 2022

Cost of food allergies tops €1,600, new research shows – The Irish Times

Irish Examiner, 28^th June 2022

Coeliacs face extra costs of almost €1k a year to buy gluten-free (irishexaminer.com)

Irish News, 28 of June 2022

New research reveals average cost of living with food allergy is over £1,400 per year - The Irish News

Belfast Telegraph, 28^th of June 2022

Cost of living: NI people with food allergies forking out over £1,400 a year on average - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

Belfast Newsletter, 7^th of July 2022

Health: average cost of living with a food allergy in NI is over £1,400 per year | Belfast Newsletter

Emer Higgins (FG) addresses the Dáil using figures from the Safefood Study (2^nd of July, 2022)

Emer Higgins TD on Twitter:

Fergus O’Dowd (FG) addresses the Dáil using figures from the Safefood Study (2^nd of July, 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd on Twitter:

Professional Details

Professional Membership

• UCD Newman Fellow (2005 to 2008), and a member of the UCD Newman Foundation

Appointments/Committees & External Engagements

- Chair of Staff Engagement Committee, School of Food Sc. and Environmental Health (2021-2022)

- Project leader & Steering Committee Chair of the Safefood Food Hypersensitivity Project (2019- 2022)

- Member of an FSA (London) Food Allergen Stakeholder committee (2020- present)

- Member of an FSA (London) Food Allergen project steering committee (2020- 2022)

- Member of three FSA (London) research project tendering committees (2019-2021) - Member of an FSAI (Dublin) risk assessment working group examining allergen thresholds (2017-2019)

- Co-ordinator of two FSAI (Dublin) sub committees (2008-2015)

- Member of Working Parties and Standing Committees on matters of food legislation in the European Commission, Brussels, and the OECD, Paris (2008-2015)