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Dr Maurice Mulcahy
Chief Environmental Health Officer
Dr Maurice Mulcahy is a Chief Environmental Health Officer with the Health Service Executive in Ireland. He has over 30 years’ experience in leading regulatory/inspection services in the delivery of key public health policy priorities including tobacco control. He was a recipient of the UK Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), Presidents Award in 2004, for his outstanding contribution to and excellence in the field of Environmental Health. This was with special reference to his work relating to the smoking bans in both the UK and Ireland. In 2007, he was awarded the inaugural Tom Power Medal by the Office of Tobacco Control, for his commitment, leadership and vision in defeating the tobacco epidemic in Ireland.
He holds an MSc in Occupational Safety from the Robens Institute, University of Surrey, and he was awarded a PhD by NUI Galway in 2010 for his research investigating the Environmental Health perspectives of tobacco control, with a particular focus on the Irish smoking ban. He is as an adjunct lecturer with the Centre for Health from Environment (CHfE), Ryan Institute, NUI Galway, Ireland and Visiting Professor at K U Leuven, Belgium.