Sean joined the Institute of Social Marketing in January 2018 after 20 years working at the University of Aberdeen. He is interested in human exposure science with particular emphasis on the health effects of indoor air pollution, tobacco control research, and occupational epidemiology. His translational research work is focused on air quality measurement and interventions relating to second-hand smoke, biomass fuel smoke and workplace inhalation hazards.
Dr Rachel O’Donnell is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Marketing at the University of Stirling. After completing her first degree in Psychology, and her PhD on Quality of life and Severe Neurological Disability at the University of Roehampton, London, Rachel moved to Edinburgh and worked as a Research Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh. Over the past 15 years Rachel has worked extensively in tobacco control. She has research expertise relating to the development of health behaviour change interventions, and her recent research focuses on interventions aimed at reducing children’s exposure to second-hand smoke in the home. Rachel has qualitative research expertise, and has a long track-record of conducting research with health service users, and with individuals living in areas of social disadvantage. Rachel has a number of publications in the area of smoke-free homes research.
Ruaraidh is a Research Assistant at the Institute for Social Marketing, with a focus on exposure assessment of second-hand smoke and other sources of indoor air pollution. He joined the ISM in January 2018 following two and a half years at the Scottish Centre for Indoor Air, University of Aberdeen.