Ms Laura McCarthy

Laura has been working with the UCC Department of Epidemiology & Public Health E-learning team since June 2014. She was involved in the development of the Online Master of Public Health and is currently working with the E-learning team on the development of an Online Masters in Occupational Health. She graduated with a BSc in Public Health from University College Cork in 2014 and was awarded the Sir Charles Cameron Prize. She is currently completing a Masters in Public Health, specialising in Epidemiology. Her thesis is entitled ‘Low Sodium Intake in Irish Adults’ and will utilise data from the Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes, and Nutrition in Ireland (SLAN 2007) and the Cork and Kerry Diabetes and Heart Disease Study Phase II (Mitchelstown cohort). Laura has previously worked as an intern with the HSE South (Cork and Kerry) Department of Public Health and the HRB Clinical Research Facility at UCC.