World class research at DIT

Quoting Dr Matt Hussey, Director
"Congratulations to Dr Pat Goodman from the School of Physics, his research students Michelle Agnew and Marie McCaffrey, and their collaborator Prof Luke Clancy, on the publication of the results of their research into the health effects of the workplace smoking ban in Ireland. While many of our colleagues successfully publish their research in leading journals, I am specifically drawing attention to this particular paper by Dr Goodman because of the great significance of its findings and the unprecedented, worldwide media impact it has already had, a short few days after its publication.

"This paper was published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the world's highest ranked journal of respiratory medicine. To highlight the significance of the work the journal commissioned a special editorial on the paper, and also issued a worldwide press release to over 1000 journalists around the globe to coincide with the publication. The paper reports on the largest study in the world to date on a workplace smoking ban. It shows that the health of non-smoking bar staff improved significantly following the introduction of the ban in Ireland in 2007. It also provides strong evidence on the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and will be a key publication for all others working in this area.

"The paper has been featured by news and media organisations from the UK to India, and from Eastern Europe to the US.
Irish research can have a global impact."