Dr. Gráinne Cunniffe

Background

Dr. Gráinne Cunniffe is Lead Scientist at Allergy Standards Ltd (ASL), where she oversees technical testing and consulting work and leads the development and ongoing improvement of certification standards and protocols. She shapes ASL’s research and scientific priorities to align with the organisation’s goals and consumer demands, and contributes to its thought leadership through publications, conference presentations, podcasts, and media contributions focused on indoor air quality.

Her career reflects a commitment to purpose-driven, health-focused science — built across industry, academia, and clinical research settings.

Academic career

Gráinne graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a first class honours degree in Experimental Physics, before completing a PhD in Regenerative Medicine at Queen’s University Belfast. Her postdoctoral research at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) focused on bone tissue engineering and gene therapy.

She subsequently returned to Trinity College, where she managed the biomedical labs and led a suite of advanced biomaterials and translational pre-clinical research studies. She has also earned diplomas in Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the UCD Innovation Academy, alongside qualifications in Lean Six Sigma, Statistics, Design Thinking, and Continuous Improvement.

Selected publications

• Is there such a thing as Sensitive Airways-Friendly Fragranced Cleaning Products? — Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI)
• Guiding your Patients on their Indoor Exposome — Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI)
• Tissue-specific extracellular matrix scaffolds for the regeneration of spatially complex musculoskeletal tissues — Biomaterials, ScienceDirect
• Mechanical Vertebral Body Augmentation Versus Conventional Balloon Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Thoracolumbar Compression Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes

Industry & media

• The Importance of Low-VOC Insulation — Building Enclosure Online
• Eliminating Mold After Natural Disasters is Vital for Those with Mold Allergy — ACAAI
• Program Designed to Assess and Certify Indoor Air Quality Products — ACHR News
• Allergy Standards Research at EAACI and Healthy Buildings 2023 — PRWeb

Articles by Dr. Gráinne Cunniffe

Browse Gráinne’s contributions to the Airmid Healthgroup Aerobiology Matters blog — covering indoor air quality, allergen science, healthy building standards, and the latest research in environmental health.

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