Airmid healthgroup team

CEO and Chairman

Dr Bruce Mitchell

Dr Mitchell is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, the Royal College of Physicians in Canada and is a diplomat of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. He is a director of the Immunology Laboratory, Blackrock Clinic and a past President of the Allergy Foundation of Ireland. He has been a member of the WHO sponsored International Workshop on Dust Mite Allergy. Dr Mitchell has extensive business experience within the allergy and asthma specialties and is also co-founder of Mitest Limited a manufacturer of a patented dust collection device that is distributed internationally. Dr Mitchell practices at the Blackrock Clinic as a Consultant Physician and Clinical Immunologist.

CFO

John Carroll FCA

John Carroll trained as a chartered accountant with EY. Whilst working with EY John was responsible for the audit of many large national and multinational enterprises including, Philips, Cement Roadstone and EBS. He has more than fifteen years post qualification commercial experience in a range of sectors including intellectual property, licensing and corporate finance. He has worked with AHG since it commenced trading in 2007 and is Company Secretary.

General Manager

Graeme Tarbox BA (Hons)

Since joining airmid healthgroup in 2012, Graeme has developed a thorough understanding of the company and how the services we offer can add value to those interested in improving health in the built environment. Graeme is involved in managing our relationships with NPOs and government agencies, as well as developing our client base to include some of the world’s most innovative companies. Graeme graduated from Exeter University with a degree in Classics and holds a Level 3 Certificate in Investment from the Securities & Investment Institute. In 2017, he graduated with distinction from the Dublin Institute of Technology business school with a Postgraduate diploma, having completed the International Selling Programme, Enterprise Ireland’s sales development programme targeted at maximising export sales for Irish companies. He has previously held senior posts in the residential and commercial property industry in the UK.

Head of Operations

Jake Behan BSc

Jake graduated with a BSc. (Honours) in Biosciences with Biopharmaceuticals from the Institute of Technology Carlow in 2013. Since joining airmid healthgroup in 2014, Jake has overseen many of the studies in airmid’s testing facilities, coordinated a significant field study in the USA and contributed to the development of new testing standards across a wide variety of product categories. In 2017, Jake was awarded a Diploma in Project Management from Griffith College, Dublin and was promoted in 2018 to the role of Technical Project Manager where his responsibilities include management of our health friendly air® programme.

Indoor Air Quality Manager

Dana Ziuzina PhD

Dana graduated with a BSc in Pharmaceutical Technology from Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin), where she also completed a PhD in Microbiology. She worked at the interface of applied microbiology and cold plasma technology development for delivering a safe system for surface decontamination of wide range of products. Following her PhD, Dana worked for four and a half years as a postdoctoral researcher in Plasma Research group of TU Dublin.

Senior Scientific Officer (Allergen)

Priyadarshini Babubalakrishnan MSc

Priya graduated from Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, affiliated to Bharathiyar University, India with BSc Microbiology in 2016. Later, she moved to Ireland and completed an MSc in Biotechnology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Priya now works at airmid healthgroup as a Scientific Officer in the Allergen Lab and, in Microbiology where she focuses on testing anti-microbial surface coatings.

Scientific Officer (Virology)

Pei Shee Tan MSc

Pei Shee received her BSc. (Hons) in Pharmaceutical Science with Biopharmaceutics from Institute Technology Tralee, with Astellas Award for Outstanding Academic Performance. She completed her MSc in inflammatory biosensor in Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre, Munster Technology University. She has experience in characterisation of human macrophage with flow cytometry, ELISA technique and successfully developed a prototype biosensor for managing inflammatory disease conditions. She has experience in QC chemistry lab and is capable of performing all laboratory duties in accordance with GMP and Safety procedures.

Scientific Officer (Virology)

Oliver Dsa MSc

Oliver Dsa graduated from Poornaprajna College (affiliated to Mangalore University) with a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, Botany, and Zoology. He then completed an MSc in clinical virology at the Manipal Institute of Virology. He has experience in cell culture, virological techniques, developing humoral assays, and antiviral testing.

Oliver works as a Scientific Officer in the virology lab at airmid healthgroup focusing on cell culture and antiviral testing.

Scientific Officer (Allergen)

Francis Lee BSc

Francis graduated from Maynooth University with a BSc in Biotechnology and joined airmid healthgroup after completing a Francis mincollege internship. During this internship, he gained experience in the testing of anti-microbial surface coatings, work he will now continue in his role as a Scientific Officer.

Scientist (Test Chambers)

Colm O’Sullivan BSc

Colm graduated with a BSc. (Honours) in Biotechnology from Maynooth University in 2020. He has experience in organic chemistry, mammalian cell culture, and analytical techniques. At airmid healthgroup, Colm conducts maintenance of product testing chambers, allergen extraction, and microbiological work.

Office Manager

Avril Kenny

Avril joined airmid healthgroup as Office Manager in June 2022. She is a dynamic and organised professional with the highest attention to detail. Her past experience includes management, administration and sales roles in the finance, retail and healthcare industries.

Lab Technician

Keelan Murphy

Keelan is currently in his 4th year of a Biotechnology course in Maynooth University, where he has written a dissertation on how biologics can be of benefit for people suffering from allergic diseases. During Keelan’s college internship in airmid healthgroup he is gaining experience in assisting with product testing in the chambers as well as being involved in work in the microbiology lab.