Dr. Angela Southey, Airmid Healthgroup’s Chief Technical Officer, presenting on advanced product testing for infection control and IAQ at a leading international conference

Angela graduated from Dept. of Medicine and Therapeutics, UCD with a PhD in lung fibrosis and then moved to Japan for 2 years to complete a post-doctorate study on ulcerative colitis. Upon returning to Ireland, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Veterinary College, Dublin, investigating the feasibility of vaccinating badgers against tuberculosis (TB).

She then went on to enhance her expertise in virology, first at the Irish Equine Centre (Kildare), then at Wyeth Biopharma (Grange Castle) and finally at Abbott Diagnostics (Sligo). She initially started working as Technical Manager at airmid healthgroup in 2008 and stayed for 12 years. During that time, Angela contributed significantly to the establishment of the laboratories and environmental test chambers and provided technical input into attaining ISO17025 accreditation.

In addition to laboratory test methods, she also developed techniques for evaluating a wide range of air/surface cleaning technologies and anti-microbial coatings designed to mitigate biological pollutants (allergens and micro-organisms) from indoor spaces. In 2020, Angela left at airmid healthgroup to join Sonitus Systems Ltd., a manufacturer of cloud-based environmental monitoring devices, to set up their particulate monitor calibration laboratory and implement the ISO 9001:2015 quality management system.

She decided that her main interests were in the Indoor Air Quality field, so she returned to airmid healthgroup in December 2023, as Chief Technical Officer. Based on her experience in air quality and product performance verification to date, she hopes to make a valuable contribution to the company.

Read more about Dr. Southey on her team page