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  1. Predicting regulated and emerging disinfection byproducts in small drinking water catchments using machine learning

    Article • Environment International, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  2. Longitudinal monitoring of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) concentrations in surface waters and groundwater supplies within an Irish catchment.

    Article • January 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  3. Life Cycle Assessment of a Three-Storey Terrace of Three Timber-Framed Residential Workplace Units

    Article • Forests, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  4. The effect of weather and simulated climate parameters on three gastro-intestinal infections in the Republic of Ireland

    Article • February 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  5. Predicting multi-species disinfection byproduct formation at small catchment scale using fluorescence spectroscopy data analyzed by machine learning

    Article • February 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  6. Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on Mental Health & Well-Being – Key Findings from a Global ‘Scoping’ Literature Review

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  7. Exploring Risk Perception and Behaviours at the Intersection of Flood Events and Private Groundwater Supplies: A Qualitative Focus Group Study

    Article • Water, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  8. Private groundwater management and risk awareness: A cross-sectional analysis of two age-related subsets in the Republic of Ireland

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  9. Impact of the 2018 European drought on microbial groundwater quality in private domestic wells: A case study from a temperate maritime climate

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  10. Modelling COVID-19 severity in the Republic of Ireland using patient co-morbidities, socioeconomic profile and geographic location, February to November 2020

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  11. Psychological impairment and extreme weather event (EWE) exposure, 1980–2020: A global pooled analysis integrating mental health and well-being metrics

    Article • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  12. Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Sporadic Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli Enteritis, Ireland, 2013–2017

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  13. Spatiotemporal epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in the Republic of Ireland, 2008–2017: development of a space–time “cluster recurrence” index

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  14. Flood hydrometeorology and gastroenteric infection: The Winter 2015–2016 flood event in the Republic of Ireland

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  15. Private groundwater contamination and extreme weather events: The role of demographics, experience and cognitive factors on risk perceptions of Irish private well users

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  16. Breakpoint modelling of temporal associations between non-pharmaceutical interventions and symptomatic COVID-19 incidence in the Republic of Ireland

    Article • PLOS One, July 2021, PLOS

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  17. Breakpoint modelling of temporal associations between non-pharmaceutical interventions and the incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 in the Republic of Ireland

    Article • April 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  18. Planning for the health impacts of climate change: Flooding, private groundwater contamination and waterborne infection – A cross-sectional study of risk perception, experience and behaviours in the Republic of Ireland

    Article • Environmental Research, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  19. Geocoding cryptosporidiosis cases in Ireland (2008–2017)—development of a reliable, reproducible, multiphase geocoding methodology

    Article • Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  20. Contamination of domestic groundwater systems by verotoxigenic escherichia coli (VTEC), 2003–2019: A global scoping review

    Article • Water Research, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  21. Groundwater Contamination and Extreme Weather Events: Perception-Based Clusters of Irish Well Users

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  22. Private Groundwater Supply Management as a Response to Flooding Events: Perceptions of Irish Well Owners

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  23. Socio-economic factors associated with the incidence of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) enteritis and cryptosporidiosis in the Republic of Ireland, 2008–2017

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, January 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  24. Cryptosporidium spp. in groundwater supplies intended for human consumption – A descriptive review of global prevalence, risk factors and knowledge gaps

    Article • Water Research, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  25. Knowledge and behavioural interventions to reduce human health risk from private groundwater systems: A global review and pooled analysis based on development status

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  26. Risk communication approaches for preventing private groundwater contamination in the Republic of Ireland: a mixed-methods study of multidisciplinary expert opinion

    Article • Hydrogeology Journal, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  27. Detection of Environmental Sources of Infectious Diseases in Groundwater Networks (DESIGN) – Cryptosporidium and VTEC Incidence in the Republic of Ireland.

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  28. Gender-Related Differences in Flood Risk Perception and Behaviours among Private Groundwater Users in the Republic of Ireland

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  29. Climate Change, Flood Risk Prediction and Acute Gastrointestinal Infection in the Republic of Ireland, 2008-2017

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  30. Microbial impact assessment of the 2018 European drought on groundwater quality in the Republic of Ireland: An opportunistic field study

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  31. Modelling the mechanistic determinants of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa within private groundwater systems in the Republic of Ireland

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  32. Proactive optical monitoring of catchment dissolved organic matter for drinking water source protection

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  33. Groundwater resources as a global reservoir for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria

    Article • Water Research, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  34. Assessment of two behavioural models (HBM and RANAS) for predicting health behaviours in response to environmental threats: Surface water flooding as a source of groundwater contamination and subsequent waterborne infection in the Republic of Ireland

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  35. Evaluation of hydrometric network efficacy and user requirements in the Republic of Ireland via expert opinion and statistical analysis

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  36. Muddy Waters: Refining the Way Forward for the “Sustainability Science” of Socio-Hydrogeology

    Article • Water, August 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  37. Development of a hierarchical model for predicting microbiological contamination of private groundwater supplies in a geologically heterogeneous region

    Article • Environmental Pollution, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  38. Surface water flooding, groundwater contamination, and enteric disease in developed countries: A scoping review of connections and consequences

    Article • Environmental Pollution, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  39. Wood waste decomposition in landfills: An assessment of current knowledge and implications for emissions reporting

    Article • Waste Management, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  40. An analysis of the microbial quality of water in a milk production plant

    Article • LWT, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  41. Evaluation of levels of antibiotic resistance in groundwater-derived E. coli isolates in the Midwest of Ireland and elucidation of potential predictors of resistance

    Article • Hydrogeology Journal, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  42. Assessment of the Bacterial Diversity of Aircraft Water: Identification of the Frequent Fliers

    Article • PLOS One, January 2017, PLOS

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  43. Environmental management of tea production using joint of life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis approaches

    Article • Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  44. Evaluation of the Complex Nomenclature of the Clinically and Veterinary Significant Pathogen Salmonella

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer, Michael Ryan

  45. A geostatistical investigation of agricultural and infrastructural risk factors associated with primary verotoxigenicE. coli(VTEC) infection in the Republic of Ireland, 2008–2013

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, September 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  46. Area estimations of cultivated organic soils in Ireland: reducing GHG reporting uncertainties

    Article • Mires and Peat, January 2016, Stiftung Moorbibliothek

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  47. The Impact of Climate Change on the Incidence of Infectious Waterborne Disease

    Article • December 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  48. Bacteria that Travel: The Quality of Aircraft Water

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, October 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  49. The impact of meteorology on the occurrence of waterborne outbreaks of vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC): a logistic regression approach

    Article • Journal of Water and Health, July 2015, IWA Publishing

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  50. Lime in the limelight

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer

  51. Microbiological assessment of private groundwater-derived potable water supplies in the Mid-West Region of Ireland

    Article • Journal of Water and Health, January 2014, IWA Publishing

    Dr Jean O'Dwyer