I am a research project support officer at the School of Ocean Sciences focussing on the water quality of shellfish harvesting areas to promote the safe consumption of shellfish. Since 2019 I have worked on multiple UK based projects that have focussed on understanding the ecology of bacteria and viruses in the aquatic envirnonment in order to mitigate public health risk.

These have included the DASSHH project (Developing an Assurance Scheme for Shellfish and Human Health),  the Shellfish Centre and Detection of norovirus - Assessing community prevalence and risk of shellfish contamination. These projects have involved both environmental sampling and the sampling of wastewater treatment works to help understand the sources of contamination in shellfish harvesting waters

• MSc: Marine Biology
  2019
• BSc: Marine Biology with International Experience
  Bangor University, 2018

2024

• PublishedA comparison of the MPN and pour plate methods for estimating shellfish contamination by Escherichia coli
  Cooper, D. M., Mannion, F., Jones, L., Pinn, E., Sorby, R., Malham, S. & Le Vay, L., 2 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Applied Microbiology. 135, 7, lxae163.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedAssessment of wastewater derived pollution using viral monitoring in two estuaries
  Farkas, K., Mannion, F., Sorby, R., Winterbourn, B., Allender, S., Gregory, C. G. M., Holding, P., Thorpe, J. M., Malham, S. K. & Le Vay, L., 1 Mar 2024, In: Marine pollution bulletin. 200, 116081.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedEmerging technologies for the rapid detection of enteric viruses in the aquatic environment
  Farkas, K., Mannion, F., Hillary, L., Malham, S. & Walker, D., Aug 2020, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 16, p. 1-6
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review