Eugenia O'Kelly
Research Student
Research group: Healthcare Design GroupTelephone: 01223 748576
Email: eo339 @ cam.ac.uk
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Publications
Biography
- BA (STS), Stanford University, 2014
Eugenia O’Kelly is a research student and member of the Healthcare Design Group supervised by Professor John Clarkson and Dr James Ward. She specializes in the intersection of ergonomics and risk, as well as civilian face mask design. She heads up the Respiratory Protection Engineering Task Force, which addresses critical questions regarding face mask protection in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before joining the EDC, she founded and ran a small, design consultancy company focused on creating surgical simulators and doctor/patient communication tools.
Selected Publications
O'Kelly, Eugenia, Sophia Pirog, James Ward, and P John Clarkson. “Ability of Fabric Face Mask Materials to Filter Ultrafine Particles at Coughing Velocity.” BMJ Open 10, no. 9 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039424.
O’Kelly, Eugenia, Anmol Arora, Charlotte Pearson, James Ward, and P. John Clarkson. “Performing Qualitative Mask Fit Testing without a Commercial Kit: Fit Testing Which Can Be Performed at Home and at Work.” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2020, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.352.