Ciaran Doidge
London
Summary
Experienced health and safety advisor with expertise in providing comprehensive advisory support and ensuring faculty-level safety assurance. Proficient in risk assessment review, incident monitoring, and conducting safety inspections and audits to uphold compliance with safety management systems. Skilled in policy implementation, stakeholder engagement with academic and senior leadership teams, and delivering staff and student training on laboratory, engineering, biological, chemical, cryogenic, and radiation safety. Adept at developing SOPs, supporting emergency response efforts, and ensuring IATA compliance for biological substance transport. Committed to fostering a culture of safety through meticulous performance reporting and effective liaison across departments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Faculty Safety Adviser
Imperial College London
London
2024.07 - Current
- Acted as Faculty-level liaison between Central Safety and departmental safety teams, ensuring consistent communication, guidance and implementation of health and safety policy across Faculty of Engineering.
- Advised academic, technical and professional services staff on health and safety queries, risk assessments, new activities, local processes and compliance requirements.
- Organised, attended and documented safety inspections and audits, following up actions with departments and escalating concerns where required.
- Monitored incident reports through SALUS, liaised with Departmental Safety Officers, and supported or led incident investigations where appropriate.
- Prepared regular health and safety reports for senior management and university-level committees, including incident summaries, departmental safety performance and emerging safety issues.
- Represented Faculty at departmental safety committees, inspections, audits, safety forums and cross-College working groups.
- Chaired and coordinated Faculty safety meetings, including Faculty Safety Officers' Forum and specialist local groups such as battery safety meetings.
- Supported development and optimisation of Faculty safety management systems, including risk assessment processes and laser safety resources.
- Coordinated Faculty Centre first aid and fire warden arrangements, including local safety inspection activity.
- Collated departmental responses to regulatory requests, surveys and information-gathering exercises on behalf of Central Safety.
Senior Teaching Technician
Queen Mary University London
London
2023.10 - 2024.07
- Managed technical delivery of undergraduate biology and biomedical practical classes, including preparation, setup, supervision, troubleshooting and clearance.
- Supervised teaching technicians and demonstrators, ensuring safe working, effective induction, training and adherence to local procedures.
- Maintained health and safety standards in teaching laboratories, including documentation, briefings and promotion of safe laboratory practice.
- Worked with academic staff to develop practical teaching activities and supported LEAF implementation in teaching labs.
Laboratory Technician
Queen Mary University, The Barts Cancer Institute
London
2022.03 - 2023.10
- Trained research staff and students in safe laboratory practice, equipment use, SOPs and local health and safety requirements.
- Supported laboratory compliance through SOP review, Health and Safety Committee participation, equipment maintenance coordination and stock control.
- Managed key laboratory safety and quality processes, including incubator decontamination, CO₂ monitoring, mycoplasma testing and biological sample authentication.
- Worked safely in high-hazard environments, including cryostorage facilities, liquid nitrogen handling and open-source radiation laboratories.
- Operated, maintained and calibrated laboratory equipment in line with agreed protocols, regulatory expectations and service schedules.
- Supported out-of-hours emergency response and organised compliant transport of biological substances and dry ice under IATA requirements.
Laboratory Associate
Richmond Pharmacology
London
2020.11 - 2022.03
- Supported clinical research investigations through SARS-CoV-2 testing, safety sample processing, urinalysis, drug screening and PK/PD sample handling.
- Collected, processed, stored and shipped biological samples in accordance with study protocols, GCP, Human Tissue Act, IATA and dry ice transport requirements.
Education
Master of Science - Medical parasitology
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London, ENG 2018.10 - 2019.10
Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Biomedical Science
University of Westminster
London, ENG 2015.09 - 2018.09
Skills
- Health and safety advisory support
- Incident monitoring and investigation
- Safety inspections and audits
- Safety management systems development
- Policy implementation and compliance monitoring
- Stakeholder engagement with academic, technical and senior leadership teams
- SOP and RA review and development
- Staff and student safety training
- Emergency response support
- Biological, chemical, cryogenic and radiation safety awareness
Languages
English
Native
French
Elementary
Certification
- IOSH Working Safely: Issued November 2022
- IOSH Managing Safely: Issued December 2022
- Compressed & Cryogenic Gases Training: Issued May 2023
- NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety: Issued May 2026
Publications
"Dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in hamsters and novel association with progressive motor dysfunction"
Contributing Author - June 2024
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38905323/
Timeline
Faculty Safety Adviser
Imperial College London
2024.07 - Current
Senior Teaching Technician
Queen Mary University London
2023.10 - 2024.07
Laboratory Technician
Queen Mary University, The Barts Cancer Institute
2022.03 - 2023.10
Laboratory Associate
Richmond Pharmacology
2020.11 - 2022.03
Master of Science - Medical parasitology
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
2018.10 - 2019.10
Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Biomedical Science
University of Westminster
2015.09 - 2018.09