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Dr Caroline Mc Mullan recognised at Emergency Planning Awards

08 August 2010

Dr Caroline McMullan, Chair of the MSc in Emergency Management at DCU Business School, was awarded the Health Protection Agency Award for Emergency Planning Initiative of the Year. This award is presented to an individual with “a proven commitment to launching an initiative that is both educational and which supports the emergency planning message throughout the industry”.

Mathew Price, BBC World Affairs Correspondent, read the following citation before Dr Brian McCloskey, HPA, presented the award to Dr McMullan:

“Although there were many strong entries, one entry stood out for the judging panel. This entry showed commitment to embedding emergency management across a nation. Changing minds and attitudes is never easy, creating the conditions for change possibly harder. Training the leaders of the future is critically important for the ongoing development of emergency management”.