Neil Byrnes

Department of Chemistry

Neil graduated from the University of Toronto in 2014 with a BSc in Pharmacy. Neil is a registered pharmacist and has years of experience practising in the community pharmacy setting. Neil also has experience in healthcare governance as he served on the Board of Directors for a hospital, long-term care home, and family health team.

In 2018, Neil completed a MSc in Analytical Toxicology at King’s College London graduating with Distinction. For his Master’s research project, Neil worked at Abbott Toxicology on the development of an analytical method using ultra-performance liquid chromatography with high-resolution mass spectrometry for the detection of drugs of abuse in oral fluid, and used this method to conduct a drug prevalence study.

Neil’s current research, in collaboration with Bangor University, Cardiff University, and the Welsh Government, aims to complete a national-scale public health assessment of Wales through wastewater-based epidemiology with a focus on antimicrobial resistance.

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