Our Team
Irish Doctors for the Environment Committee Members 2026/2027
Orlagh Gaynor
operationsofficer@ide.ie
Orlagh Gaynor is a musculoskeletal and pelvic health physiotherapist with a Master's in Planetary Health. She is passionate about medical education of the social and environmental determinants of health, incorporating connection with nature into healthcare practice. Special interests include active travel, social prescribing, sustainable healthcare and agrifood systems, and the role of creative arts as health infrastructure. She is keen to promote education and systems thinking among healthcare professionals.
Dr Johnny Collins
operationsofficer@ide.ie
Johnny is a medical doctor currently undertaking a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He is passionate about planetary health and is a strong believer that doctors and healthcare professionals have a key role to play in communicating the health impacts of the climate crisis to the members of the public and to politicians. In his spare time he enjoys hiking, trail and road running.
Cara Greville
irishdocsenv@ide.ie
Cara is a fifth year medicine student at UCD with an interest in women’s health, sustainable diets, accessible active travel and social justice. She is eager to raise awareness of the links between public and planetary health, especially amongst students, and to foster advocacy amongst students and healthcare workers for a more climate-conscious healthcare system.
Dr Aoife Kirk
irishdocsenv@ide.ie
Medical doctor from Galway, Ireland, now based in Geneva, Switzerland, working at HUG Hopitaux Universitaire Genève with special interest in integrated healthcare, addiction, and vulnerable populations. Experience spans across international philanthropic organisations, NGOs, and the public and private sector.
One of the co-founders of Irish Doctors for Environment in 2018, remain involved in various health-climate initiatives including Co-Chair of Global Climate and Health Alliance ON-Air monthly community call for organisations on air pollution. Other voluntary positions include Committee of One Health Committee with An Taisce.
Most likely found offline, immersed in books or alpine nature in spare time!
Kayla Kennedy
irishdocsenv@ide.ie
Kayla is a 5th year undergraduate medical student with a passion for climate justice and exploring the links between human and planetary health. She is believes progress comes from community power and collective action and that we all have a part to play in advocating for positive change.
Kayla is looking forward to being a point of contact for students to learn more about IDE and to facilitate spaces for imagining a healthier, fairer future for all.
Dr Niamh Feely
irishdocsenv@ide.ie
Niamh Feely is a Consultant Anaesthetist with a Special Interest in Intensive Care Medicine at University Hospital Kerry and a keen organic gardener. She believes that clinicians have unique platforms through which to promote sustainable healthcare and highlight the impact of climate change on our patients' health. She is particularly interested in sustainability in anaesthesiology and critical care medicine.
Dr Sonja Moore
irishdocsenv@ide.ie
Dr Sonja Moore is a Public Health Medicine trainee keen to bring the public health perspective into climate action, and climate action into public health. Her vision is a just transition to a climate-neutral healthcare system and economy, and would love to see an Ireland with functional public transport and safe cycling infrastructure.
As Communications Director for IDE in 2026-27, her aim is to promote IDE's message, projects and achievements through its website, social media and newsletter. Sonja is particularly interested in engaging both healthcare professionals and wider audiences in the vital connections between climate, health and a sustainable future.
Dr Sandra Green
irishdocsenv@ide.ie
Dr Sandra Green is a Respiratory Registrar. Inspired by the Australian Doctors for the Environment she recruited a handful of like minded doctors and together they founded the organisation. She strongly believes that clinicians must be at the forefront of the discussion and action on climate change in order to advocate for patients.
On behalf of IDE, she has successfully passed motions at the IMO AGM, presented at talks and webinars and has represented the organisation on many occasions including the Planetary Health Alliance Annual Meeting in Stanford University. Working in respiratory, she has a particular interest in air quality and climate change.
Dr Rachel Mac Cann
irishdocsenv@ide.ie
Rachel MacCann is an Infectious Diseases trainee and researcher based in Dublin, Ireland, with a particular interest in healthcare sustainability and the intersection of health and the environment.
A Co-Founder and Trustee of Irish Doctors for the Environment, Rachel was involved in establishing IDE as a registered charity and building its membership and organisational structures. She subsequently served as Chief Operations Officer, supporting strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, fundraising and programme delivery.
Outside of medicine, she can usually be found outdoors, preferably somewhere by the water.
Dr Ola Løkken Nordrum
irishdocsenv@ide.ie
Ola is an anaesthesiology trainee who has been actively involved with IDE since its early stages.
His is key interests are sustainable anaesthesiology, the intrinsic link between the natural world and human health, and raising awareness about planetary health.
Ola is passionate about educating and engaging healthcare students on these critical issues and is dedicated to driving systemic change both within the healthcare sector and across society.