Working Life: 'My mum and teacher sparked my love for science'

“Memorable moments in my job include when the email came in to share the news that cases of rotavirus had dropped by over 70% in the first two years since the vaccine was introduced"

Yvonne Morrissey, business project manager, National Immunisation Office. Picture: Moya Nolan.

Yvonne Morrissey, business project manager, National Immunisation Office, HSE

“I’m originally from Cork, and two people in particular sparked my love for science — my mom worked in the lab in the North Infirmary before she got married, and I had an incredible biology teacher in secondary school.