Kate Jones

Biological Monitoring Team Lead

Kate is an analytical chemist working as the Biological Monitoring team lead at HSE's Science and Research Centre. She has wide experience and expertise in the biological monitoring of organic compounds, particularly isocyanates and pesticides. She is a member of HSE's research ethics panel and has experience of running human volunteer studies.

Kate is currently Chair of the RSC Toxicology group and is the UK National Secretary for ICOH.  Kate is also a member of the BEI committee of ACGIH in the US, a guest of the German DFG's analytical methods group for biomonitoring and involved in the OECD occupational biomonitoring project.

Research Interests

• Biological Monitoring / Human Biomonitoring
• Exposure Assessment
• Diisocyanates
• Pesticides
• Solvents
• Metals
• Silica

Previous Projects

• HBM4EU - Coordinating and advancing human biomonitoring in Europe to provide evidence for chemical policy making (EU/HSE)
• IMPRESS - Improving exposure assessment methodologies for epidemiological studies on pesticides (CropLife Europe)
• Human biomonitoring data collection from occupational exposure to pesticides (EFSA)
• Biological monitoring of pesticide exposures in residents living near agricultural land (Defra)

Notable Achievements

• Thomas Bedford Memorial Prize 2015 for Isocyanate exposure control in motor vehicle paint spraying: evidence from biological monitoring

Further Information

• LinkedIn

• Research Gate

Case Studies

• Benzene exposure to workers during tunnelling
• Biological monitoring for acetamiprid: Collaborative working with customers
• Carcinogens in the electroplating industry
• Isocyanates in motor vehicle repair: Reducing exposure through training
• Skin absorption of isocyanates: Laying of floor screeds
• Skin absorption of isocyanates: Use of MDI adhesive