{"id":8186,"date":"2026-08-19T09:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?p=8186"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:30:29","slug":"otoole-most-influential-blue-light-person-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?p=8186","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Toole: Most Influential Blue Light Person of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/signal-2026-08-16-14-33-19-993.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"956\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/signal-2026-08-16-14-33-19-993-956x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/signal-2026-08-16-14-33-19-993-956x1024.jpg 956w, http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/signal-2026-08-16-14-33-19-993-280x300.jpg 280w, http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/signal-2026-08-16-14-33-19-993-768x823.jpg 768w, http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/signal-2026-08-16-14-33-19-993-1433x1536.jpg 1433w, http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/signal-2026-08-16-14-33-19-993-1008x1080.jpg 1008w, http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/signal-2026-08-16-14-33-19-993.jpg 1493w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Huge congratulations to my PhD student Michelle O&#8217;Toole, who won Most Influential Person of the Year at the inaugural National Blue Light Awards, recognising her leadership and advocacy for frontline workers, their families and support networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle&#8217;s PhD research (which is coming to a close very soon&#8230;) has explored the HUGS@Home programme for friends and family members of those who work as first responders. Extremely impactful work, and it is great to see continued recognition of Michelle&#8217;s leadership in this space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well done Michelle, so well deserved!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huge congratulations to my PhD student Michelle O&#8217;Toole, who won Most Influential Person of the Year at the inaugural National Blue Light Awards, recognising her leadership and advocacy for frontline workers, their families and support networks. Michelle&#8217;s PhD research (which is coming to a close very soon&#8230;) has explored the HUGS@Home programme for friends and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84,72,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-battlab","category-frontpage"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/award1-glyph-gradient-corner-icon-vector.jpg",980,980,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/award1-glyph-gradient-corner-icon-vector-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/award1-glyph-gradient-corner-icon-vector-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/award1-glyph-gradient-corner-icon-vector-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/award1-glyph-gradient-corner-icon-vector.jpg",980,980,false],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/award1-glyph-gradient-corner-icon-vector.jpg",980,980,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/award1-glyph-gradient-corner-icon-vector.jpg",980,980,false],"kubio-fullhd":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/award1-glyph-gradient-corner-icon-vector.jpg",980,980,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Alan","author_link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Huge congratulations to my PhD student Michelle O&#8217;Toole, who won Most Influential Person of the Year at the inaugural National Blue Light Awards, recognising her leadership and advocacy for frontline workers, their families and support networks. 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