Stephen G. Whittaker
Affiliate Associate Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences (Primary department)
Public Health Researcher located within the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in Public Health—Seattle & King County. Areas of interest include evaluating and mitigating hazardous chemical exposures in underserved populations. Recent projects include conducting a needs assessment of the local dry cleaning community (primarily Korean) and devising education/outreach strategies to minimize wexposures to hazardous process chemicals.
Contact Information
Public Health Seattle and King County
Local Hazardous Waste Management Program
Seattle, WA 98104-1818
Tel: 206-263-8499
Fax: 206-296-0189
Affiliations
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (Affiliate Associate Professor, DEOHS)
- Field Research & Consulation Group (Field Research & Consultation Group, collaborated on an evaluation of nail salon ventilation.)
Research Interests
- Exposure assessment and mitigation in underserved working populations
Risk communication
Risk assessment
Biomonitoring in low income residential populations
Teaching interests
Risk assessment
Nexus of environmental health and occupational health
Nexus of environmental health and occupational health
Education
PhD, Microbiology, University College, London (UK), 1983
Projects
Evaluating the health & safety needs of the auto body industry
Developing a health & environmental profile of the dry cleaning industry
Characterizing the products used and waste generated by dry cleaners using solvent alternatives to tetrachloroethylene.
Evaluating technical capabilities and usability of tetrachloroethylene leak detectors.
Evaluating exposures to solvent alternatives to tetrachloroethylene.
Developing a health & environmental profile of the dry cleaning industry
Characterizing the products used and waste generated by dry cleaners using solvent alternatives to tetrachloroethylene.
Evaluating technical capabilities and usability of tetrachloroethylene leak detectors.
Evaluating exposures to solvent alternatives to tetrachloroethylene.
Review date:
8/16/2017