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

steve.whittaker@kingcounty.gov

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

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.

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences