A courtesy title extended only to a regular or research faculty member who holds a primary appointment in another department.
Faculty Directory and Research Interests
Thomas M. Burbacher -
Professor
PhD (University of Washington)
Children's Environmental Health, Behavioral Toxicology/Teratology
Janice E. Camp -
Senior Lecturer
MSPH (University of Washington), MSN (University of Washington)
Industrial hygiene and safety professional practice, Occupational Health Policy, Adult Education strategies
Gerard A. Cangelosi -
Professor
PhD (University of California (Davis))
Infectious disease exposure and diagnosis, focusing on mycobaterial diseases
Harvey Checkoway -
Professor
PhD (University of North Carolina), MPH (Yale University)
Occupational and environmental epidemiology; Chemical and physical hazards; Epidemiologic methods; Cancer; Parkinson's disease
Martin A. Cohen -
Senior Lecturer
ScD (Harvard University), SM (Harvard University)
Exposure assessment methodologies utilizing direct reading instrumentation and video exposure monitoring.
Lucio Guido Costa -
Professor
PharmD (University of Milan (Italy))
Neurotoxicology, signal-transduction systems in developmental neurotoxicity, molecular mechanisms of neurotoxicity, biochemical markers of neurotoxicity, children's health, food additives and contaminants, genetic susceptibility, in vitro toxicology, pesticides and children, alcohol, cell-cell interactions in developmental neurotoxicity, toxicology of brominated flame retardants, neurotoxicity of diesel exhaust,, paraoxonase 2, gender-differences in oxidative stress and neurotoxicity
William E. Daniell -
Associate Professor
MD (Tufts University), MPH (University of Washington)
Environmental and occupational health problems in Southeast Asia, workplace noise exposure and noise-induced hearing loss
KEYWORDS: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Community based participatory action research, Drinking water, Global occupational health, Hearing loss (noise-induced), Multiple chemical sensitivity, Nervous system toxicity, Noise, Occupational and environmental medicine, Occupational disease statistics, Occupational and environmental epidemiology, Occupational exposure, Repetitive motion disorders, Solvents (toxicology & health effects), Workers' compensation issues contaminants.
KEYWORDS: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Community based participatory action research, Drinking water, Global occupational health, Hearing loss (noise-induced), Multiple chemical sensitivity, Nervous system toxicity, Noise, Occupational and environmental medicine, Occupational disease statistics, Occupational and environmental epidemiology, Occupational exposure, Repetitive motion disorders, Solvents (toxicology & health effects), Workers' compensation issues contaminants.
David L. Eaton -
Professor
PhD (University of Kansas Medical Center)
Biochemical toxicology, aflatoxin carcinogenesis, glutathione-mediated biotransformations of toxic chemicals, genetic susceptibility to environmental carcinogens, 'gene-environment' interactions
Elaine M. Faustman -
Professor
PhD (Michigan State University)
Developmental toxicology, risk assessment methodologies, molecular mechanisms of metals and pesticides
Richard A. Fenske -
Professor
PhD (University of California (Berkeley)), MPH (University of California (Berkeley))
Evaluation of environmental health risks in special populations, such as children, farm workers, and farm producers.
Gary M. Franklin -
Research Professor
MD (George Washington University), MPH (University of California (Berkeley))
Occupational injury, neurological epidemiology, outcomes research
Howard Frumkin -
Professor and Dean
DrPH (Harvard University), MPH (Harvard University), MD (University of Pennsylvania)
Climate change and health, Energy policy and health, The Built Environment and health
Evan Gallagher -
Professor
PhD (Duke University), MEM (Duke University)
Aquatic Toxicology, Drug Metabolism, Pesticides, Metals, olfactory injury, Superfund Sites, Toxicogenomics, zebrafish,, oxidative stress, PBDEs
Richard J. Gleason -
Lecturer
MSPH (University of Washington)
Construction safety, OSHA/WISHA Training Institute, occupational health and safety, hazardous waste site cleanup, UW-OSHA Region X Train-the-Trainer Class Coordinator, workers compensation claims reduction
Peter W Johnson -
Associate Professor
PhD (University of California (Berkeley)), MS (University of California (Berkeley))
Ergonomics, bioengineering, whole body vibration, computer-related disorders, developing hardware and software technologies for assessing exposures to physical risk factors
David A Kalman -
Professor and Chair
PhD (University of Washington)
Environmental chemistry, detection and fate of chemical hazards in natural and man-made environments
Catherine Karr -
Associate Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MD (University of Washington), MS (University of Washington)
Pediatric Environmental Health; ambient Air Pollution; asthma; pesticides; global children's environmental health; farmworker health
Joel D. Kaufman -
Professor
MD (University of Michigan), MPH (University of Washington)
Environmental and occupational epidemiology, health effects of diesel exhaust exposures, environmental factors in cardiovascular and respiratory disease, occupational asthma, traffic-related air pollution and environmental health
Terrance J. Kavanagh -
Professor
PhD (Michigan State University), MS (Michigan State University)
Glutathione metabolism, analytical cytology, in vitro toxicology, transgenic models, toxicology of reactive oxygen/nitrogen species, toxicogenomics, nanotoxicology, systems toxicology
John C. Kissel -
Professor
PhD (Stanford University), MS (Harvard University)
Human exposure assessment, environmental risk assessment, hazardous waste management, soil cleanup, water quality
John Scott Meschke -
Associate Professor
PhD (University of North Carolina), MS (Indiana University), JD (University of Kansas)
Development of methods for detection of viruses and bacteria in water and food, environmental surveillance for viruses, market prevalence of foodborne pathogens, recovery of bacterial and viruses from surfaces, freshwater toxic cyanobacteria blooms, viruses of anaerobic digesters, microbiological quality of produce, irrigation and produce wash water quality, bioaerosol sampling, quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA), health and environmental co-benefits of adaptive responses to climate impacts, infection control, indicators of fecal contamination, comparative adsorption of enteric viruses in soil and groundwater, phage ecology, survival and persistence of pathogenic microorganisms, impact of CAFOs on microbiological quality of water, soil, and vegetation, alternative methods of water and wastewater disinfection, surface disinfection, biosafety, mathematical models for exposure assessment, policy implications of infectious agents, poliovirus eradication
Gretchen Onstad -
Acting Assistant Professor
PhD (University of North Carolina)
Research is focused on characterizing sources of pollution and preventing human exposure to environmental pollutants, in air and water: Nitrate contamination of household wells and point-of-use water treatment in rural populations; Cortisol as a biomarker of stress in children or shift-work in adults; Differential spectroscopy as predictive measure of disinfection byproduct potential; Iodinated disinfection byproduct potential of point-of-use drinking water disinfectants; Woodsmoke source apportionment of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5); Measurement of chemical markers of exposure to woodsmoke and diesel exhaust in environmental and occupational settings; Oxidative removal of algal toxins during drinking water disinfection Formation and removal of disinfection byproducts during drinking water treatment
Marilyn C. Roberts -
Professor
PhD (University of Washington)
Environmental Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), Microbial food contaminants, Waterborne pathogenic microorganisms, Public Health microbiology, Children's health, Antibiotic resistant bacteria, Mercury resistant bacteria
Michael E. Rosenfeld -
Professor
PhD (University of Wisconsin)
Mechanisms of atherogenisis and macrophage biology
Noah S. Seixas -
Professor
PhD (University of Michigan), MS (Harvard University)
Exposure assessments in the context of retrospective, cross-sectional and prospective epidemiology studies and health and safety needs of workers in precarious jobs; Characterization and control of welding fume exposures in shipbuilding and other industries; Investigations in the mining, construction, waste handling, and primary and secondary metal industries; Evaluating the effectiveness of organizational interventions to improve safety and health performance; Developing effective health and safety programs for contingent and immigrant workers
Elizabeth A. Sheppard -
Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MSc (Johns Hopkins University)
Air pollution health effect and occupational epidemiological studies, estimation of health effects from environmental and occupational exposures, exposure modeling, measurement error in health effects studies, incorporating group information in epidemiologic studies
Christopher D. Simpson -
Associate Professor
PhD (University of British Columbia (Canada)), MSc (University of Waikato)
Air Pollution Monitoring and Modeling, Ambient Air Pollutants, Analytical Chemistry, Biological Monitoring, Biomarkers, Cholinesterase monitoring, Diesel Exhaust, Exposure Assessment, Indoor Air, Industrial Chemistry, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Exposure, Pesticides, Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Trace Contaminants, Wood Smoke
June T. Spector -
Assistant Professor
MD (Yale University), MPH (Johns Hopkins University)
Musculoskeletal disorder etiology, prevention, and management; occupational health services and outcomes; health effects of environmental exposures in occupational populations
Charles D. (Chuck) Treser -
Senior Lecturer
MPH (University of Michigan), DAAS
Environmental public health practice, law and regulation; policy analysis; decision making; program planning and evaluation; education of environmental health workforce; housing; zoonotic disease; vector control; environmental health policy
Sverre Vedal -
Professor
MD (University of Colorado), MSc (Harvard University)
Health effects of air pollution; Occupational lung disease
Zhengui Xia -
Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MS (Wuhan University (China))
Mechanisms for regulation of apoptosis in animal cells; Mechanisms of neurogenesis
Michael G. Yost -
Professor and Associate Chair
PhD (University of California (Berkeley)), MS (University of California (Berkeley))
Optical remote sensing of chemicals in the environment, physical agents in the workplace: noise, vibration, non-ionizing radiation
