The Biostatistics, Epidemiologic and Bioinformatic Training in Environmental Health training grant, known as BEBTEH, provides funding for PhD students and postdocs interested in data-based analysis of environmental health issues.
Trainees in this program come from three UW departments: Biostatistics, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, and Epidemiology.
The curriculum is designed to promote a balance between the life sciences and quantitative disciplines, so graduates have insight into disease causation as well as the bioinformatic and statistical tools to analyze data at a population level.
Positions, funding and more
The Biostatistics, Epidemiologic and Bioinformatic Training in Environmental Health training grant, known as BEBTEH, provides funding for PhD students and postdocs interested in data-based analysis of environmental health issues.
Trainees in this program come from three UW departments: Biostatistics, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, and Epidemiology.
The curriculum is designed to promote a balance between the life sciences and quantitative disciplines, so graduates have insight into disease causation as well as the bioinformatic and statistical tools to analyze data at a population level.
Student Information
Field Work Opportunities
The Field Group often has opportunities available for students interested in gaining field industrial hygiene experience. Typically, students accompany FRCG Industrial Hygienists to on-site consultations where they assist the IH with a variety of tasks including exposure monitoring and site observations. We try to accommodate student's schedules and transportation is available if needed.
Internships
Internships provide students with an opportunity to gain applied field experience before graduation and practice their new profession. The FRCG is responsible for assisting interested DEOHS exposure sciences students in obtaining internships at local companies and agencies. These internships typically occur in the summer between the first and second year of the Masters degree program, although some opportunities may be available for internships during other times of the year. With few exceptions, internships are paying jobs. Potential employers often offer internships as a means to evaluate students for permanent positions following graduation.
Coursework
The Field Group is involved in several industrial hygiene and safety courses offered by the UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences:
- ENVH 564 Recognition of Health and Safety Problems in Industry - Develops skills in occupational health and safety hazard recognition in a variety of important northwest industries. Focuses on process understanding and hazard recognition skills during walk-through inspections of several local facilities, stressing a multidisciplinary approach.
Please contact Dr. Marty Cohen if you are interested in any of these opportunities
Personnel
Marty Cohen, ScD, CIH, CSP
Director, Teaching Professor
Dr. Cohen has more than 20 years of experience in the varied fields of occupational and environmental health and safety sciences. He has conducted his research and provided services nationwide. Marty earned a bachelor's of science degree in environmental health from Purdue University and then went on to attended Harvard University 's School of Public Health where he received a Master's of Science degree in air pollution control. Applying that knowledge he took a job working with Harvard, the University of Tennessee , and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, heading up an indoor air quality study in Eastern Tennessee . Marty returned to the Harvard School of Public Health where he earned his Doctorate of Science in exposure assessment. His thesis was entitled, "Community Exposures to Volatile Organic Compounds in the Kanawha Valley of West Virginia".
Allison Crollard, MS, MN, CIH
Research Industrial Hygienist
Allison Crollard joined the Field Group in 2013 after completing a Master's of Science in Exposure Sciences at the University of Washington. She is also trained as an occupational health nurse and has a Master's of Nursing in Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing from the University of Washington. In addition, Allison has experience conducting health and safety research on programmatic interventions for small businesses, and is interested in finding approaches for addressing health and safety issues for under-served worker populations.
Gerry Croteau, MS, CIH
Research Industrial Hygienist
Gerry Croteau received a master's degree in Industrial Hygiene from the University of Washington in 2000. Gerry has responsibility for service consultation offered by the Field Group and has consulted for an array of industries including: food processing, plastics manufacturing, construction, mining, waste disposal and processing, and machine shop and metal fabricating facilities. His primary interest is the implementation and evaluation of substitution and engineering controls. Before joining the Field Group, Gerry had worked 10 years as environmental consultant specializing in waste management and processing. He is currently involved in research to assess the effectiveness of engineering controls for controlling silica dust exposures during concrete cutting and grinding activities.
Brayan Rosas, CSP
Research Industrial Hygienist
Brayan Rosas received a Bachelor’s of Science in Safety and Health Management from Central Washington University. He worked as an Industrial Hygienist and provided consultation services to a variety of industries throughout the central and eastern Washington region including construction, healthcare, agriculture, and public works. Brayan joined the field group in 2024 and continues to use his expertise to improve worker health and safety.
Maria Tchong-French, MPH
Research Industrial Hygienist
Maria Tchong-French has been a research scientist with the University of Washington since 2004. She has been involved in exposure assessment in multiple projects ranging from pesticide exposure in agriculture, solvent exposure in automotive shops, and air quality in schools. She feels strongly about improving the safety and health of workers and their families. She is a native Spanish speaker. Maria is also part of NW PEHSU, and is involved in program tracking/reporting, as well as providing exposure assessment and industrial hygiene expertise in their consultations.
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