Kaya Bramble is a Junior majoring in Industrial & Systems Engineering. She joined SURE-EH in June 2020 under the mentorship of Dr. Lianne Sheppard, Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Kaya's research area is part of the ACT-TRAP study that aims to link traffic-related ultrafine particulate matter, as well as other pollutants, to the process of aging in the brain, namely Alzheimer’s Disease by using mobile monitoring from 100’s of site around the Seattle area.
In May 2021, Kaya was one of twelve students to receive the University of Washington's Undergraduate Research Symposium Population Health Recognition Award for her research project "Ultrafine Particle Inequality by Race, Ethnicity, and Income in Seattle."
Diana Marquez is a junior in majoring in Environmental Health. She joined SURE-EH in June 2019 under the mentorship of Dr. June Spector, Assistant Professor in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Diana’s research will focus on heat as an environmental exposure affecting agricultural workers. Specifically, she will be studying the effects across a summer season of Heat Education and Awareness Tools (HEAT) training intervention versus a comparison training on heat prevention knowledge among agricultural workers in eastern Washington state.
Gabby Mascarinas is a junior in majoring in Environmental Health. She joined SURE-EH in June 2019 under the mentorship of Dr. Julia Cui, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Her research will be look at the effects of a medication that lowers LDL cholesterol levels within the cardiovascular system by inhibiting the gene PCSK9. Specifically, does the lack of the PCSK9 gene cause non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) through changes in bile acid homeostasis?
Bruk Samson Molla is a junior in majoring in Environmental Health. He joined SURE-EH in September 2019 under the mentorship of Dr. Julia Cui, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. His research will investigate if PCSK9 drug has a role in cholesterol levels in the liver by using a PCSK9 Knockout (PCSK9 KO) mouse model. How much does the high fat/high cholesterol diet affects the bile acid components of a PCSK9 KO out mice liver?
Javier Siva is a Junior majoring in Public Health/Global Health. He joined the program in August 2020 and will be working with Dr. Nicole Errett, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Javier's research areas will be identifying policy changes in response to COVID-19.