emeritus faculty

Peter Johnson, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences exposure sciences program and conducts ergonomics-related research.

Our general area of research focuses on the gene-environment interactions that explain susceptibility of humans to toxicity from heavy metal exposures. Heavy metals such as mercury and lead are important public health hazards, because they accumulate in the brain and other organs, causing cognitive deficits, personality changes, and impaired motor function.

Sverre Vedal is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington (UW) School of Public Health. He  is a pulmonary physician and an epidemiologist with research interests in the adverse health effects of community air pollution and in occupational lung disease.

Dr. van Belle holds a joint appointment in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and the Department Biostatistics. He served as chair of the former from 1991 to 1998 at which time he returned to regular faculty status.

The general area of my teaching and research involves the applied aspects of environmental health practice, i.e., how the principles and concepts of environmental health are actually practiced in the field, especially by local, state, tribal and federal agencies.

Since earning his advanced degree in Chemical Engineering (MIT) and receiving post-doctoral training in Respiratory Physiology (Harvard School of Public Health), Dr. Morgan has spent thirty-seven years teaching and studying the human response to inhalation of air contaminants, including the products of combustion and volatile solvents.

Research Interests: Adsorption process in passive dosimeter badges, methods for the measurements of glove permeation, methods for the detection and measurement of trace compounds in the environment

Dr. Kissel has a history of research related to human exposure to environmental contaminants. One aspect of this work involves characterization of human dermal contact with soils and sediments.

David Kalman is a professor in the Environmental Health program. He is a chemist by training, earning his doctorate from the University of Washington in 1978. He joined the faculty in that year and has held numerous positions including director of the Environmental Health Laboratory and director of one graduate degree program and (currently) director of undergraduate degree education.

Steve Hecker is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. His specialty interests include industrial hygiene and labor education.

Howard Frumkin is professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the UW School of Public Health, where he served as dean from 2010-2016. After serving as dean, he led the “Our Planet, Our Health” initiative at the Wellcome Trust in London from 2018-2019, and served as senior vice president at Trust for Public Land from 2021-2024.

Dr. Eaton received his Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) in 1978. Following a post-doctoral fellowship in Toxicology at KUMC, he joined the faculty of the University of Washington in 1979.

Bill Daniell is a physician and epidemiologist in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Bill retired from his full-time DEOHS faculty position in 2016 but continues to work part-time in course instruction, student mentorship, and community-oriented projects.

Ms. Camp is a Principal Lecturer Emeritus in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences.

Dr. Seixas is a certified industrial hygienist with an emphasis on the quantification of exposure for occupational epidemiology. In addition to teaching occupational hygiene courses and maintaining an active research program.

Dr. Rosenfeld is a Professor in DEOHS and has joint appointments in the Dept. Pathology and the Core Faculty of the Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences. He is the director of the Environmental Pathology/Toxicology training grant, funded by NIEHS. Dr.

Dr. Roberts' research interests include identification of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] and vancomycin resistant enterococci [VRE] in environmental samples, antibiotic resistance using a One Health approach. Dr. Roberts is interested in how antibiotic resistance genes and resistant bacteria move between the environment, humans and animals.

Dr. Kavanagh joined the faculty at the University of Washington in the Departments of Medicine and Environmental Health in 1989, and is currently Emeritus Professor in the UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Dr.

Richard Gleason is Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington, where he taught ENV 460/560 (Occupational Safety Management), ENVH 453 (Industrial Hygiene) and ENVH 462/562 (Technical Aspects of Industrial Safety). He is also a graduate of the MS in Industrial Hygiene program at DEOHS.

Dr. Gallagher joined the faculty of the University of Washington in 2004 and previously held the Sheldon D. Murphy Endowed Chair of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Dr.

The general area of research in Dr. Costa's laboratory is neurotoxicology. Neurotoxic substances may play a role in neurodevelopmental disorders, and in neurological, neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases. Dr.

Dr. Thomas Burbacher is Professor Emeritus in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS). He previously served as the head of the Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences and Director of the Infant Primate Research Laboratory at the UW National Primate Research Center.