About
Dr. Grace Lasker is Teaching Professor with the Nursing & Health Studies department at the University of Washington Bothell. She was formerly tenured faculty and director of the BS in Public Health at Lake Washington Institute of Technology, where she taught courses in environmental health, epidemiology, nutrition, cellular biology and chemistry. She is a certified online course developer and instructional designer and has worked in this capacity for various grants with the University of Washington, DEOHS; Yale University, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering; Cornell University/Environmental Protection Agency, EECapacity; and Texas A&M, Dept. of Health & Kinesiology. Dr. Lasker is also a certified nutritionist for the State of Washington.
Dr. Lasker’s research focus includes the role of nutritional compounds (via epigenetic impact) on DNA/RNA expression as well as the role of estrogenic compounds (and chemical bioaccumulation) on human health. Her latest research centers on the relationship of organochlorine pesticide estrogenicity with migraines/severe headaches and the impact of pesticide bioaccumulation on health. She is a primary researcher in an NCI clinical trial investigating the role of xenogenic cancer-impacting hormones (particularly atrazine/triazine) in patients with early-stage or remission Prostate Cancer, Breast Cancer, or Uterine Cancer.
Dr. Lasker is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences. She is also a reviewer for the American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Environmental Health, The Journal of Nutrition, and the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. She is proud of have received the Graduate Women in Science recognition for her work at the University of Nebraska in Epigenetics as well as Lake Washington Institute of Technology’s “Instructional Excellence Award” for exemplary teaching as well as an invited Graduation Ceremony speaker for Lake WA.
