Noah S. Seixas, PhD, MS

Professor Emeritus
Email: nseixas@uw.edu
Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Chemical hazards, Occupational Health, Noah S. Seixas, Risk Assessment

About

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. Current research interests include mentorship for women in construction, training home care aides to act as peer navigators and addressing the health of early childhood care providers. Dr. Seixas is also interested in organizational factors that may contribute to disparities in occupational health experience, especially among immigrant and other vulnerable working populations.

Education

  • PhD, University of Michigan
  • MS, Harvard University
  • BA, Hampshire College

Mentorship

Not available to mentor new Master's or PhD students. 

DEOHS Students Mentored

Exposure Assessment for Early Childhood Education (ECE) Workers
Wai Ting Joycelyn Chui | MPH | 2022 | View

Employment quality, health and health inequities in the modern U.S. economy
Trevor Peckham | PhD | 2020 | View

Perceptions of and objective measures of gendered stress in construction
Jessica Porter | MS Thesis | 2019 | View

Piloting a health and safety clinic model to address precarious worker concerns
Manaola Hewett | MS Thesis | 2018 | View

Generalized Workplace Harassment and Physical Health Outcomes in Nurses in the Philippines
Staci Kvak | MPH | 2017 | View

Media Mentions

Nourishing a community garden with restaurant compost
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Tania M Busch Isaksen, Noah S. Seixas | View
More research and consistent workplace rules are needed to protect worker health and safety in the cannabis industry
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Christopher D. Simpson, Noah S. Seixas, Tania M Busch Isaksen, Edmund Y. W. Seto, Coralynn Sack | View
Champion of vulnerable workers
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Noah S. Seixas | View
Working conditions influence birth outcomes
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Noah S. Seixas | View
Nevada construction continues as coronavirus spreads
March 27, 2020 | Las Vegas Review-Journal | Featured: Noah S. Seixas | View
Welcoming women in construction
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Noah S. Seixas, Marissa Baker | View
Job flexibility, control and salary play a role in worker health and safety, researchers say
November 20, 2019 | Safety+Health | Featured: Noah S. Seixas | View
UW study: Is there a secret recipe for getting the most out of workers?
October 2, 2019 | KIRO Radio | Featured: Noah S. Seixas PhD student Trevor Peckham | View
Your pay and work schedule affect your health
September 30, 2019 | Futurity.org | Featured: Noah S. Seixas , PhD student Trevor Peckham | View
News release: Worker health in the gig economy
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Noah S. Seixas | View