Regular Faculty

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ELENA AUSTIN, SC.D.

Associate Professor
elaustin@uw.edu
206-221-6301

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Clean Air, Safe Workplaces, Sustainable Communities, Agricultural health and safety, Community-engaged Research, Environmental Justice, Occupational Health, Pollution, Wildfires

MICHELLE AVERILL, PHD

Teaching Professor
carrots@uw.edu
206-221-6554

Expertise: Safe Food, Sustainable Communities, Environmental Health, Nutrition

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MARISSA BAKER, PHD

Associate Professor
bakermg@uw.edu


Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Safe Workplaces, COVID-19, Chemical hazards, Environmental Justice, Occupational Health, Risk Assessment

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MAGALI BLANCO, PHD

Assistant Professor
magali@uw.edu
‭(206) 685-9833‬

Accepting new students: Master, PhD
Expertise: Clean Air, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Occupational Health, Pesticides, Risk Assessment

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TANIA M. BUSCH ISAKSEN, PHD, MPH

Teaching Professor
tania@uw.edu
206-685-4919

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Clean Air, Safe Workplaces, Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Climate Change, Community-engaged Research, Disaster resilience, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Heat, Pollution, Risk Assessment, Wildfires

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JOAN CASEY, PHD

Associate Professor and Associate Chair
jacasey@uw.edu


Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Climate Change, Disaster resilience, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Health Equity, Heat, Wildfires

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DIANA CEBALLOS, PHD, MS, CIH

Assistant Professor
dmco25@uw.edu
206-897-1979

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Sustainable Communities, Chemical hazards, Children's Health, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Occupational Health, Risk Assessment

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TZU-HSIN KAREN CHEN, PHD, MS

Assistant Professor
kthchen@uw.edu
707-727-5725

Accepting new students: Master, PhD
Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Built Environment, Climate Change, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Health Equity, Heat, Risk Assessment

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MARISSA CHILDS, PHD

Assistant Professor
mlchilds@uw.edu


Accepting new students: Master, PhD
Expertise: Clean Air, Climate Change, Environmental Health, Infectious diseases, Wildfires

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MARTIN A. COHEN, SCD, CIH, CSP

Teaching Professor and Assistant Chair
mcohen@uw.edu
206-616-1905

Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Chemical hazards, Occupational Health, Policy, Risk Assessment, Service, Wildfires

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SARAH M. COLLIER, PHD

Assistant Professor
scollier@uw.edu
206-221-2542

Accepting new students: Master, PhD
Expertise: Safe Food, Sustainable Communities, Climate Change, Environmental Health, Nutrition

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KRISTIE L. EBI, PHD, MPH, MS

Professor
krisebi@uw.edu
206-543-8440

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Climate Change, Heat, Policy, Risk Assessment

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NICOLE ERRETT, PHD, MSPH

Associate Professor
nerrett@uw.edu


Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Climate Change, Community-engaged Research, Disaster resilience, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Heat, Policy, Population Health Initiative, Wildfires

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ELAINE FAUSTMAN, PHD

Professor
faustman@uw.edu
206-685-2269

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Clean Water, Safe Food, Sustainable Communities, Chemical hazards, Children's Health, Environmental Health, Health Equity, One Health, Risk Assessment, Toxicology

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GARY M. FRANKLIN, MD, MPH

Research Professor
meddir@uw.edu
206-685-7193

Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine, Opioids, Policy

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ERICA FUHRMEISTER, PHD, MS

Assistant Professor
efuhrm@uw.edu


Expertise: Clean Water, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Infectious diseases, Microbiome, One Health

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YIJIE GENG, PHD

Assistant Professor
yjgeng@uw.edu
206-543-8087

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Chemical hazards, Children's Health, Environmental Health, Toxicology

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HILARY GODWIN, PHD

Professor and Dean
hgodwin@uw.edu
206-685-7430

Expertise: Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Chemical hazards, Children's Health, Climate Change, Community-engaged Research, Environmental Health, Toxicology

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JEREMY J. HESS, MD, MPH

Professor
jjhess@uw.edu
206-221-4059

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Climate Change, Disaster resilience, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Heat, Wildfires

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EMILY HOVIS, MS

Assistant Teaching Professor
ehovis@uw.edu


Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Safe Food, Sustainable Communities, Environmental Health, Nutrition, One Health, Policy

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CATHERINE KARR, PHD, MD, MS

Professor
ckarr@uw.edu
206-616-4355

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Clean Air, Clean Water, Sustainable Communities, Agricultural health and safety, Chemical hazards, Children's Health, Community-engaged Research, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Pesticides, Pollution, Wildfires

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EDWARD KASNER, PHD, MPH, CSP

Assistant Teaching Professor
ejkasner@uw.edu


Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Clean Air, Safe Workplaces, Agricultural health and safety, Environmental Justice, Heat, Occupational Health, Pesticides, Risk Assessment, Wildfires

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JOEL D. KAUFMAN, MD, MPH

Professor
joelk@uw.edu
206-616-3501

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Clean Air, Sustainable Communities, Environmental Health, Occupational Medicine, Pollution, Wildfires

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KAREN LEVY, PHD, MPH

Professor
klevyx@uw.edu


Expertise: Clean Water, Safe Food, Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Children's Health, Climate Change, Community-engaged Research, Environmental Health, Infectious diseases, Microbiome

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JUDIT MARSILLACH, PHD

Assistant Professor
jmarsi@uw.edu
206-221-4035

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Clean Air, Chemical hazards, Children's Health, Environmental Health, Occupational Health, Pesticides, Pollution, Toxicology

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TRISTAN NICHOLSON, MD, PHD

Assistant Professor
tristann@uw.edu
206-598-6358

Expertise: Clean Air, Sustainable Communities, Pollution, Wildfires

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JENNIFER J. OTTEN, PHD, MS, RD

Professor
jotten@uw.edu
206-221-8233

Accepting new students: Master, PhD
Expertise: Safe Food, Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Nutrition, Policy

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RESHAM PATEL, MPH

Assistant Teaching Professor
rapatel@uw.edu


Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Climate Change, Community-engaged Research, Disaster resilience, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Health Equity, Heat

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PETER RABINOWITZ, MD, MPH

Professor
peterr7@uw.edu
206 616-0598

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Agricultural health and safety, Climate Change, Infectious diseases, Microbiome, Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine, One Health

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CORALYNN SACK, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
cssack@uw.edu
206-543-1520

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Clean Air, Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine, Pollution, Wildfires

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SHEELA SATHYANARAYANA, MPH, MD

Professor
sathyana@uw.edu
206-884-1037

Expertise: Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Children's Health, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Toxicology

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EDMUND Y. W. SETO, PHD, MS

Professor
eseto@uw.edu
206 543-1475

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Clean Air, Clean Water, Sustainable Communities, Built Environment, Climate Change, Community-engaged Research, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Health Equity, Infectious diseases, Policy, Pollution, Risk Assessment, Wildfires

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LIANNE SHEPPARD, PHD, SCM

Professor
sheppard@uw.edu
206-616-2722

Expertise: Clean Air, Chemical hazards, Environmental Health, Pesticides, Policy, Pollution

NANCY J. SIMCOX, MS

Associate Teaching Professor
nsimcox@uw.edu
206-221-7107

Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Chemical hazards, Community-engaged Research, Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine, Risk Assessment, Service

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CHRISTOPHER D. SIMPSON, PHD, MSC

Professor and Associate Chair, Graduate Program Coordinator
simpson1@uw.edu
206-543-3222

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Agricultural health and safety, Occupational Health, Pesticides, Wildfires

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YONA SIPOS, PHD, MSC

Associate Teaching Professor
ysipos@uw.edu
(206) 616-2680

Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Safe Food, Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Agricultural health and safety, Community-engaged Research, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Nutrition, Policy

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RACHEL SKLAR, PHD, MPH

Assistant Professor
rsklar@uw.edu


Accepting new students: Master, PhD
Expertise: Clean Air, Clean Water, Community-engaged Research, Occupational Health, Policy

JUNE T. SPECTOR, MD, MPH

Chair and Professor
spectj@uw.edu


Expertise: Clean Air, Safe Workplaces, Sustainable Communities, Agricultural health and safety, Climate Change, Environmental Health, Heat, Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine, Policy, Pollution, Wildfires

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ZHENGUI XIA, PHD, MS

Professor
zxia@uw.edu
206-616-9433

Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Chemical hazards, Toxicology