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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
MARISSA CHILDS, PHD
Assistant Professor
mlchilds@uw.edu
Accepting new students: Master, PhD
Expertise: Clean Air, Climate Change, Environmental Health, Infectious diseases, Wildfires
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
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
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
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
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
GARY M. FRANKLIN, MD, MPH
Research Professor
meddir@uw.edu
206-685-7193
Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine, Opioids, Policy
ERICA FUHRMEISTER, PHD, MS
Assistant Professor
efuhrm@uw.edu
Expertise: Clean Water, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Infectious diseases, Microbiome, One Health
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
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
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
EMILY HOVIS, MS
Assistant Teaching Professor
ehovis@uw.edu
Accepting new students: Master
Expertise: Safe Food, Sustainable Communities, Environmental Health, Nutrition, One Health, Policy
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
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
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
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
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
TRISTAN NICHOLSON, MD, PHD
Assistant Professor
tristann@uw.edu
206-598-6358
Expertise: Clean Air, Sustainable Communities, Pollution, Wildfires
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
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
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
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
SHEELA SATHYANARAYANA, MPH, MD
Professor
sathyana@uw.edu
206-884-1037
Expertise: Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Children's Health, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Toxicology
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
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
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
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
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
ZHENGUI XIA, PHD, MS
Professor
zxia@uw.edu
206-616-9433
Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Chemical hazards, Toxicology