Research Services Program Manager/Toxicologist employed by the Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County (Haz Waste Program) at Public Health -- Seattle & King County. Responsibilities include setting the research agenda for the Haz Waste Program and supporting the research needs of both internal and external stakeholders.
Public Health Researcher located within the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in Public Health—Seattle & King County. Areas of interest include evaluating and mitigating hazardous chemical exposures in underserved populations. Recent projects include conducting a needs assessment of the local dry cleaning community (primarily Korean) and devising education/outreach strategies to minimize wexposures to hazardous process chemicals.
Exposure assessment and mitigation in underserved working populations
Risk communication
Risk assessment
Biomonitoring in low income residential populations
Not available to mentor new students.
Special interests include:
Recent projects include:
Evaluating the health & safety needs of the auto body industry
Developing a health & environmental profile of the dry cleaning industry
Characterizing the products used and waste generated by dry cleaners using solvent alternatives to tetrachloroethylene.
Evaluating technical capabilities and usability of tetrachloroethylene leak detectors.
Evaluating exposures to solvent alternatives to tetrachloroethylene.
Risk assessment
Nexus of environmental health and occupational health
