Faculty Directory

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BRUCE MILLIES, MS, JD

Affiliate Assistant Professor



Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Occupational Health, Policy, Population Health Initiative, Risk Assessment

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DEBORAH NADAL, PHD, MA

Affiliate Assistant Professor



Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Community-engaged Research, One Health

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TYLER NICHOLAS, PHD, DABT

Affiliate Assistant Professor
tnicholas@seagen.com


Expertise: Clean Air, Sustainable Communities, Toxicology

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GILBERT S. OMENN, MD, PHD

Affiliate Professor
gomenn@umich.edu
734-763-7583

Expertise: Sustainable Communities

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MARGUERITE PAPPAIOANOU, PHD

Affiliate Professor
mpappa1821@gmail.com
202-368-0050

Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Agricultural health and safety, Environmental Health, Health Equity, One Health, Pollution, Toxicology

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TREVOR PECKHAM, PHD, MS, MPA

Affiliate Assistant Professor
tpeckham@kingcounty.gov


Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Sustainable Communities, Chemical hazards, Community-engaged Research, Environmental Justice, Health Equity, Occupational Health, Policy

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HEIDI ROOP, PHD

Affiliate Assistant Professor
hroop@uw.edu
206-616-1352

Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Climate Change, Community-engaged Research

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MARY SCHOEN, PHD

Affiliate Assistant Professor



Expertise: Clean Water, Sustainable Communities, Pollution, Risk Assessment, Toxicology

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RACHEL SHAFFER, PHD, MPH

Affiliate Assistant Professor
rms14@uw.edu


Expertise: Clean Air, Chemical hazards, Children's Health, Health Equity, Pesticides, Policy, Pollution, Risk Assessment, Toxicology

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PEREGRIN O SPIELHOLZ, PHD

Affiliate Assistant Professor
peregrin@alumni.washington.edu


Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Occupational Health

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KATHERINE SPRUGEL, PHD, BS

Affiliate Professor
sprugk@uw.edu


Expertise: Clean Air, Safe Workplaces, Sustainable Communities, Chemical hazards, Occupational Health, Policy, Risk Assessment

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MARC STIFELMAN, MS

Affiliate Instructor
stifelman.marc@epa.gov


Expertise: Risk Assessment, Toxicology

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MING-YI TSAI, PHD, MSE

Affiliate Assistant Professor



Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Sustainable Communities, Chemical hazards, Environmental Health, Occupational Health, Pollution, Risk Assessment

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RONALD TUBBY, MS, EXECUTIVE MBA

Affiliate Instructor
ron.tubby@gmail.com
503-613-1665

Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Occupational Health

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JAMIE VICKERY, PHD, MA

Affiliate Assistant Professor
jamievickery13@gmail.com


Expertise: Community-engaged Research, Disaster resilience, Risk Assessment

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ELIZABETH GRIBBLE WALKER, PHD

Affiliate Assistant Professor
liz@smokereadysolutions.com


Expertise: Clean Air, Community-engaged Research, Disaster resilience, Environmental Justice, Pollution, Risk Assessment, Toxicology, Wildfires

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MENG WANG, PHD, MSC

Affiliate Assistant Professor
wang0109@uw.edu


Expertise: Clean Air, Pollution

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BRITTANY WELDON, PHD

Affiliate Assistant Professor



Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Toxicology

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STEPHEN G. WHITTAKER, PHD

Affiliate Associate Professor
steve.whittaker@kingcounty.gov
206-263-8499

Expertise: Clean Air, Safe Workplaces, Sustainable Communities, Chemical hazards, Environmental Health, Occupational Health, Risk Assessment, Toxicology

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SHELDWIN YAZZIE, PHD, MS, MPH

Affiliate Assistant Professor
shyazzie@uw.edu


Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Health Equity, Occupational Health

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IL JE YU, PHD

Affiliate Professor
ijyu@uw.edu


Expertise: Clean Air, Safe Workplaces, Chemical hazards, Occupational Health, Risk Assessment, Toxicology

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THOMAS M. BURBACHER, PHD

Professor Emeritus
tmb@uw.edu
206-685-1862

Expertise: Clean Water, Chemical hazards, Children's Health, Environmental Health, Pollution, Risk Assessment, Toxicology

JANICE E. CAMP, MSPH, MSN

Principal Lecturer Emeritus
jecamp@u.washington.edu
206-616-3039

Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Sustainable Communities, Occupational Health

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GERARD A. CANGELOSI, PHD

Professor Emeritus
gcang@uw.edu
206-543-2005

Expertise: Clean Air, Clean Water, Safe Workplaces, COVID-19, Infectious diseases

LUCIO G. COSTA, PHARMD

Professor Emeritus
lgcosta@u.washington.edu
206-543-2831

Expertise: Clean Air, Sustainable Communities, Chemical hazards, Children's Health, Environmental Health, Toxicology

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WILLIAM E. DANIELL, MD, MPH

Associate Professor Emeritus
bdaniell@uw.edu
206-685-3160

Expertise:

DAVID L. EATON, PHD

Professor Emeritus
deaton@u.washington.edu
206-685-3785

Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Health Equity, Toxicology

HOWARD FRUMKIN, DRPH, MPH, MD

Professor Emeritus
frumkin@uw.edu
206-897-1723

Expertise: Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Built Environment, Climate Change, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Health Equity, Heat, Policy, Population Health Initiative

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EVAN GALLAGHER, PHD, MEM

Professor Emeritus
evang3@uw.edu
206-616-4739

Expertise: Clean Water, Chemical hazards, Environmental Health, Pesticides, Pollution, Toxicology

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RICHARD J. GLEASON, MSPH, CIH, CSP

Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus
rgleason@uw.edu
206-856-6660

Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Occupational Health

JACK B. HATLEN,

Associate Professor Emeritus



Expertise:

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STEVEN FRANK HECKER, MSPH

Senior Lecturer Emeritus
shecker@u.washington.edu
206-543-9540

Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Sustainable Communities, Occupational Health

PETER W. JOHNSON, PHD, MS

Professor Emeritus
petej@uw.edu
206-276-7525

Expertise: Safe Workplaces, Occupational Health

DAVID A. KALMAN, PHD

Professor Emeritus
dkalman@u.washington.edu
206-543-1048

Expertise: Clean Water, Chemical hazards, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Pollution, Toxicology, Wildfires

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TERRANCE J. KAVANAGH, PHD, MS

Professor Emeritus
tjkav@uw.edu
206-685-8479

Expertise: Clean Air, Chemical hazards, Environmental Health, Pollution, Risk Assessment, Toxicology

JOHN C. KISSEL, PHD, MS

Professor Emeritus
jkissel@uw.edu
206-543-5111

Expertise: Sustainable Communities, Children's Health, Environmental Health, Health Equity, Infectious diseases, Pollution, Population Health Initiative, Toxicology

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SCOTT MESCHKE, PHD, MS, JD

Professor Emeritus
jmeschke@uw.edu
206-221-5470

Expertise: Clean Air, Clean Water, Safe Food, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Infectious diseases

LEE E. MONTEITH, MS

Senior Lecturer Emeritus
lemonte@u.washington.edu
206-543-3261

Expertise: