Faculty Directory

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Faculty Name

Expertise

Faculty Type

Accepting new students

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

MARISSA BAKER, PHD

Associate Professor
bakermg@uw.edu

Accepting new students: Master, PhD
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

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

KRISTIE L. EBI, PHD, MPH, MS

Professor
krisebi@uw.edu
206-543-8440

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

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

ERICA FUHRMEISTER, PHD, MS

Assistant Professor
efuhrm@uw.edu

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

Associate 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

Associate 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

JUDIT MARSILLACH, PHD

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

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

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, Agricultural health and safety, Climate Change, COVID-19, Infectious diseases, Microbiome, Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine, One Health

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, Agricultural health and safety, Community-engaged Research, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Nutrition, Policy