Meet our graduate students

Hear from DEOHS graduate students about their research

 

 

Graduate Students

Amber Khan and Nicole Errett stand together smiling.

Amber Khan

Student Profile

PhD, Individualized Track (IND)

Amber Khan, the 2025 DEOHS Outstanding PhD Student, studies how to keep low-income renters safe during and after disasters

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Martindale stands on a misty beach in front of large driftwood tree trunks, with sea stacks in the background. She is wearing glasses, a blue baseball cap, an orange scarf and a grey jacket.

Cecilia Martindale

Current student profile

MS (Thesis), Individualized Track (IND)

DEOHS Outstanding Master’s Student and Omenn Award winner Cecilia Martindale is committed to protecting our health from climate change impacts

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Judit Marsillach and Hannah Dye stand together in front of a research poster.

Understanding children’s asthma in farming communities

Current student profile

MS (Thesis), Environmental Toxicology (Tox)

DEOHS MS student Hannah Dye wins Castner Award to assess environmental impacts on children’s health in farming communities

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Person dressed in black wearing a purple hat and red backpack crouches on a rocky shoreline with trees in distance.

Meg Hamele

Alumni Profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

Meg Hamele, MPH/MUP ’23 helps Seattle plan for community health needs following disasters

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Five women stand together smiling in front of a research poster.

Rachel Wood

Alumni Profile

MS (Thesis), Environmental Health (EH)

A tongue-swab method developed by DEOHS researchers could slow the spread of TB by detecting it before it's diagnosed

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Viviana stands smiling in front of a tree and five cattle. She is holding a sampling tube and wearing glasses, a cap, a tanktop, yoga pants and tall rain boots.

Viviana Albán

Current student profile

PhD, Individualized Track (IND)

DEOHS PhD student Viviana Albán wins Castner Award to study microbiome-health connections for children in Ecuador

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Cecilia Martindale stands smiling on a pier over a bay at low tide, wearing a purple UW hat.

Cecilia Martindale

Current student profile

MS (Thesis),

MS student Cecilia Martindale wins Castner Award to study how heat influences exposure to the world’s most widely used weed killer

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Ally Clonch smiles wearing a yellow coat in front of a field of orange tulips.

Are women mariners at risk?

Current student profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)

DEOHS PhD student Ally Clonch wins Castner Award to study harassment and mental health of maritime workers

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Jorge stands and washes his hands. On the wall there are several safety posters. One reads "Wash your hands Lavese las manos!" with a picture of a sink and hands. Jorge smiles at the camera and wears a blue shirt and hat.

Jorge Rivera-Gonzalez

Student Profile

PhD, One Health (ONE)

DEOHS Ph.D. student Jorge Rivera-Gonzalez trains to become an Environmental Health Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service 

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