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Graduate Students
Tyler Nicholas
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PhD, Environmental Toxicology (Tox)
Tyler Nicholas research focuses on creating "organ-mimicking" cell cultures to better understand the relationship between silver nanoparticles and airway inflammation.
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Esther Min
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PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)
Esther Min's passion for environmental justice began when working on a water justice curriculum for a statewide coalition as an MPH student.
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Jose Carmona
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MPH, One Health (ONE)
Jose Carmona is passionate about the One Health approach to protecting the health and safety of agricultural workers.
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Daira Melendez
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MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)
Daira Melendez became interested in environmental public health during a study abroad in the Galapagos Islands as an undergraduate.
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Kori VanDerGeest
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MPH, Environmental Health (EH)
In Washington’s Yakima Valley, a DEOHS student taps the power of community to help improve access to safe water
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Annie Doubleday
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MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)
DEOHS student Annie Doubleday honored by the UW School of Public Health for her leadership potential and public health contributions
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Trevor Peckham
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PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)
DEOHS student turns research into action by helping to shape worker safety policies in the Washington State Legislature
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Jessica Porter
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MS (Thesis), Exposure Science (ES)
Jessica Porter's passion to create safer workplaces began after losing a family member in a work-related incident.
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Alison Kline
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MS (Thesis), Environmental Health (EH)
Alison Kline hopes her research on poliovirus will help improve surveillance efforts in places like Pakistan, where the virus is still endemic.
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