Meet our graduate students

Hear from DEOHS graduate students about their research

 

 

Graduate Students

A woman leans against a wooden railing.

Yisi Liu

Past student profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)

PhD student Yisi Liu works with international partners to understand how air pollution affects health

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Ryan Babadi

Alumni Profile

PhD, Environmental Toxicology (Tox)

DEOHS alum Ryan Babadi credits mentorship and support from DEOHS for helping launch his new career as a Harvard researcher investigating how environmental factors affect reproductive health

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A man stands in a lab holding a swab in its paper packaging.

Renee Codsi

Current student profile

MPH, One Health (ONE)

It’s one of several innovative ideas to help end TB from the research lab of DEOHS Professor Jerry Cangelosi

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Two women in "Nuestra Casa" T-shirts and face masks stand next to a sign about resources offered by Nuestra Casa in English and Spanish (ESL Classes, Citizenship Classes, Health Workshops, Referral Services)

Esther Min

Alumni Profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)

Community groups fill a public health gap for farmworkers and other Central Washington residents, new report from UW and Front and Centered shows

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Daaniya Iyaz

Past student profile

MS (Thesis), Environmental Health (EH)

Daaniya Iyaz is researching how wildfire smoke events impact pediatric hospital admissions and health outcomes in the Seattle area.

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Two lab workers in protective suits and face shields hold up samples of wastewater in plastic bottles.

Sarah Philo

Current student profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

Using milk to extract the novel coronavirus from wastewater could help pinpoint new outbreaks

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Dennise Drury

Current student profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

Funding from the UW Population Health Initiative jump-started efforts by DEOHS and our partners, working side-by-side with farmworkers, to create tailored safety messages

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Rad Cunningham

Alumni Profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

Rad Cunningham works as a Senior Epidemiologist at the Washington State Department of Health. 

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Jonathan Nagata

Alumni Profile

MS (Thesis), Environmental Health (EH)

DEOHS alum Jonathan Nagata brings environmental health expertise to the Environmental Protection Agency

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