Student and Alumni Profiles

Headshot of Claire Pendergrast standing in front of a blurry leafy background. Photo: Elizar Mercado

Claire Pendergrast

Past student profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

DEOHS student Claire Pendergrast explores health equity, disaster resilience among older adults

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Miriam Calkins tests samples on-site in an orchard. Photo: Jose Carmona.

Miriam Calkins

Student Profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)

Award-winning DEOHS student studies the risks outdoor laborers face with rising temperatures

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Close up of UW student Natalia Kowalchuk's hands holding a soldering iron as she builds an air monitor in a lab. Photo: Kayla Cayton.

Graeme Carvlin

Past student profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)

Innovative air-quality monitor developed by DEOHS student provides communities with real-time data at lower cost

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Ali, pictured on the left, assists with a swimming pool inspection. She and another woman sit on the concrete edge of a chlorinated pool with testing equipment and a clipboard.

Ali Everhart

Past student profile

BS, Environmental Health (EH)

DEOHS student pursues passion for environmental health in some of America’s hardest-to-reach locations

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Jackson preparing to collect wastewater from a septic system. Photo by John Zinza, Washington State Department of Health.

Meagan Jackson

Past student profile

MS (Thesis), Environmental Health (EH)

DEOHS student’s work leads to environmental recommendations to create cleaner waterways

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