Student and Alumni Profiles
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Daira Melendez
Past student profile
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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Hailey Steichen
Past student profile
MS (Applied), Applied Toxicology (App Tox)
Hailey Steichen became interested in toxicology as an undergraduate while researching heavy metal deposits in areas that receive all their water and nutrients from precipitation.
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Kori VanDerGeest
Past student profile
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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Amanda Durkin
Past student profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
UW student-athlete goes deep inside communities affected by wildfire smoke to understand the health risks
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Annie Doubleday
Past student profile
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
Past student profile
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
Past student profile
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
Past student profile
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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Kholood Altassan
Past student profile
PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)
By tackling infectious disease in her native Saudi Arabia, this DEOHS student is breaking new research ground
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