Student and Alumni Profiles

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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Rico Gonzalez
Past student profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
As an intern with the Port Angeles Health Department, Rico Gonzalez surveyed community members and local organizations to understand what information they needed about the health risks posed by wildfire smoke.
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Magali Blanco
Student Profile
PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)
First-of-its-kind study led by DEOHS uses car-mounted sensors to map exposure to Seattle traffic pollution—and reveal its possible link to dementia
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