Student and Alumni Profiles

Tyler Nicholas
Alumni Profile
PhD, Environmental Toxicology (Tox)
For this DEOHS alum, a PhD in toxicology brought a public health lens and lifelong friends
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Annie Doubleday
Alumni Profile
MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)
New UW study finds increase in risk of dying in the days after exposure to wildfire smoke
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Vy Tran
Alumni Profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
Vy Tran, '16, was driven to study environmental health after seeing how work in a tofu factory took a toll on her mother's mental and physical health. Today she's making an impact as an occupational health worker.
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Alumni Profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
Sara Mar graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Health in 2017 and now works as a CDC’s Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) Fellow.
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Anisa Ghadrshenas
Alumni Profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
Anisa Ghadrshenas, 2008 BS Environmental Health graduate, uses the analytical foundation from her coursework to develop policies with the World Health Organization.
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Heather Fowler
Alumni Profile
PhD, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)
Dr. Heather Fowler earned her Ph.D. in 2017 and now works as the director, producer, and public health expert at the National Pork Board in Des Moines, Iowa, where she guides studies on the health and safety of people involved in pork production, while focusing on food safety and diseases that can spread from pigs to humans.
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Ali Everhart
Alumni Profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
Ali Everhart uses the knowledge and experience she gained as an Environmental Health major to provide environmental and public health services to fifteen tribes throughout southwest Alaska.
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Tamia Boyer
Alumni Profile
MS (Thesis), Industrial Hygiene & Safety (IH&S)
After earning her MS in Industrial Hygiene and Safety in 1997, Tamia Boyer went on to become an ORISE Fellow and now provides consultation and training as a Senior Safety Consultant with the National Safety Council.
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Chensheng (Alex) Lu
Alumni Profile
PhD, Industrial Hygiene & Safety (IH&S)
Chensheng (Alex) Lu, who earned his PhD in 1996, is researching pesticides to look into the trans-generational effects in honeybees, mammals, and humans.
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