Student and Alumni Profiles
Kazu Okumura
Alumni Profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
Kazu Okumura earned a BS in Environmental Health and now serves as an Environmental Health Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps.
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Will Bond
Alumni Profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
After completing a summer internship with Amazon as an undergraduate, Will Bond graduated and was eventually promoted to Amazon's Global Road Safety Program Manager.
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Wafa Tafesh
Alumni Profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
Wafa Tafesh uses the knowledge she gained from her BS in Environmental Health to support her work as a Water Quality Scientist for King County.
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Julie Tu
Alumni Profile
MS (Thesis), Environmental Health (EH)
Julie Tu earned a BS in Environmental Health in 2015 and now works as a Senior Consultant at Ramboll, a large global consulting group.
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Manaola Hewett, MS Exposure Sciences 2018 & BS Environmental Health 2016
Alumni Profile
MS (Thesis), Exposure Science (ES)
Manaola Hewett earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health from the University of Washington and then completed a master's degree in Occup
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Erica Grant
Alumni Profile
MPH, One Health (ONE)
Recent DEOHS graduate finds there’s no substitute for “getting your boots dirty” through experiences in the field
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Xiaoqiong "Christy" Huang
Alumni Profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
Xiaoqiong "Christy" Huang graduated from the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health's undergraduate program in 2012. She now works as a Health and Enivronmental Investigator for Seattle and King County Public Health. Huang loves the opportunity to educate food workers, restaurant operators and the general public about the significance of food safety, thereby protecting people from foodborne illnesses.
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Robert Duff
Alumni Profile
MS (Thesis), Environmental Toxicology (Tox)
Robert Duff knows that certain environmental health issues can be contentious, especially with so many different stakeholders involved. He is currently a senior policy advisor to Governor Jay Inslee on natural resource and environmental issues.
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Vivian Yu
Alumni Profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
Vivian Yu graduated from the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health's undergraduate program in 2011 and earned her M.D. at Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2017.
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