Student and Alumni Profiles

A woman leans against a wooden railing.

Yisi Liu

Past student profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)

PhD student Yisi Liu works with international partners to understand how air pollution affects health

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A man stands in a lab holding a swab in its paper packaging.

Renee Codsi

Current student profile

MPH, One Health (ONE)

It’s one of several innovative ideas to help end TB from the research lab of DEOHS Professor Jerry Cangelosi

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Daaniya Iyaz

Past student profile

MS (Thesis), Environmental Health (EH)

Daaniya Iyaz is researching how wildfire smoke events impact pediatric hospital admissions and health outcomes in the Seattle area.

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Two lab workers in protective suits and face shields hold up samples of wastewater in plastic bottles.

Sarah Philo

Current student profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

Using milk to extract the novel coronavirus from wastewater could help pinpoint new outbreaks

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Two men in face masks carry a tall ladder standing six feet apart.

Dennise Drury

Current student profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

Funding from the UW Population Health Initiative jump-started efforts by DEOHS and our partners, working side-by-side with farmworkers, to create tailored safety messages

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Alicia Hendrix

Current student profile

PhD, Environmental Toxicology (Tox)

Alicia Hendrix earned an undergraduate degree in marine biology, then discovered a passion for environmental toxicology while studying algal toxins as a volunteer with the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center.

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Hien Bui

Past student profile

MPH, One Health (ONE)

For her practicum, Hien Bui, MD, is working with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Vietnam team to to strengthen the international community’s capacity to detect and discover viruses that can be transmitted from animals to humans.

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Pandher, wearing a face mask, standing next to a sidewalk with evergreens in the background.

Abhyjot Pandher

Past student profile

BS, Environmental Health (EH)

DEOHS environmental health major responds to workers' concerns about COVID-19 and more while interning with Washington State Department of Labor & Industries

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3 people wearing face masks stand next to weather monitoring equipment inside a chain-link fence.

Claire Schollaert

Current student profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)

DEOHS researchers investigate the combined health effects of wildfire smoke and heat on Washington’s agricultural workforce and test strategies to protect workers and crops

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