Student and Alumni Profiles

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Kaitlyn Kelly

Past student profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

2020 Outstanding Master’s student Kaitlyn Kelly credits her mentors with helping launch her career in environmental health

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Rebekah Petroff

Student Profile

PhD, Environmental Toxicology (Tox)

Outstanding PhD student Rebekah Petroff is exploring the subtle effects of a harmful shellfish toxin

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Alexa Yadama

Past student profile

BS, Environmental Health (EH)

This scholar and ultimate frisbee star is using science to protect people’s health

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Sumaya Aden

Past student profile

BS, Environmental Health (EH)

DEOHS student Sumaya Aden honored as Husky 100 winner for her community service and commitment to health equity

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Tyler Gerken, a DEOHS graduate student, holding water sampling bottles in the middle of a field of tall grass.

Tyler Gerken

Past student profile

MS (Thesis), Environmental Health (EH)

UW DEOHS student Tyler Gerken, School of Public Health master’s fellowship winner, traces infectious bacteria in Hawai’i’s waters

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Kaitlyn Kelly

Past student profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

Grit and teamwork: A DEOHS master’s student describes her experience on the state’s COVID-19 response team

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Head shot of DEOHS master's student Hannah Echt

Hannah Echt

Past student profile

MS (Thesis), Occupational Hygiene (OH)

DEOHS master’s student helps coffee workers breathe easier

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Tyler Gerken

Past student profile

MS (Thesis), Environmental Health (EH)

Tyler Gerken, a DEOHS graduate student in environmental health, has been awarded one of six 2019-2020 master's fellowships from the UW School of Pu

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Marissa Van Ry

Student Profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

Research on the health benefits of solar panels creates new opportunities for DEOHS student Marissa Van Ry

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