Student and Alumni Profiles

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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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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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Marissa Van Ry

Past student profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

Marissa Van Ry is researching the potential benefits of California's new law requiring that all new homes have solar panels starting in 2020.

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Rachel Shaffer

Student Profile

PhD, Environmental Toxicology (Tox)

From air pollution to toxic chemicals in our food systems, DEOHS doctoral student Rachel Shaffer is translating her research into better health

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