Student and Alumni Profiles

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.

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

Calvin Terada
Alumni Profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
Calvin Terada earned his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health in 1994 and now works as Director of the Superfund & Emergency Manage

Yasmin Everson
Alumni Profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
Yasmin Everson earned her B.S. in Environmental Health in 2018. She completed her internship at Sound Transit and after graduation joined Amazon as an EHS Specialist. Now, she joined the Amazon Technical Academy, where she plans to integrate her passions for public health and software development.

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

Rad Cunningham
Alumni Profile
MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)
Rad Cunningham works as a Senior Epidemiologist at the Washington State Department of Health.

Jonathan Nagata
Alumni Profile
MS (Thesis), Environmental Health (EH)
DEOHS alum Jonathan Nagata brings environmental health expertise to the Environmental Protection Agency

Ryan Kouchakji
Alumni Profile
BS, Environmental Health (EH)
Ryan Kouchakji earned his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health in 2017 and is now in his second year at the UW School of Medicine M.D.

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.