Student and Alumni Profiles

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Bridging worker and animal health

Past student profile

MS (Thesis), Occupational Hygiene (OH)

With help from her DEOHS mentor, MS student Lily Myers combines her passion for marine mammals with an occupational health degree

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Bruk Molla

Past student profile

BS, Environmental Health (EH)

DEOHS researchers with Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units develop comic strips in nine languages to promote safer cleaning habits for families

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Joe Lim

Current student profile

PhD, Environmental Toxicology (Tox)

DEOHS PhD student and Castner Award winner Joe Lim explores the connections between exposure to flame retardants and the microbiome

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Joycelyn Chui

Past student profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

DEOHS MPH student and Castner Award winner Joycelyn Chui wants to transform food waste from local restaurants into compost for community gardeners in Seattle’s International District

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Diana Marquez

Past student profile

BS, Environmental Health (EH)

DEOHS student Diana Marquez helped connect Yakima Valley farmworkers with COVID-19 information and vaccines during a recent internship   

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Jovanny Rodriguez

Student Profile

BS, Environmental Health (EH)

A desire to help others sets DEOHS scholarship winner Jovanny Rodriguez on a path to a public health career

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Tianai (Scyler) Li

Past student profile

BS, Environmental Health (EH)

Multitalented Tianai (Scyler) Li is the 2021 DEOHS Outstanding Undergraduate Student

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Big data, big impact

Past student profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)

DEOHS Outstanding PhD Student Magali Blanco applies science and big data to investigate health risks in communities exposed to chemicals and air pollution

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Renée Codsi

Past student profile

MPH, One Health (ONE)

DEOHS MPH student Renée Codsi wins Husky 100 and DEOHS Outstanding Master’s Student awards

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