Student and Alumni Profiles

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Joycelyn Chui, MPH

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, BS

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, BS

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, BS

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

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Renée Codsi, MPH

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

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Dennise Drury, MPH

DEOHS MPH student and outreach specialist Dennise Drury tackles sexual harassment in agriculture

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Yisi Liu, PhD

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

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Ryan Babadi, PhD

DEOHS alum Ryan Babadi credits mentorship and support from DEOHS for helping launch his new career as a Harvard researcher investigating how environmental factors affect reproductive health

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Renee Codsi, MPH

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

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Esther Min, PhD

Community groups fill a public health gap for farmworkers and other Central Washington residents, new report from UW and Front and Centered shows

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Esther Min,

New mapping tool developed by DEOHS helps City of Seattle prioritize equitable access to COVID-19 vaccination

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Sarah Philo, PhD

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

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