Student and Alumni Profiles

Two men in face masks carry a tall ladder standing six feet apart.

Dennise Drury, MPH

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

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Portrait of Jonathan Nagata.

Jonathan Nagata, MS Thesis

DEOHS alum Jonathan Nagata brings environmental health expertise to the Environmental Protection Agency

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Brianna Willis, MPH

With help from mentors, a recent DEOHS alum created a customized educational experience

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Pandher, wearing a face mask, standing next to a sidewalk with evergreens in the background.

Abhyjot Pandher, BS

DEOHS environmental health major responds to workers' concerns about COVID-19 and more while interning with Washington State Department of Labor & Industries

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3 people wearing face masks stand next to weather monitoring equipment inside a chain-link fence.

Claire Schollaert, PhD

DEOHS researchers investigate the combined health effects of wildfire smoke and heat on Washington’s agricultural workforce and test strategies to protect workers and crops

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Portrait of Tyler Nicholas in front of Bluebird Ice Cream in Seattle.

Tyler Nicholas, PhD

For this DEOHS alum, a PhD in toxicology brought a public health lens and lifelong friends

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Peterson standing in front of a canyon in the Badlands.

Natalie Peterson, BS

DEOHS environmental health major takes on the COVID-19 crisis and more while interning with the Indian Health Service

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Gombart standing in a hole surrounded by rocks and soil, holding out a ball of soil in his extended right hand.

Sean Gombart, BS

DEOHS environmental health major gets down in the dirt for public health

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Alexandria Vingino standing in front of a lake and mountain, with a cloth face mask in hand.

Alexandria Vingino, MPH

MPH student Alexandria Vingino and collaborators find antibiotic-resistant E. coli in the waste of some marine mammals around Puget Sound

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A woman smiles while bottle-feeding two white lambs.

Madeline Benoit, MPH

A DEOHS graduate student connects with a recent alumna to identify risks to pork industry workers and how to prevent them

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Kaitlyn Kelly, MPH

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

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Portrait of Rebekah Petroff with a tree in the background.

Rebekah Petroff, PhD

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

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