Current Students

Industrial Hygiene

Bradford, Jakobi

Bradford, Jakobi

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2026

Research / Professional Interests: Focused on safeguarding worker health by promoting regulations, controlling occupational hazards, and addressing health risks in high-risk environments.

Conti, Natalie

Conti, Natalie

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MS 
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Industrial ecology, sustainable waste management, bioremediation, risk assessment, management and communication.

Hachicho, Mark

Hachicho, Mark

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Mycology in the context of bioremediation (mycoremediation) for sustainable waste management. Professional interests include developing the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework with considerations for workers’ health and safety.

Hiler, Zach

Hiler, Zach

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: My main professional interests are Safety, Sustainability, and the Environment in the workplace. With my undergraduate degree in Environmental, health, Safety, and Sustainability I have a strong background already in the field. I wish to constantly learn as much as possible I am also always ready for change no matter how big or small it is. 

McPherson, Mora

McPherson, Mora

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Working as an Environmental Health & Safety Professional with a concentration in Industrial Hygiene within the industrial manufacturing industry. 

 
Morales-Badillo, Sydney

Morales-Badillo, Sydney

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2026

Research / Professional Interests: Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health and Safety, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice

 
Poeschel, Steven

Poeschel, Steven

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH, Certificate in Risk Science & Human Health
Expected Graduation: May 2026

Research / Professional Interests: Industrial Hygiene, Occupational safety, hearing health, government sector, interested in engaging with many different industries.

Raptis, Nickolas

Raptis, Nickolas

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2026

Research / Professional Interests: Industrial Hygiene, Health and Safety, Environmental Health and Safety, Consultation, Manufacturing.

Romas, Katie

Romas, Katie

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Interested in the crossover between disaster response and occupational health and safety. It is paramount that the first responders are kept safe while conducting response activities during all phases of a disaster. Events that are low frequency and high risk can be extremely dangerous, and our first responders put their health on the line to keep the public safe.

Schaefer, Rosalyn

Schaefer, Rosalyn

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH Industrial Hygiene, Certificate in Global Health
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Occupational justice, occupational safety, sustainability, environmental health, and environmental justice in the context of global industries.

 

Van Winckel, Ashley

Van Winckel, Ashley

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety, Ergonomics, the intersection between Industrial Hygiene and Total Worker Health 

Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology

Freeland, Lexie

Freeland, Lexie

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2026

Research / Professional Interests:Environmental epidemiology, environmental and occupational justice, exposure assessment, and occupational and environmental respiratory diseases 

Murata, Sarah

Murata, Sarah

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Health Equity, Air/Water Pollution, Spatial Epidemiology

Rivera, Christy

Rivera, Christy

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Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, One Health, Environmental Justice and Sustainability, Health Equity

Salih, Abe

Salih, Abe

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Infectious diseases, cancer, social determinants of health, social justice, occupational safety, exposure sciences, and mental health.

Sumlar, Delaney

Sumlar, Delaney

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Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: ____

Research / Professional Interests:

Whitting, Tayler

Whitting, Tayler

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Total Worker Health, Environmental Justice & Sustainability, Water Pollution, Green Infrastructure, and Equitable Development

Occupational Health Nursing

Burson, Megan

Burson, Megan

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Degree Sought:
MSN
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing; Adult Gerontology Primary Care; Occupational hazards and risks in relation to heart disease.

Petrit, Hila

Petrit, Hila

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Degree Sought:
DNP
Expected Graduation: ______

Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing

Olivia, Livernois

Olivia, Livernois

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
Primary Care FNP, MSN
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing in Industrial and Manufacturing Setting, Palliative Care, Hospice

Lopez, Madison

Lopez, Madison

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
DNP
Expected Graduation: May 2025

Research / Professional Interests:Occupational Health Nursing

Joshua, Lyon

Joshua, Lyon

[email protected]
Degree Sought: DNP

Expected Graduation: ______

Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing

Okpue, Bola

Okpue, Bola

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
FNP/CNM DNP
Expected Graduation: May 2027

Research / Professional Interests: Black maternal health, social determinants of health, occupational health nursing, health equity, global health, primary care.

George, Panzak

George, Panzak

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
MSN
Expected Graduation: ______

Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing

Rumsey, Hannah

Rumsey, Hannah

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
FNP/CNM DNP
Expected Graduation: May 2027

Research / Professional Interests: Migrant workers, Postpartum people returning to work, agricultural workers

Johana, Todd

Johana, Todd

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
FNP/CNM DNP
Expected Graduation: May 2028

Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing in relation to pregnant and postpartum workers

Occupational Safety Engineering

Hannan, Jacqueline

Hannan, Jacqueline

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
PhD
Expected Graduation: Winter 2025

Research / Professional Interests: Human factors engineering, human-systems interaction, patient and clinician safety

Shikanov, Eve

Shikanov, Eve

[email protected]
Degree Sought: MSE

Expected Graduation: Winter 2025

Research / Professional Interests:Human factors engineering in healthcare, patient and clinician safety, cognitive and physical ergonomics

 
 
Sims, Harrison

Sims, Harrison

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Degree Sought: PhD

Expected Graduation: Winter 2029

Research / Professional Interests: Human factors engineering, cognitive ergonomics, team dynamics modeling, team safety, team error prediction.

 
 
Swilley, Jakob

Swilley, Jakob

[email protected]
Degree Sought:
PhD
Expected Graduation: Winter 2027

Research / Professional Interests: Human factors engineering for spaceflight, human-system risk mitigation for missions beyond low Earth orbit, human health and performance during extravehicular activity.

Targeted Research Training 

Chen, Nathan

Chen, Nathan

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Research / Professional Interests: Occupational and environmental exposure assessment of hand-arm vibration (HAV), noise, and air pollution with the evaluation of related preclinical health effects.