Current Students
Industrial Hygiene
Bradford, Jakobi
jakobi@umich.edu
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
natconti@umich.edu
Degree Sought: MS
Expected Graduation: May 2025
Research / Professional Interests: Industrial ecology, sustainable waste management, bioremediation, risk assessment, management and communication.
Hachicho, Mark
hachicho@umich.edu
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
hilerz@umich.edu
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
moramc@umich.edu
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
symorale@umich.edu
Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2026
Research / Professional Interests: Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health and Safety, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice
Poeschel, Steven
stevepoe@umich.edu
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
nraptis@umich.edu
Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2026
Research / Professional Interests: Industrial Hygiene, Health and Safety, Environmental Health and Safety, Consultation, Manufacturing.
Romas, Katie
karomas@umich.edu
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
rosalou@umich.edu
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
vanwinca@umich.edu
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
lexief@umich.edu
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
shmurata@umich.edu
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
chrriver@umich.edu
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
abdsalih@umich.edu
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@umich.edu
Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: ____
Research / Professional Interests:
Whitting, Tayler
twhittin@umich.edu
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
mburson@umich.edu
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
phila@umich.edu
Degree Sought: DNP
Expected Graduation: ______
Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing
Olivia, Livernois
orlive@umich.edu
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
madisorl@umich.edu
Degree Sought: DNP
Expected Graduation: May 2025
Research / Professional Interests:Occupational Health Nursing
Joshua, Lyon
joshualy@umich.edu
Degree Sought: DNP
Expected Graduation: ______
Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing
George, Panzak
gpanzak@umich.edu
Degree Sought: MSN
Expected Graduation: ______
Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing
Occupational Safety Engineering
Hannan, Jacqueline
jhannan@umich.edu
Degree Sought: PhD
Expected Graduation: Winter 2025
Research / Professional Interests: Human factors engineering, human-systems interaction, patient and clinician safety
Shikanov, Eve
ehshik@umich.edu
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
harsims@umich.edu
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
jswilley@umich.edu
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
Shkembi, Abas
ashkembi@umich.edu
Degree Sought: PhD
Expected Graduation: May 2026
Research / Professional Interests: Occupational and Environmental justice, Statistics, Legal epidemiology, Noise exposure, Psychosocial factors.