Current Students
Industrial Hygiene
Bilko, Jason
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2028
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Chouaf, Yasmin
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Degree Sought: MS
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research / Professional Interests: Researching reproductive epigenetics in male wildland firefighters. Interested in industrial hygiene and environmental health across a variety of industries.
Frost, Paulina
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2027
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Hang, Benson
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research / Professional Interests: Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Health Sciences, Consulting, Engineering, and Ergonomics
Johnson, Jacey
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research / Professional Interests: Industrial Hygiene, general safety, and environmental practices within the automotive and mining industries.
Karnehm, Makenzy
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2028
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Lange, Jesse
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2028
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Mullen, Shelby
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2028
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Stevens, Jared
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2028
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Story, Weston
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2028
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Stovall, Hannah
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research / Professional Interests: Industrial Hygiene, Injury prevention and workplace safety.
Wall, Eliot
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2028
Research / Professional Interests: Industrial hygiene and environmental health in manufacturing and agricultural industries.
White, Lindsey
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research / Professional Interests: Industrial hygiene & occupational safety in complex/unique environments (e.g., airports, theme parks); noise & hearing conservation; emergency management; incident investigation; safety training via education and empowerment; risk assessment; exposure monitoring
Willis, Parker
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Degree Sought: MS
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research / Professional Interests: Interested in protecting workers and preserving futures through a global occupational health focus, integrating statistical study design to strengthen evidence-based prevention.
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Buczkowski (McGregor), Alice
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Degree Sought: MPH
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Cruz, Tristan
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research / Professional Interests: How urban environments shape the health and influence of those that live and work in them.
Caudill, Craig
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research / Professional Interests: Prior research examined labor activism and spatio-temporal stroke mortality; current interests include place-based health inequities and spatial epidemiology.
Cardiel, Vianey
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Degree Sought: MPH
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Abdallah, Abdul
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Degree Sought: MPH
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Hoffman, Maya
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2028
Research / Professional Interests: Applying a One Health framework to environmental and occupational health, with an emphasis on airborne exposures and zoonotic spillover risks.
Kalmanoff, Annalise
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Degree Sought: MPH
Expected Graduation: May 2028
Research / Professional Interests: Substance-use and harm reduction, injury prevention, health equity and the physical environment’s impact on health and wellbeing
Briggs, Briana
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Degree Sought: MPH
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Occupational Health Nursing
Budnick, Sarah
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Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing
Chowdhury, Farhana
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Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing
Renae, Garcia
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Degree Sought: DNP FNP/CNM
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research / Professional Interests: As a Nurse Practitioner and Midwife, I am looking forward to providing health care that focuses on the prevention, management, and treatment of work-related injuries to ensure worker well-being, including before, during, and after pregnancy.
Hunkins, Ashley
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Degree Sought: MSN
Expected Graduation: Winter 2027
Research / Professional Interests: Workplace infection prevention, reducing exposure risks, and promoting safe, evidence-based occupational health practices.
Kaczor, Lauren
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Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing
Mayoras, Olivia
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Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing
Okpue, Bola
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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.
Phillips-Young, Christina
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Degree Sought: MSN
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Research / Professional Interests: Occupational Health Nursing
Prong, Amber
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Degree Sought: MSN
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research / Professional Interests: Overcoming systemic challenges in healthcare, improve patient throughout, and nursing retention. I want to build more sustainable, safe, and supportive work environments for frontline staff.
Masters in Nursing Leadership, Innovation, Data Analytics with a certification in Informatics and Occupational Health Nursing.
Rumsey, Hannah
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Degree Sought: FNP/CNM DNP
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research / Professional Interests: Migrant workers, Postpartum people returning to work, agricultural workers
Johana, Todd
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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
Blakely, Ken
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Degree Sought: MS
Expected Graduation: December 2026
Research / Professional Interests: Analyzing complex sites to develop effective hazard controls, ergonomics, safety culture, and innovative solutions to workforce challenges.
Dawkins, Kaila
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Degree Sought: PhD
Expected Graduation: Winter 2029
Research / Professional Interests: Examining dimensions of transportation and healthcare systems, including patient/passenger safety. Human decision making, human-machine interaction.
Ramirez, Jovanny
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Degree Sought: PhD
Expected Graduation: Fall 2030
Research / Professional Interests: Researching the use of computer vision in occupational training to improve posture, specifically in ophthalmology resident training. Occupational ergonomics, occupational health and safety, and human factors engineering.
Sherman, Kerry
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Degree Sought: Industrial and Operations Engineering, M.S.
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research / Professional Interests: Occupational health and safety and human factors engineering
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
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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.
Um, Jacob
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Degree Sought: PhD
Expected Graduation: Winter 2031
Research / Professional Interests: Human factors engineering, cognitive ergonomics
Targeted Research Training
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.