Student and Alumni Profiles

Sophia Li smiles wearing sunglasses and a hat and holding a mosquito trap outside with a dirt trail, trees and bushes, and a lake in the background.

Sophia Li

Current student profile

BS, Environmental Public Health (EPH)

DEOHS undergrad surveys for West Nile virus and harmful algal blooms at Yakima Health District through Hatlen Scholarship

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Woman with light brown hair pushes a dolly loaded with blue coolers to the UW Food Pantry.

Angelina Durbin

Current student profile

BS, Environmental Public Health (EPH)

Undergrad focuses on climate change, food insecurity

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Two people in safety vests, one with blonde hair and glasses and the other with black hair, observe a measuring instrument at a transit station.

Victoria Pena

Student Profile

MS (Applied), Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)

Master’s student helps Sound Transit keep passengers and employees safe

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Amber Khan and Nicole Errett stand together smiling.

Amber Khan

Student Profile

PhD, Individualized Track (IND)

Amber Khan, the 2025 DEOHS Outstanding PhD Student, studies how to keep low-income renters safe during and after disasters

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Martindale stands on a misty beach in front of large driftwood tree trunks, with sea stacks in the background. She is wearing glasses, a blue baseball cap, an orange scarf and a grey jacket.

Cecilia Martindale

Current student profile

MS (Thesis), Individualized Track (IND)

DEOHS Outstanding Master’s Student and Omenn Award winner Cecilia Martindale is committed to protecting our health from climate change impacts

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Kaidan St Louis wears a green and blue plaid shirt and stands in front of a research poster, explaining it to two observers.

Kaidan St Louis

Student Profile

BS, Environmental Public Health (EPH)

Kaidan St Louis has studied the public health impact of community fridges, biomedical waste and recycling

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Judit Marsillach and Hannah Dye stand together in front of a research poster.

Understanding children’s asthma in farming communities

Current student profile

MS (Thesis), Environmental Toxicology (Tox)

DEOHS MS student Hannah Dye wins Castner Award to assess environmental impacts on children’s health in farming communities

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Person dressed in black wearing a purple hat and red backpack crouches on a rocky shoreline with trees in distance.

Meg Hamele

Alumni Profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

Meg Hamele, MPH/MUP ’23 helps Seattle plan for community health needs following disasters

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Five women stand together smiling in front of a research poster.

Rachel Wood

Alumni Profile

MS (Thesis), Environmental Health (EH)

A tongue-swab method developed by DEOHS researchers could slow the spread of TB by detecting it before it's diagnosed

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