FACULTY DIRECTORY
Regular Faculty | Auxiliary Faculty
REGULAR FACULTY
Sara Dubowsky Adar Assistant Professor
MHS (Johns Hopkins University), ScD (Harvard University)
Research is focused on the human health effects of exposures to air pollution, with an emphasis on traffic-related pollutants.
Thomas M. Burbacher Professor
PhD (University of Washington)
Behavioral toxicology, developmental effects of pre- and postnatal exposure to environmental contaminants
Janice E. Camp Senior Lecturer
MSPH (University of Washington), MSN (University of Washington)
Field industrial hygiene and safety, Occupational Health Policy, Program Evaluation, Exposure Assessment.
Harvey Checkoway Professor
PhD (University of North Carolina), MPH (Yale University)
Occupational and environmental epidemiology; Chemical and physical hazards; Epidemiologic methods; Parkinson's Disease.
Lucio G. Costa Professor
PharmD (University of Milan (Italy))
Neurotoxicology, signal-transduction systems in developmental neurotoxicity, molecular mechanisms of neurotoxicity, biochemical markers of neurotoxicity, childrens health, food additives and contaminants, genetic susceptibility, in vitro toxicology, pesticides and children, alcohol, developmental neurotoxicity, toxicology of polybrominated flame retardants
William E. Daniell Associate Professor
MD (Tufts University), MPH (University of Washington)
Environmental and occupational health problems in Southeast Asia, workplace noise exposure and noise-induced hearing loss
Charles D. Easterberg Lecturer
MS (University of Minnesota)
food safety, University-wide health and safety
David L. Eaton Professor
PhD (University of Kansas Medical Center)
Biochemical toxicology, aflatoxin carcinogenesis, glutathione-mediated biotransformations of toxic chemicals, genetic susceptibility to environmental carcinogens, 'gene-environment' interactions
Elaine M. Faustman Professor
PhD (Michigan State University)
Developmental toxicology, risk assessment methodologies,
molecular mechanisms of metals and pesticides
Richard A. Fenske Professor and Associate Chair
PhD (University of California (Berkeley)), MPH (University of California (Berkeley)), MA (University of California (Berkeley))
Exposure assessment, agricultural health and safety, pesticide exposure, children's health
Gary M. Franklin Research Professor
MD (George Washington University), MPH (University of California (Berkeley))
Occupational injury, neurological epidemiology, outcomes research
Evan Gallagher Professor
PhD (Duke University), MEM (Duke University)
Human and aquatic toxicology: species differences in chemical biotransformation, mechanisms of chemical olfactory injury in salmon, chemical injury to hematopoietic stem cells, polybrominated diphenyl ether-mediated cell injury, zebrafish models in toxicology, oxidative stress.
Richard J. Gleason Lecturer
MSPH (University of Washington)
Construction safety, OSHA/WISHA Training Institute, occupational health & safety, hazardous waste site cleanup, UW-OSHA Region X Train-the-Trainer Class Coordinator
Steven F. Hecker Senior Lecturer
MSPH (University of Washington)
Safety and health training, education, and program evaluation; construction safety and ergonomics; safety and health program management; cabin air quality and flight crew health.
Peter W. Johnson Associate Professor
PhD (University of California (Berkeley)), MS (University of California (Berkeley))
Ergonomics, bioengineering, computer-related disorders, developing hardware and software technologies for assessing exposures to physical risk factors
David A. Kalman Professor and Chair
PhD (University of Washington)
Environmental chemistry, detection and fate of chemical hazards in natural and man-made environments
Joel D. Kaufman Professor
MD (University of Michigan), MPH (University of Washington)
Environmental and occupational epidemiology, health effects of diesel exhaust exposures, environmental factors in cardiovascular and respiratory disease, occupational asthma, traffic related air pollution and environmental health
Terrance J. Kavanagh Professor
PhD (Michigan State University), MS (Michigan State University)
Glutathione metabolism, analytical cytology, in vitro toxicology, toxicology of oxygen free radicals, toxicogenomics, nanotoxicology
Matthew C. Keifer Professor
MD (University of Illinois), MPH (University of Washington)
Agricultural health and safety, international occupational health and community based participatory action research, environmental justice in the United States, occupational and environmental health issues in Asia and Latin America.
John C. Kissel Professor
PhD (Stanford University), MS (Harvard University)
Human exposure assessment, environmental risk assessment, hazardous waste management, soil cleanup, water quality
Jane Q. Koenig Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MS (University of Washington)
Respiratory physiology, pulmonary effects of inhalation of airborne pollutants on susceptible populations
Daniel L. Luchtel Professor
PhD (University of Washington)
Respiratory toxicology, lung histopathology and pathophysiology, optical and electron microscopic
techniques.
J. Scott Meschke Assistant Professor
PhD (University of North Carolina), MS (Indiana University), JD (University of Kansas)
Pathogen survival, mobility, and detection in the environment; microbial risk assessment, water and wastewater treatment; public health and environmental microbiology
Michael S. Morgan Professor
DSc (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Applied respiratory physiology, inhalation toxicology
Marilyn C. Roberts Professor
PhD (University of Washington)
Children's health, Environmental vancomycin resistant enterococci [VRE] and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA], Microbial food contaminants, Waterborne pathogenic microorganisms, Public Health microbiology, Antibiotic resistant bacteria, Mercury resistant bacteria
Michael E. Rosenfeld Professor
PhD (University of Wisconsin)
Mechanisms of atherogenisis and macrophage gene expression.
Noah S. Seixas Professor
PhD (University of Michigan), MS (Harvard University)
Exposure assessments in the context of retrospective, cross-sectional and prospective epidemiology studies and health and safety needs of workers in precarious jobs.
Lianne Sheppard Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MSc (Johns Hopkins University)
Air pollution health effect and occupational epidemiological studies, estimation of health effects from environmental and occupational exposures, incorporating group information in epidemiologic studies
Gwy-Am Shin Assistant Professor
PhD (University of North Carolina), MS (Seoul National University (Korea))
Aquatic microbiology; physico-chemical and disinfection processes; and molecular biological methods.
Christopher D. Simpson Associate Professor
PhD (University of British Columbia (Canada)), MSc (University of Waikato)
Air Pollution Monitoring and Modeling, Ambient Air Pollutants, Analytical Chemistry, Biological Monitoring, Biomarkers, Cholinesterase monitoring, Diesel Exhaust, Exposure Assessment, Indoor Air, Industrial Chemistry, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Exposure, Pesticides, Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Trace Contaminants, Wood Smoke
Kate A. Stewart Lecturer
MS (University of Oregon)
Construction, Wood Products, Shipyard, Manufacturing and Office Ergonomics; OSHA/WISHA Training Institute; UW-OSHA Region X; Northwest Center Continuing Education Programs.
Charles D. Treser Senior Lecturer
MPH (University of Michigan)
Environmental health practice, law & regulation; policy analysis; decision making; program planning and evaluation; education of environmental health workforce; housing; zoonotic disease; vector control; environmental health policy
Victor Van Hee Assistant Professor
MPH (University of Washington), MD (University of Kansas)
Primary research interests relate to cardiovascular epidemiology, and particularly the impact of air pollution on cardiovascular disease. Other areas of interest include the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in epidemiology and the impact of genetic factors on susceptibility to the health effects of air pollution.
Sverre Vedal Professor
MD (University of Colorado (Denver)), MSc (Harvard University)
Health effects of air pollution; Occupational lung disease
James S. Woods Research Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MPH (University of North Carolina), MS (University of Washington)
Molecular toxicology of trace metals, metal effects on heme and porphyrin metabolism, biological markers of metal exposure
Zhengui Xia Professor
PhD (University of Washington), MS (Wuhan University (China))
Mechanisms for regulation of apoptosis in animal cells; Mechanisms of neurogenesis
Michael G. Yost Professor
PhD (University of California (Berkeley)), MS (University of California (Berkeley))
Optical remote sensing of chemicals in the environment, physical agents in the workplace: noise, vibration, non-ionizing radiation
