STUDENT RESEARCH: 2000-2004

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AUTUMN 2004

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Ryan Wells Allen	PhD EOH	The Estimated Contributions of Ambient and Nonambient Particulate Matter to Indoor Concentrations and Personal Exposures	Liu
Nicole M. DeFrank	MS Tox	Computation Model of Radiation-Induced Abnormalities of the Neocortex	Faustman
Fabiola Estrada	MS IH	An Exploratory Study of the Incentives and Disincentives for Latino Farm Workers in the State of Washington to Participate in the Workers' Compensation System	Keifer
Julia M. Gohlke	PhD Tox	A quantitative examination of ethanol-induced neurodevelopmental toxicity using computational models	Faustman
Marie Michelle Martin	PhD IH	Comparison of Three Methods of Breath Sampling for Biological Monitoring of Volatile Organic Chemicals	Morgan

SUMMER 2004

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Kathleen M. Bradley	MS Tox	Effects of Phytochemicals on AFB1-mediated Genotoxicity in HepG2 Cells	Eaton
Shengli Shi	PhD Tox	Effects of enhanced glutathione biosynthesis on oxidative stress-mediated hepatocellular injury and gene expression in mice	Kavanagh
Kathryn Ann Toepel	MS EH	Determination of the Dietary Contribution to Pesticide Exposure in Suburban Children	Fenske
Lisa R. Younglove	MPH EOH	Evaluation of Exposure to Chlorpyrifos and Diazinon in Pesticide Applicators and Their Children in Rural Nicaragua	Fenske
Wenjie Zhu	MS IH	Application of GPS/GIS in Chinese farmers for assessment of potential organophosphate pesticide exposures from crop residues	Yost

SPRING 2004

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Heather Bost	MS EH	A Comparison of West Nile Virus Vector Mosquito Populations in Sites With and Without Storm Water Drainage Ponds	Meschke
Ann Bradley	MPH EOH	Impact and Policy Implications of Genetic Information in Regulation: A Case Study of Organophosphate Pesticides	Faustman
Michael Compher	MS EH	Children's Exposure to Diesel Exhaust from School Buses with Different Diesel Engines - A Pilot Study	Liu
Eva Dale	MS Tox	Effect of PM_2.5 on Exhaled Nitric Oxide: An Intervention Field Study	Koenig
Kai Elgethun	PhD IH	Global Positioning System (GPS) Tracking to Characterize Children’s Exposure to Pesticides	Fenske
Yingying Guo	PhD Tox	Characterization of Global Transcriptional Responses and DNA Repair Following Aflatoxin B1 Treatment in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	Zarbl
Jonathan Hofmann	MPH EOH	Mortality Among a Cohort of DBCP-exposed Banana Plantation Workers in Costa Rica	Keifer
NaTasha Johnson	MS IH	Permeation of Various Glove Materials by a Binary Mixture Under a Temperature Gradient	Morgan
Nicola Koren Josephs	MS EH	An Evaluation of the Utility of F+RNA Coliphages for Source Tracking Pathogens in Environmental Waters	Meschke
Anayi Norman	MS EH	Use of PBPK models to Characterize Dermal Absorption of Volatile Organic Compounds from Water	Kissel
Phoung Thi Nguyen	MS IH&S	Silica Exposure Assessment of Refractory Brick Workers in Vietnam	Yost
Kelly Marie Schumacher	MS Tox	Toxicokinetic and Toxicodynamic Factors Affecting Chlorpyrifos Developmental Toxicity	Faustman
Marley Shoaf	MS EH	Dermal Exposure to Sediment: Field Measurement of Sediment Loadings and Unresolved Issues in Exposure Assessment	Kissel
Helen Smith	PhD Tox	Functional significance of polymorphic variants of CYP1B1 and COMT in estrogen metabolism and their relevance to endometrial cancer	Eaton
Lisa Marie Smith	MS Tox	Effects and Mechanisms of Cardiopulmonary Toxicity of Seattle Particulate Matter in the Apolipoprotein E Knockout Transgenic Mouse	Luchtel
Austin Sumner	MPH Occ Med	Glutathion S-transferase Mu 1 Polymorphism and Asbestos-related Lung Disease	Takaro
Alden Weg	MPH Occ Med	The Impact of Army Branch Assignment on Early Medical Disability in a Cohort of Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Cadets	Daniell

AUTUMN 2003

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Helene LaVire	MS Tox	Analysis of Gene Expression Biomarkers of Metal Exposure in Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) from Anaconda Smelter Site, MT	Kavanagh
Katherine Himes	MS EH	Investigation of Orchard Proximity Effect on Organophosphorous Pesticide Exposures Among Agricultural Workers and Their Families	Fenske

SUMMER 2003

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Erika Abel	PhD Tox	The Functional Significance of Genetic Polymorphisms in Human Glutathione S-transferases	Eaton
Iyad Kheirbek	MS EH	Development of a Passive Sampler to Detect Six Aldehydes	Liu
Leah Mickelson	MS IH&S	Comparison of Fungal Exposure Methods, Using Ergosterol Concentrations, Viable and Non-viable Fungal Spore Counts and Questionnaire Based Exposure Assessments, As Used in the Seattle Healthy Homes Projects	Takaro
Marilyn Nayan	MPH Occ Med	Predictors of Outcome in Surgically and Non-surgically Treated Work Related Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow	Franklin
Kathleen Newhouse	MS Tox	MAP Kinase Signaling Mechanisms of Rotenone-induced Apoptosis in Human Dopaminergic SH-SY5Y Cells	Xia
Jing Shao	PhD Tox	Association of a Trinucleotide Repeat Polymorphism in a Glutamate Cysteine Ligase Gene with Fibrotic Lung Diseases	Kavanagh
Lindsay Smith	MS EH	Plausibility of Direct Exposure to Paranitrophenol in the Chicago Methyl Parathion Residential Spraying Case	Kissel
Craig Tin	MS Tox	Alteration of Gene Expression Induced by Methylmercury in Transgenic p53 Fibroblasts	Faustman
Christopher Wilkerson	MS EH	Antibiotic Resistance Prevalence in Escherichia coli isolated from Humans, Wild and Domesticated Animals, and Environmental Sources	Samadpour

SPRING 2003

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Anca Bejan	MS IH&S	Passive Monitors Performance Under Fluctuating Solvent Concentration and Multiple Solvent Presence	Morgan
Paul Darby	MPH Occ Med	Carbon Monoxide Mortality: Has Accurate Tracking Come to an End?	Keifer
Carrie Yu (Fields)	MS Tox	Measurement of PM_2.5 Concentrations and Cardiorespiratory Health Effects in Adult Subjects	Koenig
Bethany Katz	MS EH	Evaluating the Contribution of Woodsmoke to Seattle PM_2.5 Using Levoglucosan as a Molecular Tracer	Kalman
Thomas Olenchock	MS IH&S	Cross Shift Changes in Otoacoustic Emissions in Relation to Occupational Noise Exposure	Seixas
Thomas Sultze	MS IH&S	Work on the Edge: Factors Affecting Respirable Dust Exposures During Concrete Grinding	Seixas
James Terrio	MPH Occ Med	The Effectiveness of the Preplacement Examination in Identifying Army Officers at Risk for Disability	Daniell
Amanda Zych	MS EH	Identifying Mosquito Vector Species in Stormwater Drainage Ponds in King County, Washington	Treser

WINTER 2003

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Carolyn Salazar	MS Saf & Ergo	Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of the Hand Activity Level (HAL) and the Strain Index for use in Epidemiological Studies	Johnson
Francisco Dieguez	PhD Tox	Role of Nuclear Factor-kappa B in the Molecular Toxicology of Mercury in Kidney and Brain Cells	Woods
Jenna Fisher	MS Tox	Behavioral Effects of Early Postnatal Chlorpyrifos-oxon Exposure in Paraoxonase-1 Knockout Mice	Burbacher

AUTUMN 2002

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Stephen Cherne	MS Tox	Signaling Events Involved in the Inductible Expression of Nitric Oxide Synthetase in Rat Kidney Cells	Woods
John Olson	MS IH&S	Non-Occupational Noise Exposure and Its Contribution to Noise Dose in Apprentice Construction Workers	Seixas

SUMMER 2002

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Katia Harb	MS IH&S	Cardiopulmonary Effects of 300 ppb Nitrogen Dioxide in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma Patients	Koenig
Stacey Newsom	MPH Occ Med	The Effect of Ambient Air Pollution on Pulmonary Exacerbations in the Cystic Fibrosis Population	Kaufman

SPRING 2002

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Jordan Firestone	MPH Occ Med	Pesticides and Parkinson's Disease, Risk Estimates from a Case-Control Study	Checkoway
Gregory Frick	MS IH&S	Mixture Component Effects On Passive Diffusion Monitor Performance	Morgan
A. Nicole Irby	MS IH&S	An Assessment of Noise Frequency Spectra Associated with Selected Construction Tasks	Seixas
Daniel Ratican	MS IH&S	The Distribution of Methyl Chloroform Between Sorbent Layers of a Dual Stage Passive Monitor	Morgan
Chang-Fu Wu	PhD IH&S	Applying Optical Remote Sensing Techniques to Evaluate Personal Exposure	Yost

WINTER 2002

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Milton Eng	MS IH&S	Evaluation of Hearing Conservation Awareness within High Noise Industries within Washington State	Daniell
Chunmei Fu	MS Tox	Development of a Transgenic Mouse Model to Study the Toxicity of Particulate Matter	Luchtel
Susan Leaman	MS Tox	Role of Negative Cell Cycle Regulators in Ethanol Inhibition of Astroglial Cell Proliferation	Costa
Rene Showlund	MS Tech	Transfer of Pesticide Residue to Skin Following Contact with a Contaminated Surface	Kissel
Hossein Siahpush	MS IH&S	Longitudinal Study of Association between Respiratory Symptoms and Pulmonary Function Test	Kaufman
Jeff Stewart	MS IH&S	An Evaluation of Occupational Exposures to Biological Hazards at Three Wastewater Treatment Plants in Western Washington State	Samadpour

AUTUMN 2001

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Lynn Bekris	MS Tox	Glutamate Cysteine Ligase Levels in Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes	Faustman
Prajakta Ghatpande	MS Tox	Effects of Particulate Matter on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure of C57/BL6 and ApoE Knockout Mice	Luchtel
Francesca Noel Hudson	PhD Tox	Regulation of the Mouse Glutamate-L-cysteine Ligase Modifier Subunit Gene	Kavanagh
Robert Leo	MS IH&S	Systematic Observation of Noise Exposure and Hearing Protector Use in Worksites in Two Noisy Industries	Daniell
Sarah Gene Weppner	MS Tech	Farm Exposures to Deposited Arsenic and Lead on Vashon/Maury Island	Kissel

SUMMER 2001

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Christine Bellas	MS Tox	Identification and Characterization of a Human Glutathione S-transferase M2-2	Eaton
Mark P. Burry	MS Tox	Neurodevelopmental Toxicity of Toluene	Costa
Dolores Diaz	PhD Tox	Glutamate-cysteine Ligase Expression in the Mouse	Kavanagh

SPRING 2001

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Nilo Arnaiz	MPH Occ Med	Genetic Factors in the Development of an Asthma-like Condition While Employed in an Aluminum Smelter Potroom	Kaufman
Anne Caughlan	MS Tox	Apoptosis: A Novel Endpoint for Chlorpyrifos-Induced Neurotoxicity	Xia
Emily Goswami	MS Tech	Spatial Characteristics of Fine Particulate Matter and Nitrogen Dioxide in Seattle: identifying Representative Monitoring Sites	Liu
Julia Hoeft	MS Tox	A Biologically-based Dose-response Model for Ethanol-induced Developmental Neurotoxicity	Faustman
Kimquy Kieu	MPH Prev Med	Demographics of Hoarders in Seattle/King County	Treser
Maria Majar	MS IH&S	Respirable Dust and Silica Exposure Assessment in Construction Tasks	Seixas
Hongxia Wang	MS Tech	The Cardiopulmonary Effects of 300 ppb NO2 on Healthy Subjects	Koenig
Carolyn Whitaker	MS IH&S	Accuracy of construction worker recall of tasks for epidemiological exposure assessment to noise	Seixas
Lori Winnemuller	MS IH&S	The Validity of Supervisor Assessments in Identifying Ergonomic Risk Factors	Kaufman
Tanongsak Yingratanasuk	MS IH&S	An Assessment of Lung Diseases and Silica Exposure in a Stone Carving Company in Chonburi Province, Thailand	Seixas

WINTER 2001

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Hailing Lu	PhD Tox	The Effect of inorganic Lead on DNA synthesis in 1321N1 Human Astrocytoma Cells: Roles of Protein Kinase C and Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases.	Costa
Jeffery Thompson	MPH Occ Med	Occupational History Taking by Family Practitioner Physicians	Brodkin

AUTUMN 2000

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Alma Maria Cardenas	MS Tox	The Effects of Prenatal Methanol Exposure on Simple and Choice Reaction Time in Nonhuman Primates	Burbacher
Cecile Krejsa	PhD Tox	Activation of Glutamate-cysteine Ligase in Lymphocytes	Kavanagh
Thomas Lewandowski	PhD Tox	Toxicokinetic and Toxicodynamic Modeling of the Effects of Methyl Mercury on Development of the Embryonic Rat Midbrain	Faustman
Amy M. Scanlon	MS Tox	The Effect of Vitamin C on Glutathione Depletion in A549 Cells After Exposure to Ozone	Koenig
Shengli Shi	MS Tox	Effects of Glutamate-cysteine Ligase Overexpression on DNA Damage and Survival Raters in HEPA-1 Cells	Kavanagh

SUMMER 2000

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Michelle Bell	MS IH&S	A pilot study to evaluate the methodology of collecting and analyzing vectors and disease agents of Lyme Disease and human ehrlichoses	Treser
David Bonauto	MPH Occ Med	A Telephone Survey of Work and Injuries in Teenage Agricultural Workers in an Eastern Washington Community	Keifer
Michael Box	MS Tech	Exposure to Particulate Matter Among Older Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Relation Between Personal, Indoor, and Outdoor Concentrations	Liu
Cynthia Curl	MS Tech	Organophosphorous Pesticide Exposure in Children of Agricultural Families in the Lower Yakima Valley	Fenske
Ed Doran	PhD IH&S	Measuring and Modeling Dermal Absorption of Pesticide Residues	Fenske
Barbara Faville	MS IH&S	Validation of Five Checklists Used to Assess Risk Factors Associated with Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities	Morgan
Jiho Huang	MPH Occ Med	Traffic Counts and Emergency Department Visits for Childhood Asthma	Brodkin
Matthew McQueen	MS Tox	The Role of Oxidative Stress in Nuclear Factor-kB Activation in Arterial Endothelial and Kidney Epithelial Cell Lines	Woods
Gary Palcisko	MS Tech	Children's Exposure to Lead and Arsenic in Orchard Soils	Kissel
Keone Pang	MS IH&S	Field Evaluation of a Multiple Beam Sampling Strategy for OP-FTIR Spectrometer Monitoring	Yost
Emily Schneider	MS Tech	Effects of Sodium Arsenite on the Cell Cycle of Primary Rat Midbrain Neuropithelial Cells	Faustman
Hongbin Xiao	MS Tech	Evaluation of Passive Samplers for Monitoring Six Aldehyde Compounds	Liu

SPRING 2000

GRADUATES	DEGREE	THESIS TOPIC	PRECEPTOR
Julie Christine Adams	MS Tech	A physiologically based toxicokinetic model of xylene inhalation exposure in Caucasian men and a correlation study of individual kinetic and anthropometric paramenters	Kalman
Gerry Croteau	MS IH&S	The Effect of Local Exhaust Ventilation Control on Dust Exposures During Masonry Activities	Seixas
Douglas O. Johns	MS IH	The Effect of Varying Concentrations of Chemical Mixtures Containing Toluene and Methyl Isobutyl Ketone on the Accuracy of Collection in Passive and Active Samplers	Morgan
Nancy Judd	MS Tox	Estimates of Human Exposure to PCBs and Associated Health Risks from Dietary Seafood Consumption	Kalman
Karen Marienau	MS Prev Med	Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Retrospective Study Design to Investigate the Risk of Spontaneous Abortion and Exposure to Nitrates in Drinking Water: A Pilot Study	Checkoway
Claire A. Olsovsky	MS IH&S	An Electromagnetic Field Exposure Assessment of Airline Ground Crew Workers: A Comparison of Metrics	Yost
Diane Yoder	MS Tech	Agricultural Injuries Among Adult Hispanic Farm Workers	Keifer

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