STUDENT RESEARCH DAY

Thursday, May 25, 2006
12:35: Student Presentations
South Campus Center, Room 316

Selected second-year master’s students will present summaries of their thesis research.

Alfredo Fernandez, Jr., Environmental and Occupational Health, MPH (William Daniell)
An Evaluation of a Tabletop Exercise Designed to Test Existing Organizational Bioterrorism Response Plans of First Responder and Supporting Agencies in the Tukwila and Seattle-King County Areas of Washington State
Spencer Olsen, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, MPH (Joel Kaufman)
Ambient Air Pollution, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Disease in a Sample of Older US Veterans
Joseph A. Smith III, Environmental Health, MS (John Kissel)
Second-Order Probabalistic Modeling of Children's Exposure to Chlorpyrifos and TCPy: A Case Study Using CTEPP Data
Maggie Trabeau, Industrial Hygiene and Safety, MS (Noah Seixas)
An Evaluation of "Train-The-Trainer" vs. Expert Training Modalities for Hearing Protection Use in Construction
Ami Tsuchiya, Toxicology, MS (Thomas Burbacher)
Mercury Exposure through Fish Consumption among Japanese Women Living in the Puget Sound Area

Thursday, May 25, 2006
1:45: Student Poster Session and Reception
South Campus Center, Room 316

Posters by graduating students will be on display.

Environmental Health, MS

Laura McLaughlin (John Scott Meschke)
Chlorine and UV-Disinfection as Drinking Water Treatment Options for Rural Areas of Less Developed Countries
Michael Paulsen (Christopher Simpson)
Development of an Assay for 1-Nitropyrene Metabolites as Biomarkers of Exposure to Diesel Exhaust
Yolanda Sanchez (Matthew Keifer)
Temporal Patterns of Asthma Hospitalizations in the Yakima Valley Community of Washington
John Shultz (John Scott Meschke)
Pathogen Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance in Ready-to-Eat Food Products
Whitney Webber (L.-J. Sally Liu)
How Much On-Bus Air Pollution Comes from the Bus Itself? A Pilot Study of Diesel School Buses

Industrial Hygiene and Safety, MS

James (Chris) Ballew (Richard Fenske)
A Simple Intervention to Aid in the Reduction of Organophosphate Pesticides from Take-Home Pathways
Elizabeth Gray (Michael Morgan)
Exposure Assessment and Exhaled Breath Analysis of Solvent-Exposed Workers
Peter Lang (Michael Morgan)
Glove Permeation: Comparing an Emperic and Predictive Method
Amy Sly (John Scott Meschke)
Collection of B. subtilis Using an Aerodynamic Lens Concentrator and Polyurethane Foam
Jason Woodruff (Noah Seixas)
Validation of Task-Based Noise Exposure Predictions in the Construction Trades

Safety and Ergonomics, MS

Cheng (Robin) Han (Peter Johnson)
The Development of Testing Software to Measure and Characterize Differences in Computer Mouse Use Proficiency: Comparison of Children and Adults

Toxicology, MS

Mary Trute (Evan Gallagher)
Characterization of Hepatic and Olfactory Glutathione S-Transferases of Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

Environmental and Occupational Health, MPH

Elizabeth Hom (Matthew Keifer)
Analysis of Environmental and Occupational Health Concerns in Key Informant Interviews with Community Advisory Board (CAB) Members of El Projecto Bienestar
Sinang Lee (Richard Fenske)
Translation of the Flourescent Tracer Technique from a Research Dermal Exposure Method to a Pesticide Safety Educational Tool
McKinley (Mac) Rainey (Richard Fenske)
Evaluating Training Improvement and Assessment Tools in Hands-On Pesticide Handler Training
Phayong Thepaksorn (Matthew Keifer)
Occupational Injuries in Thailand

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, MPH

Jason Allen (Joel Kaufman)
Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Status in Controlled Human Diesel Exhaust Expsure: A Randomized, Blinded, Cross-Over Experiment
Brian Burke (Matthew Keifer)
Prevalence of Plutonium-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Cohort of Former Workers from the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site
Christopher Carlsten (Joel Kaufman)
Cell Markers, Cytokines and Immune Parameters in Cement Mason Apprentices
Hieu Hoang (Matthew Keifer)
Will Power: Is Personal Motivation Associated with Retention in the Army?
Son Phan (Matthew Keifer)
A Study of Silocosis Risk in Vietnamese Refractory Brick Workers
Dung Tri Phung (Matthew Keifer)
The Patterns of At-Work Injuries in Vietnamese Communities
Troy Ross (William Daniell)
Hazards to Hearing and Threshold Shifts: The Results of Deployment to a Combat Environment
Satish Subramaniam (Harvey Checkoway)
Baseline Characteristics and Predictors of Occurrence of Mesothelioma among Asbestos-Exposed Men in the Beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial

Environmental and Occupational Hygiene, PhD

Ming-Yi Tsai (Michael Yost)
Modeling Deposition from an Aerial Spray Application
 

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