Personnel
- Janice Camp - FRCG Director
- Gerry Croteau - Research Industrial Hygienist
- Venetia Runnion - Research Industrial Hygienist
- Martin Cohen - Research Industrial Hygienist
- Marc Beaudreau - Research Scientist I
- Bud Van Ryn - Program Coordinator
Janice E. Camp, MSPH, CIH, MN, COHN-S
Senior Lecturer and Director of the FRCG
Janice Camp has been director of the FRCG since 1996. Janice obtained a master's degree in both Nursing and Industrial Hygiene from the University of Washington in 1984. Her interests include ergonomic evaluations, methods development, and evaluation of workplace organizational issues as they affect health and safety. Janice assists with courses in Occupational Health and Safety policy and Recognition of Hazards in Industry, and teaches the Applied Industrial Hygiene course and continuing education courses. She coordinates the department's industrial hygiene internship program.
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e-mail Janice: jecamp@u.washington.edu
Gerry Croteau, MS, CIH
Research Industrial Hygienist
Gerry Croteau received a master's degree in Industrial Hygiene from the University of Washington in 2000. Gerry has responsibility for service consultation offered by the Field Group and has consulted for an array of industries including: food processing, plastics manufacturing, construction, mining, waste disposal and processing, and machine shop and metal fabricating facilities. His primary interest is the implementation and evaluation of substitution and engineering controls. Before joining the Field Group, Gerry had worked 10 years as environmental consultant specializing in waste management and processing. He is currently involved in research to assess the effectiveness of engineering controls for controlling silica dust exposures during concrete cutting and grinding activities.
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email Gerry: croteau@u.washington.edu
Venetia Runnion, MS, CIH, CSP
Research Industrial Hygienist
Venetia Runnion has 25 years of experience providing industrial hygiene, safety training, and occupational health services in the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast. She has a master's degree in environmental health sciences and industrial hygiene from Hunter College and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and Certified Safety Professional. Venetia worked as a State OSHA compliance officer and currently provides training on regulations and industrial hygiene for the University of Washington's Region X OSHA Training Institute. Venetia has consulted in a variety of industries including airplane manufacturing, petrochemical, construction, and light manufacturing. Currently, she is working with the shipbuilding and seafood processing industries in evaluating exposures to hexavalent chromium during welding on stainless steel. Prior to joining the Field Group, Venetia directed occupational health and safety consulting services for Clayton Group Services' Northwest offices. Ms. Runnion was appointed by two governors to represent the industrial hygiene profession on the Washington State Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board.
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e-mail Venetia:vrunnion@u.washington.edu
Marty Cohen, ScD, CIH
Research Industrial Hygienist
Marty Cohen has more than 20 years of experience in the varied fields of occupational and environmental health and safety sciences. He has conducted his research and provided services nationwide. Marty earned a bachelor's of science degree in environmental health from Purdue University and then went on to attended Harvard University 's School of Public Health where he received a Master's of Science degree in air pollution control. Applying that knowledge he took a job working with Harvard, the University of Tennessee , and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, heading up an indoor air quality study in Eastern Tennessee . Marty returned to the Harvard School of Public Health where he earned his Doctorate of Science in exposure assessment. His thesis was entitled, "Community Exposures to Volatile Organic Compounds in the Kanawha Valley of West Virginia".
After graduating, he worked with the Boston-based consulting firm, Environmental Health and Engineering as a Senior Scientist conducting industrial hygiene and indoor air quality investigations in a number of industry sectors. Later Dr. Cohen moved to Seattle , continued to work with the consulting firm, and became a Certified Industrial Hygienist. Marty then took a job as a senior industrial hygienist with the State of Washington 's Department of Labor and Industries, Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program. With the SHARP Program, Marty evaluated numerous health and safety exposures in a variety of industries across Washington State . He was the Principle Investigator on NIOSH grants looking at musculoskeletal exposures to tree nursery workers, workplace dermatitis, and work-related fatalities. His work with SHARP also allowed him to develop a video system for evaluating worker dust and solvent exposures in real-time. After ten years with SHARP, Marty took a position at the University of Washington as the Director of the Exposure Assessment Center for the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA): Air Pollution Study. In January of 2008, Marty joined the Field Research and Consultation Group, where he conducts occupational health-related service projects and looks to apply exposure assessment methodologies to better understand and control workers' exposures.
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e-mail Marty: mcohen@u.washington.edu
Marc Beaudreau
Research Scientist I
Marc provides technical and field support for the Field Group. He has four years of experience in industrial hygiene, as well as, experience in fabricating and engineering safety controls. In addition, Marc manages a variety of department websites.
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e-mail Marc: mbeaudre@u.washington.edu
Bud Van Ryn
Program Coordinator
Bud provides administrative support for the Field Group.
e-mail Bud: bvanryn@u.washington.edu
