People

 

 

Administration

Name Position Center Affiliation
Richard Fenske Acting Chair, Professor

UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Director
Matthew Keifer Professor

UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences Medicine

Co-Director
Mike Yost Professor

UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Co-Director, Leader, Research Core, Data and Statistics
Helen Murphy

Director of Outreach
UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Leader, Outreach and Education
Marcy Harrington

Manager, Operations & Outreach
UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

 
Stacey Holland

Graphic Designer
UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

 
Robin Russell

Program Coordinator
UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

 

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Advisors

Name   Affiliation
Juan Bocanegra Labor Educator Labor Education and Research Center, Evergreen State College
Deborah Carter

Technical Issues Manager

NW Horticultural Council
Betty Ann Cohen Physician Central Washington Occupational Medicine Clinic
Jim Doornink Owner Doornink Fruit Ranch
Leda Garside

 

Salud Services, Tuality Healthcare
Victor Jensen Owner Golden Glen Creamery
Barbara Lee Director Marshfield Wisconsin National Farm Medicine Center
Karen Lewis

Extension Educator

Washington State University
Carol McCormick Outreach Coordinator Columbia Valley Community Health
Eric Zakarison Grain and Livestock Farmer  

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Project Officers

Name Title/Department Current Projects
Kent Anger

Senior Scientist - Associate Director, CROET, Associate Professor, OHSU, Behavioral Neuroscience

Intervention to Minimize Worker and Family Pesticide Exposures
Richard Fenske Professor

UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Intervention to Minimize Worker and Family Pesticide Exposures, Neurobehavioral Assessment of Pesticide Exposure in Children
Catherine Karr Assistant Professor

Pediatrics, Adjunct UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Communication of Pesticide Health Risks for Children of Agricultural Families
Matthew Keifer Professor

UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Risk Factors for Cholinesterase Depression Among Pesticide Handlers, Introducing a Cholinesterase Test Kit into Clinical Practice,Pesticide Effects: Integration into Health Care Provider Curricula, Community Health Intervention for Ag Workers - Proyecto Bienestar (the Well Being Project), Health and Safety of Forest Workers on the Olympic Peninsula

Scott Meschke Assistant Professor
UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences
Assessment of Job-related Exposures for Diarrheal Illness in Farmworker Families, Characterization of Bioaerosols in Washington Dairy Barns (pilot)
Helen Murphy

Director of Outreach

UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Communication & Education, Pesticide Effects Integration into Health Care Provider Curricula, Reality Tales: Storytelling to Translate Agricultural Health and Safety Research
Diane Rohlman

Senior Research Associate
CROET, Psychology Section Chair, OAS

Neurobehavioral Assessment of Pesticide Exposures in Children
Chris Simpson Associate Professor

UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Enhancements to Cholinesterase Monitoring: Oxime Reactivation and OP-ChE Adducts, Inhibition of Cholinesterase by Pharmacological and Dietary Agents
Michael Yost

Professor

UW Env & Occ Health Sciences

Assessment of Job-related Exposures for Diarrheal Illness in Farmworker Families

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Researchers

Name Position Center Project
Kit Galvin Research Industrial Hygienist
UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences
Interventions to Minimize Worker and Family Pesticide Exposures, Development and Dissemination of a Fluorescent Tracer Test Kit, Neurobehavioral Assessment of Pesticide Exposures in Children
Marcy Harrington Manager

UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Interventions to Minimize Worker and Family Pesticide Exposures,Communication and Education, Western Regional Conference: New Paths

Stacey Holland Graphic Designer

UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

 

Communication and Education, Pesticide Effects Integration into Health Care Provider Curricula, Reality Tales: Storytelling to Translate Agricultural Health and Safety Research, Development and Dissemination of a Fluorescent Tracer Test Kit, Western Regional Conference: New Paths

Maria Negrete Research Coordinator

UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Interventions to Minimize Worker and Family Pesticide Exposures, Community Health Intervention for Ag Wokers - Protector Bienestar (The Well Being Project), Risk Factors for Cholinesterase Depression Among Pesticide Handlers
Pablo Palmandez

Community Workplace Specialist
UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Interventions to Minimize Worker and Family Pesticide Exposures, Risk Factors for Cholinesterase Depression Among Pesticide Handlers
Gary Rischitelli

Assistant Scientist, CROET, Associate Professor, OHSU, Dept of Pub Hlth & Prev Med, Adjunct Professor, PSU

Point-of-view Video Analysis of the Impact of a Faller Safety Training Program
Robin Russell

Program Coordinator
UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Communication and Education,Pesticide Effects: Integration into Health Care Provider Curricula, Development and Dissemination of a Fluorescent Tracer Test Kit, Western Regional Conference: New Paths
Mary Salazar

Professor Emeritus

UW Dept of Nursing

Pesticide Effects: Integration into Health Care Provider Curricula
Rachel Schwartz Research Coordinator

Community Health Intervention for Ag Workers - Proyecto Bienestar (the Well Being Project),
Health and Safety of Forest Workers on the Olympic Peninsula,
Idaho Partnership for Hispanic Health,
Risk Factors for Cholinesterase Depression Among Pesticide Handlers, Introducing a Cholinesterase Test Kit into Clinical Practice

Maria Tchong

 

Research Scientist II

UW Env & Occ Hlth Sciences

Interventions to Minimize Worker and Family Pesticide Exposures, Development and Dissemination of a Fluorescent Tracer Test Kit

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Students

Name   Center Project
Jenna Armstrong

PhD Student

Oxone Investigation
Rad Cunningham

MPH Student

Risk Factors for Cholinesterase Depression Among Pesticide Handlers
Coby Jansen

MPH Student

Risk Factors for Cholinesterase Depression Among Pesticide Handlers
Jen Krenz MPH Student Interventions to Minimize Worker and Family Pesticide Exposures

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