Vaidehi Persad

Title: 
Student Researcher
Program: 
Industrial Hygiene
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Degree Program: Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences and Industrial Hygiene 

Expected Graduation: May 2026

Area(s) of Interest: Farmworker health, immigrant community health, women's health, environmental toxicology, reproductive health and neurodevelopment, chemical and heat exposures, occupational and environmental medicine

Project(s): 

1) systematic review on association between Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (QACs) and Reproductive Health - worked on at UCSF PRHE

2) systematic review on association between Paraquat Dichloride exposure and Parkinson's Disease - currently working on at UCSF PRHE

3) Mixed-methods analysis of pesticide exposure among pregnant farmworkers in California - currently working on at UC Berkeley EHS

Desired Employment: physician & public health practitioner, occupational & environmental medicine

Current position: UCSF Program on Reproductive Health & Environment (PRHE) research intern: (Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences)

Traineeship Role: