Current Trainee/Student

Jamie Lyanne Baranda

Student Researcher
Industrial Hygiene

Degree Program: Master of Public Health

Expected Graduation: May 2026

Area(s) of Interest: Safety policy effectiveness in high-hazard industries; occupational toxicology; psychosocial and toxic stress in hazardous work sectors; exposure assessment; industrial hygiene practices for exposure mitigation

Project(s): Evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of Process Safety Management (PSM) in California’s oil and gas sector in collaboration with Cal/OSHA. My research also aims to integrate...

Lauren Jensen

Student Researcher
Industrial Hygiene

Degree Program: Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences, Global Health and Environment

Expected Graduation: May 2027

Area(s) of Interest: Exposure Science and Risk Assessment in Workplace Environment, Silicosis among Engineered Stone Countertop Workers, Indoor Air Pollution

Project(s): TBD

Desired Employment: Industry/ Research

Ashley Kochans

Student Researcher
Industrial Hygiene

Degree Program: Master of Public Health

Expected Graduation: May 2026

Area(s) of Interest: Ergonomics & Preventing MSDs, Workplace Violence Prevention, Policy Evaluation and Health Equity Impact.

Project(s): Understanding Barriers to Implementing SB 553 (WPV), Quantifying Health Risks for Manufacturers and Recyclers of Printed Circuit Boards in Electronics

Desired Employment: Policy Analyst, Program Coordinator, Outreach Manager

Daisy Li

Student Researcher
Industrial Hygiene

Degree Program: Master of Public Health

Expected Graduation: 2027

Area(s) of Interest: TBD

Project(s): TBD

Desired Employment: TBD

Vaidehi Persad

Student Researcher
Industrial Hygiene

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

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Noe Serrano

Student Researcher
Industrial Hygiene

Degree Program: Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Science

Expected Graduation: May 2027

Area(s) of Interest: Environmental and occupational health, exposure science, toxicology, & epidemiology, and interests in how policy and research intersect.

Project(s): Air Quality Assistant – Supported data collection and analysis on environmental exposures related to air quality.

Desired Employment: Environmental and occupational health research, Exposure science and...

Sara Tepfer

Student Researcher
Industrial Hygiene

Degree Program: Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences

Expected Graduation: May 2026

Area(s) of Interest: Exposure assessment, risk assessment, silica, construction

Project(s): Engineered stone-related silicosis; chemical exposures among urban wildfire cleanup workers

Desired Employment: CA state government

Yitong Tian

Student Researcher
Industrial Hygiene

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

Expected Graduation: May 2026

Area(s) of Interest: Occupational health and safety and Environmental exposure assessmen

Project(s): EHS intern of a construction company in China, PCB greener solution with Apple, Health effect assessment of pesticide to farmworkers, PM2.5 and heat exposure in pizzeria

Desired Employment: IH assessment/sampling...

Marley Zalay

Student Researcher
Industrial Hygiene

Degree Program: PhD

Expected Graduation: 2026

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