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Michelle Beltran

Program Director
Continuing Education

Kevin Ru

Student Researcher
Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology

Degree Program: Master of Public Health

Graduated: 2024

Area(s) of Interest: Chronic disease disparities, occupational health exposures, air pollution, toxicology, social determinants of health

Projects: Janitor workload study assessing the impact of union representation on workers' exposures and adverse health outcomes

Desired Employment: Public Agency, Industry

Meg Honan, MS, CPE, PT

Instructor, Consultant
UCSF

Meg is an EH&S specialist for the Department of Occupational Medicine at UCSF. She also serves and an instructor and development team member working with the University of California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) Online Ergonomics Education Program. She studied Physical Therapy at Boston University and earned a Masters in Environmental Health Sciences/Ergonomics from UC Berkeley. Meg is a Board Certified Professional Ergonomist.

Frederick Houghton

Staff Engineer for Human Factors & Ergonomics Lab
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Frederick (Freddie) Houghton is an EH&S Specialist for the Department of Occupational Medicine at UCSF. He recently earned his M.S. from UC Berkeley in mechanical engineering with a concentration in biomechanics and an emphasis in human factors and ergonomics, as well as his B.S. in mechanical engineering with a minor in bioengineering. He provides engineering services for research projects in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Lab.

Jesús Alfaro

STEER Program Manager | Data System Analyst

Gina Grayson

COEH Business Operations Manager

David Rempel, MD, MPH

Professor Emeritus

Professor Emeritus David Rempel MD, MPH, started the UC Ergonomics Program in 1991. He has been teaching, doing research, and consulting in the field of ergonomics for 20 years and is a Certified Professional Ergonomist. He continues his research part-time through the UC Ergonomics Lab. Professor Rempel was a member of the National Research Council’s Panel on Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Workplace, served on the ANSI Z-365 Committee (Control of Musculoskeletal Disorders), is an ad hoc reviewer for NIH and OSH study sections, and is currently a member of...