Experience:
- MPH in Environmental Health Science & Policy with coursework in EPA & FDA risk assessment and human health impacts from climate change.
- Organized annual seminar in Risk Science by the Center for Risk Science and Public Health.
- Interned for sustainable agriculture advocacy group during the Food Safety Modernization Act rulemaking.
- Wrote a walking tour for a LEED-platinum building highlighting features that minimized indoor air pollution, reduced energy inputs, and prevented flooding into nearby rivers.
Featured Projects:
EOH Department Members Help Spotlight Milken Institute SPH Building’s Green Features
MPH Student Katie Merritt was impressed by what she learned during that first tour; and, not long afterwards, she heard about the opportunity to help create the official tour format.
Sustainability and Diet – A Linkage Whose Time Has Come – National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Since the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) report was released last week, controversy has erupted over the DGAC recommendations for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2015. The controversies are many, but the loudest has been whether the dietary guidelines should take sustainability into account.
Work Experience:
- Graduate Teaching Assistant – Sustainable Energy & the Environment, Milken Institute School of Public Health, Fall 2015
- Project Assistant, Food Institute, George Washington University, June 2014 – May 2015
- Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Risk Science and Public Health, George Washington University, December 2013 – September 2014
Relevant Publications:
- Milken Institute LEED Platinum Tour Script
- Carbon Market Writing Sample (this is an excerpt of the full report developed for CalCAN and NSAC)