Emily Zamzow, a current ERC student, was first introduced to
academic research while working for Boise State University on a NIOSH funded
research study examining diesel exposure to underground miners in 2014.
Throughout this project she worked with Dr. Chris Simpson of the University of
Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS), and he introduced her to the exposure science masters program through DEOHS.
Currently as a second year MS student in the exposure science program, she
works in the Simpson Lab analyzing biomarker samples from underground miners to
determine their exposure to diesel. She hopes her project will help build the
body of knowledge surrounding diesel exposures to ensure the health and safety
of future underground miners.
Being an ERC student has equipped Emily with the skills to
work in industry and provide essential industrial hygiene support. In the
summer of 2016, she was employed as the industrial hygiene intern at the
ExxonMobil Joliet, Illinois refinery. Throughout the summer, she assisted in
exposure monitoring of workers to ensure worker safety and compliance with all
regulatory and ExxonMobil standards, guidelines and best practices. The
refinery environment is diverse and thus, exposure monitoring was done for a wide
range of potential hazards including chemical hazards, noise, lighting,
asbestos and respirable dust. With her training from the ERC and the University
of Washington, Emily was able to help ensure worker safety at the ExxonMobil
refinery.
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