Emma Preston Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology program studying exposure to endocrine disrupting compounds and women's health outcomes.

Doctoral research focused on human exposure to consumer product chemicals and effects on thyroid function.

Greater Boston Area

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Environmental Health DepartmentCourses:EH 757 - Environmental EpidemiologyEH 717 - Foundations in Environmental Health

Atlanta, Ga

Worked in Dr. Barry Ryan and Dr. Dana Boyd Barr's analytical chemistry laboratory assessing environmental chemical exposures.Investigations included human exposures to pesticides, metals, PBDEs and other flame retardants. As well as continual laboratory method development for measuring exposures to new and existing environmental contaminants.

Atlanta, Ga

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Environmental Health Department Course: EH 500 - Perspectives in Environmental Health

Atlanta, Ga

Worked in the Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch. Conducted in depth literature analysis and synthesis on domestic waterborne disease pathogens. Aided in surveillance and data analysis of waterborne disease outbreaks. Assisted with data analysis of interviews conducted with water utilities concerning climate change impacts and adaptation strategies.

Processed vegetation and soil samples, analyzed data, and provided program support.

Hanover, Nh

Teaching Assistant, Department of Environmental StudiesCourse: Global Environmental Health

Hanover, Nh

Dartmouth College School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology & ToxicologyWorked with Dr. Bill Roebuck conducting research on methyl mercury exposure in the Cree of Northern Québec, CAN.

Headed Land Trust Alliance accreditation process and acted as liaison to Board members. The organization achieved accreditation in Fall 2008. Researched project archives and prepared databases; headed membership recruitment. Drafted conservation land management plans, staff handbook, monitoring forms, and other organization documents. Edited reports and proposals.

Assisted Professor Rebecca Irwin with pollination ecology research both in the laboratory and as a field assistant at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) in Gothic, CO.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Environmental Health

Dissertation Title: "Exposure to environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals and effects on thyroid function."

Mph, Global Environmental Health

Activities and Societies: REHAC (Rollins Environmental Health Action Committee) Masters Thesis: "Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE).

B.A., Environmental Studies

Activities and Societies: WISP (Women In Science Project), Panarchy Undergraduate Society, Epsilon Kappa Theta Sorority, Dartmouth Club.