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MEET DEVON.

I'm dedicated to:

interdisciplinary and stakeholder-driven research, experiential teaching and learning, mentoring, and service.
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Career Overview

Throughout my public health career, I have served as a senior public health scientist for 12 years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, acted as the Assistant Commissioner for Environmental Health with the Baltimore City, held a tenured position as an associate professor in the Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health, and am a professor within the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan.

 

In these roles, I have applied epidemiological methods and conducted exposure and risk assessments to address cumulative exposures and improve environmental public health. ​​

My Approach

I conduct policy-relevant, solutions-focused research drawing upon risk assessment and environmental health science approaches, systems science methodologies, social science theories, and community engagement.

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them.

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— ALBERT EINSTEIN

Honors and Awards


Homer Calver Award, 2024

Honoree, UMD Research Excellence, 2020

Fulbright Specialist Award, Germany, 2017

Philip Merrill Presidental Scholar Faculty Mentor, 2017

Johns Hopkins Woodrow Wilson Award for Governmental Service, 2012

U.S. EPA Scientific and Technological Achievement Award, Level III for ‘Advancing health risk interpretation of biomonitoring data for evaluation of policy actions to protect children’s health,’ 2012


U.S. EPA Bronze Medal for Commendable Service for Outstanding Performance and Contribution in Developing and Finalizing the EPA's Six-Year Review of Existing Drinking Water Standards, 2012

Editor's Choice Award as Environmental Science and Technology's Best Paper 2nd runner up for science, 2009

U.S EPA Scientific and Technological Achievement Award, Level II, for advancing the interdisciplinary study of racial/ethnic disparities in environmental health and cumulative risk, 2007

EPA Bronze Medal for Commendable Service
for Outstanding Performance and Contribution in Developing and Finalizing U.S. EPA’s Roadmap for Mercury, 2007

QSI Award in Recognition of Outstanding Achievements and High-Quality Performance, 2007

U.S. EPA, Environmental Justice Award
for Science of EJ Working Conference: National Planning Committee, 2005

EPA Bronze Medal for Commendable Service for Outstanding Performance and Contribution in Developing and Finalizing EPA’s Assessment Factors for Evaluating the Quality of Scientific and Technical Information, 2003

Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society, Inducted Alpha Chapter, 2002
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Let's Collaborate Together.

I'm open to working on projects and consulting opportunities.

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