About

BIOGRAPHY
Katie has a BSN degree from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and recently obtained her COHN-S while working in EHS as an Occupational Health Nurse for the Research Division at Seattle Children’s in Seattle, WA. Katie has been in EHS for the past 5 years and is currently working as an Occupational Health and Safety Consultant for the Research Division. Part of Katie’s role includes assigning research specific surveillances, providing occupational health services to researchers, serving as respiratory program liaison for research, training occupational health nurses, providing on-call oversight of exposure management, consultation on safety while working with lab animals, writing exposure control plans, and providing guidance to improving sharps safety. Katie is currently serving on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and is co-leading the incident facilitation team.