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Amber Vaughn DrPH, MPH

Senior Instructor
  • Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

Amber is a senior instructor in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health.

Amber has a DrPH and an MPH with a dual emphasis in biostatistics and epidemiology from ColoradoSPH and a degree in cellular and molecular biology with minors in chemistry and mathematics from Adams State College. As a student at ColoradoSPH, she participated in research on radon; biomonitoring environmental exposures of children in the San Luis Valley, Colorado; chronic kidney disease of unknown origin in the San Luis Valley; and exposures of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Amber's doctoral research focused on radon and policy considerations for minimizing radon exposure. She served as a teaching assistant for the introduction to environmental and occupational health course at the Colorado School of Public Health and completed a practicum with the American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists.

Areas of Expertise

  • Radon
  • Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology
  • SA

Education, Licensure & Certifications

  • DrPH, Environmental & Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, 2021
  • MPH, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Colorado School of Public Health, 2017
  • BS, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Adams State College, 2012

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