Staff Biography
Awards | Bio | Certifications | Education | Positions | Presentations | Publications | What's New
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Drew Michanowicz, MPH, CPHResearch Assistant III Bridgeside Point, 100 Technology Drive
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What's New?
Mr. Michanowicz, a 2011 Deans Day Award Winner
Drew Michanowicz presented a poster at GSPH's recent Dean's Day competition, titled: "Temporal Trends & Spatial Distribution of Air Quality in Western Pennsylvania in the 2000s." For this research, he received the EOH Keleti Award for environmental excellence. Poster
Congratulations, Drew Michanowicz, Vespucci Initiative Award Recipient!
June 14-18, 2010 — Fiesole & Florence, Italy
CHEC's Drew Michanowicz, MPH, CPH received a scholarship from The Buffalo IGERT program in Geographic Information Science (GIS) to attend the 2010 Vespucci Summer Institute on "Interfacing social & environmental modeling." Workshop Info | What's GIS?
Biography (Summary)
Andrew (Drew) Michanowicz currently serves as a Research Assistant & GIS Specialist for the Communities (CHEC) at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH), Department of Environmental & Occupational Health (EOH). His responsibilities include technical computer, laboratory, & field tasks related to data collection & data evaluation to characterize potentially exposed human & ecological receptors across numerous exposure pathways. He is also involved in collaborative projects related to environmental health research, translation, community outreach, policy analysis, project and program evaluation, & community visioning & prioritization processes.
A 2006 graduate of the MPH program through the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health’s EOH department (and Risk Assessment certificate), Drew participated in several projects with CHEC during his graduate work; such projects include the Allegheny River Stewardship Project (ARSP), Autism & Heavy Metal Exposures, and Geopositioning of Coal Burning Power Stations, Coal Combustion Waste Sites (Fly Ash), and Beneficial Use Sites. Read more about those projects here» Drew is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Public Health degree through the EOH department.
In addition to his work with CHEC, Drew is also an environmental consultant for the University of Pittsburgh Environmental Law Clinic and a DrPH student through GSPH’s EOH department.
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Education
| Anticipated 2011 | University of Pittsburgh DrPH Candidate, Doctorate of Public Health Graduate School of Public Health Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Pittsburgh, PA |
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| 2009 | University of Pittsburgh MPH, Master of Public Health Graduate School of Public Health Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2006 | Juniata College BS, Bachelor of Science Division of Natural Sciences, Biology Major Geology Minor Huntingdon, PA |
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Appointments & Positions
| 2009 - Present | Center for Healthy Environments & Communities University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA |
Research Assistant III & GIS Specialist | |
| 2009 - Present | University of Pittsburgh Environmental Law Clinic Pittsburgh, PA |
Environmental Consultant | |
| 2008 - 2009 | Center for Healthy Environments & Communities University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA |
Head Graduate Student Researcher | |
| 2006 - 2007 | Charles Dombrowski, DMD, Family Dentistry Altoona, Pennsylvania |
Dental Laboratory Technician | |
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| 2004 & 2005 | Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Hollidaysburg, PA - Systematic Technique to Analyze and Manage PA Pavements (STAAMP) |
STAAMP Summer Intern | |
| 2003 | Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Hollidaysburg, PA |
Geotechnical Engineering Summer Intern |
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Certifications & Affiliations
- Risk Assessment Certificate, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health
- Certified in Public Health (CPH), National Board of Public Health Examiners
- Global Health Council (GHC), Associate Professional Member
- Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), Member
- Environmental and Occupational Department, Student Government Association Representative
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Presentations
| Date | Details |
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| 9/16/10 | Michanowicz D, Malone S. State of the Monongahela River Research Symposium. Hosted by the Center for Water Quality in Urban Environmental Systems (Water Quest) at Carnegie Mellon University. Poster presentation. Pittsburgh, PA. |
| 7/22/10 | Volz CD, Christen C, Malone S, Dawes J, Michanowcz D. CHEC Marcellus Shale meeting - Introducing FracTracker.org. Hosted by CHEC & Foundation for PA Watersheds. Pittsburgh, PA. Link for more information about this series of meetings. |
| 5/1/10 | Michanowicz D. Global Solutions Spring Luncheon - Water Issues: Global to Local. RiverQuest Explorer, Pittsburgh, PA. Hosted by Global Solutions Pittsburgh. |
| 1/13/10 | Michanowicz D. Guest Lecturer, EOH 2122: Transport & Fate, Chemical Kinetics versus Equilibria. Lecture 3 |
| 1/11/10 | Michanowicz D. Guest Lecturer, EOH 2122: Transport & Fate, Free Energy & Chemical Equilibria. Lecture 2 |
| 11/11/09 | Ferrar K, Volz C, Lawson C, Michanowicz D, Christen C, Longo C, Sharma RK, Talbott E, Collins E, Marcucci LG. Coal combustion waste placement in PA; An environmental justice issue with implications for contamination of surface & ground waters & human & ecological exposure via inhalation & ingestion. 2009 APHA Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Abstract# 202076 |
| 11/10/09 | Volz CD, Michanowicz D, Murray M, Christen C, Sharma RK, Talbott E, Good S, Ferrar K. Community participatory driven research; Comparisons of water quality variables & concentrations of toxic elements downstream from Allegheny River gravel mining operations during periods of activity & inactivity. 2009 APHA Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Abstract# 200296 | Presentation (PDF) |
| 10/26/09 | Malone S & Michanowicz D. GSPH Informational Marketplace. CHEC Booth. University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA. |
| 10/6/09 | Michanowicz D. Modeling of Environmental Phenomena for Assessing Exposure. Guest Lecturer, EOH 2504 - Principles of Environmental Exposure. University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. PDF |
| 6/23/09 | Michanowicz D. Clean: adj, from Old English 1 a: free from dirt or pollution b: free from contamination or disease. ACT Robinson Power Plant Community Forum. PDF |
| 2/5/09 | Volz CD, Christen C, Michanowicz D, Malone S. Report of Outcomes of the Allegheny River Stewardship Project, Ford City, PA |
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Publications
- Malone S, Volz CD, Christen C, Kelso M, Ferrar K, Kearney S, Sharma R, Michanowicz D. (2011). "Implementation of FracTracker.org: A GeoWeb platform to manage and communicate shale gas information." University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Poster presentation. Pittsburgh, PA. Poster | PowerPoint
- Michanowicz D, Malone S, Kelso M, Christen C, Volz CD. (2011) "Utilizing Web-Based Public Participation Geographical Information Systems: Filling Gaps of the Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Industry." International Conference on Society & Information Technology. Oral presentation and publication. Orlando, FL. PDF
- Malone S, Christen C, Volz CD, Michanowicz D. (2010). "FracTracker - A web-based, public participation geographic information system focusing on the natural gas industry." Science2010 Conference. Poster presentation. Pittsburgh, PA.
- Michanowicz D, Christen C, Volz CD, Malone S. (2010). "FracTracker - A web-based, public participation geographic information system focusing on the natural gas industry." State of the Monongahela River Research Symposium. Hosted by the Center for Water Quality in Urban Environmental Systems (Water Quest) at Carnegie Mellon University. Poster presentation. Pittsburgh, PA.
- Ferrar K, Volz C, Lawson C, Michanowicz D, Christen C, Longo C, Sharma RK, Talbott E, Collins E, Marcucci LG. (2009). Coal combustion waste placement in PA; An environmental justice issue with implications for contamination of surface & ground waters & human & ecological exposure via inhalation & ingestion. American Public Health Association 2009 Conference Abstract# 202076
- Volz CD, Murray M, Christen C, Sharma RK, Talbott E, Ferrar K, Good S, Michanowicz D. (2009). Community participatory driven research; Comparisons of water quality variables & concentrations of toxic elements downstream from Allegheny River gravel mining operations during periods of activity & inactivity. American Public Health Association 2009 Conference Abstract# 200296
- Michanowicz D. (2009). Community driven research: Historical exposure assessment & results of media sampling along the Allegheny River associated with legacy contamination at the former Pittsburgh Plate Glass Industries, Inc. Cadogan waste disposal site. Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. Poster | Abstract | MPH Essay (PDF's)
- Murray M, Michanowicz D, Ferrar K, Good S, Ratanamaneechat S, Christen C, Talbott E, Volz C. (2008). A comparison of water quality variables & concentrations of selected toxic & nuisance elements at various distances & depths downstream from Allegheny River gravel mining operations during periods of activity & inactivity. Poster | Abstract (PDF's)
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Awards & Honors
| 2010 | Vespucci Initiative Award Awarded by The Buffalo IGERT program in Geographic Information Science (GIS) to attend the 2010 Vespucci Summer Institute on "Interfacing social & environmental modeling" June 14-18, 2010 in Fiesole & Florence, Italy. Workshop Info | What's GIS? |
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| 2009 | Rosenkranz Award (For Presentation with Greatest Public Health Significance), University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health's 12th Annual Dean’s Day, Poster presentation - Community driven research: Effluent characterization of legacy contamination containing trace metals in a pH Basic outfall entering the Allegheny River near Cadogan, Pennsylvania |
| 2009 | Keleti Award (For Excellence in Environmental Health), University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health's 12th Annual Dean’s Day, Poster presentation - Community driven research: Effluent characterization of legacy contamination containing trace metals in a pH Basic outfall entering the Allegheny River near Cadogan, Pennsylvania |
| 2009 | Master’s Category, First Place University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health's 12th Annual Dean’s Day, Poster presentation - Community driven research: Effluent characterization of legacy contamination containing trace metals in a pH Basic outfall entering the Allegheny River near Cadogan, Pennsylvania |
