Haley’s project is a component of the ongoing international initiative, Healthy Reefs, Healthy I-Kiribati investigating ocean water quality and human-reef interactions.
Haley is a second year Master of Science student in the Environmental Health department at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Haley is interested in heavy metal bioaccumulation and waterborne illnesses, particularly the source and manifestation of ciguatera poisoning. Her research is investigating the critical components of aquatic ecosystems, including the bacteriology, heavy metals, and other chemical constituents present. Previously, she worked in the Harvard Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-Change) mapping underground water contamination from fracking and proximity of fracking sites to school drinking water supplies.