Michele Garber, MPH
Environmental Scientist

Professional Qualifications

Michele is an environmental scientist at HSWMR.  She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from Florida State University in 1994.  She received her Masters in Public Health from the University of South Florida in 1997.  Mrs. Garber then completed graduate coursework and research in the area of Environmental Toxicology at Florida A&M University.  Prior to joining HSWMR, Michele completed two internships with the Department of Health.  In the first internship, she prepared six site review and update reports on public health assessments of Superfund sites in Florida.  In the second, she worked with the Childhood Lead Poisoning Surveillance and Prevention Program.   From 2002 to 2005, she served with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as a Forensic Technologist and Crime Laboratory Analyst in the Toxicology and Chemistry sections of the Crime Laboratory.  Her duties included screening blood and urine samples for controlled substances using two immunoassay instruments and receiving and analyzing suspected drug evidence for the presence or absence of controlled substances using Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy.  She has also provided expert testimony in the area of drug identification over 20 times. Since joining HSWMR in 2005, Mrs. Garber has worked primarily in the area of environmental litigation providing scientific support for human health exposures, including analysis of scientific reports, laboratory data, and risk assessments.

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