Carla Nyquist

Professional Research Assistant in the Dickinson Lab and with the CCRC

Carla Nyquist, MPH is a Professional Research Assistant in the lab of Dr. Katie Dickinson in the department of Environmental & Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health, CU Anschutz, where she received her MPH in Environmental & Occupational Health in 2022. For the Dickinson lab and the CCRC, she conducts and facilitates community-engaged interdisciplinary research on topics related to environmental justice, the climate-health nexus, and climate/environmental policy in Colorado, including the CCRC's worker-focused Denver Inland Port Just Transition Project in partnership with GreenLatinos. Carla received her B.A. with a double major in Environmental Science and Cultural Anthropology from Colby College, and worked in research administration at Boston Children’s Hospital before pursuing her MPH degree.