Elizabeth Boxer earned her B.A. in Environmental Studies with a Biology minor from Northeastern University in Boston. While at Northeastern she conducted research on the social and scientific discovery of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute. This work included helping to create the first national database and map of U.S. PFAS drinking water contamination. After undergraduate she worked at Accenture in their Health and Public Service practice for two years before moving to California to pursue her MPH in Environmental Health Sciences at UC Berkeley. While at Berkeley, she interned at California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) in their Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment Branch and conducted a meta analysis of maternal PFHxS exposure and infant birthweight for her master’s capstone. She is excited to continue to follow her passions in reproductive and developmental health at Duke working under Dr. Kate Hoffman evaluating maternal and infant exposure to semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) and childhood immune outcomes.
PhD Program: Environment
Faculty Advisor: Kate Hoffman, PhD
2025-2026 Status: 4th year
Contact: elizabeth.boxer@duke.edu
Pronouns: she / her / hers
