Tracey Martinson named director of EHSRM

February 12, 2021

University Relations

Tracey Martinson. UAF photo by JR Ancheta.
Tracey Martinson. UAF photo by JR Ancheta.


Tracey Martinson has accepted the director position of Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management after a competitive recruitment. She has been serving as the interim director since December 2019 following Frances Isgrigg's retirement.

Martinson has a long history with UAF, starting in 1990 as a graduate student in the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. She then worked for the Institute of Marine Science and the Institute of Arctic Biology in various research, support and teaching capacities.

In 2006, Martinson joined EHSRM as the industrial hygienist, developing a variety of laboratory safety and occupational health programs for UAF. She has been extremely involved in the university's COVID-19 response, focusing on navigating a safe return for faculty, staff and students as a key member of the incident management team.