Daniela Sloan PhD

Education

 Auburn University, Auburn, AL Executive MBA, 2022

 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL PhD, Public Health/ Industrial Hygiene, 2010

 Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA MS, Marine Biology, 2003

 University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania MS, Environmental Management, 1997

 University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania BS, Ecology, 1996

Biography

LCDR Daniela Sloan graduated from University of South Florida in 2010 with a Ph.D. in Occupational Health -Industrial Hygiene. After eight years of working first as an Environmental Specialist with the Health Department in Florida, then as a consultant for the state OSHA program, she direct commissioned as a Medical Service Corps officer. For her first billet, she was stationed at NBHC Crane, IN, as the first active duty IHO at NH Pensacola.
Follow on tours outside of Navy medicine included Assistant Safety Officer, USS GERALD R. FORD (CVN 78); Assistant Officer in Charge of Safety and Environmental, 1st Marine Logistics Group (MLG), Camp Pendleton, CA; and Deputy Director, NAVOSH and Environmental Protection, Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV), Little Creek, VA.
During her tenure at INSURV she also attended and graduated from Auburn University with an Executive MBA, with emphasis on Leadership.
Sloan assumed duties as the Industrial Hygiene Department Head at NMRTC Rota, Spain in February 2023. Starting in January 2026, she serves as an Assistant Professor at the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences.
Sloan’s personal awards include the Navy Commendation Medal and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. She is certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene, and is an OSHA-authorized trainer for the General, Construction, and Maritime Industries.

Representative Bibliography

Schiopu D, George SB 2004. Diet and salinity effects on larval growth and development of the sand dollar Mellita isometra. Inv Rep Dev. 45(1):69-82.

Schiopu D, George SB, Castell J 2006. Ingestion rates and dietary lipids affect growth and fatty acid composition of Dendraster excentricus larvae. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol. 328(1):47-75.

Miloslavich P, Lawrence JM, Schiopu D, Klein E. 2007. Effect of food concentration on protein and carbohydrate production during larval development of the sea urchin Lytechinus Variegatus. J. Shellfish Res 26(4):1177-1182.

Sloan D, 2010. Effects of ozone on blood components. USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.