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2025 EDGE Symposium brings together researchers and community
Over sixty people from across UW and Seattle participated in the one-day event.
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Protecting families from wildfire smoke
Team seeks to understand the perspectives of Yakima Valley families on the health risks of wildfire smoke
Taking a metagenomic approach to antimicrobial resistance
Erica Fuhrmeister takes a comprehensive look at the role of environmental factors in the development of antimicrobial resistance
Join us for the 2025 EDGE Symposium: Environmental Health Sciences in a Changing Environment
The 2025 EDGE Symposium will be held on June 4th.
EDGE awards pilot grants to four new research projects
The 2025 awardees will apply diverse approaches to environmental health from toxicology, omics, and epidemiology to environmental engineering.
Welcome Jamie Donatuto–EDGE’s New Co-Director of Community Engagement
Jamie Donatuto, a new clinical associate professor in the University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, began co-directing community engagement for the EDGE Center on March 1, 2025.
Shifting Gears: Safer Solutions for Auto Shop Cleaning
By replacing traditional degreasers with safer approaches businesses can protect workers and reduce harmful chemicals in the environment.
New center helps ready Northwest communities for disasters and public health emergencies
Northwest Center for Evidence-Based Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response launches with funding from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
EDGE Pilot Grant Seeds Groundbreaking Biochemical Research
Ashleigh Theberge was recently admitted to the prestigious Schmidt Sciences Polymath Program based in part on innovative work supported by an EDGE pilot grant
Maja Jeranko helps lead a new project to engage community in climate resilience planning for the Duwamish Valley
An interdisciplinary team with strong ties to community will help South Park, Seattle build its capacity for climate resilience
2024 EDGE Symposium packs the house
In June, the UW Interdisciplinary Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics & Environment (EDGE) hosted more than 60 people for its annual symposium showcasing EDGE science and community engagement.
EDGE Center awards four new pilot projects for 2024
Four new pilot projects will address emerging environmental health issues that contribute to diseases of public health importance.
Resilience on Seattle's Waterfront
We went door to door, asking people in Seattle's Duwamish Valley what they thought about community resilience. This is what we found.
Reducing Aviation’s Harmful Impact on Environmental Health and Justice
A symposium to be held May 1-3 will bring together people from wide-ranging sectors to address the problems of aircraft noise and emissions.
Five research projects funded through EDGE pilot program
The EDGE Center supports five new projects spanning a range of disciplines and approaches aimed at improving our understanding of environmental health.
Unraveling how chemicals affect our brains
DEOHS Professor Lucio Costa retires after 39 years at the UW and a research career focused on the links between diseases and exposure to pesticides, air pollution and other chemicals
Empowering youth to seek climate solutions in their communities
DEOHS and Duwamish River Community Coalition join new program engaging Latino and Indigenous youth in community climate impacts
New report urges US investment in wastewater disease surveillance
DEOHS Professor Scott Meschke and coauthors recommend national wastewater surveying system to detect disease outbreaks in new National Academies report
How public health can make a difference in how we feel at work
DEOHS Assistant Professor Marissa Baker shares how she collaborates with communities to create safer workplaces and bring her research into practice
6 ways communities can prepare for wildfire season
As smoke season continues in Washington, a new report outlines the best ways to communicate health and safety risks
New data pinpoints pollution’s health risks
Popular map developed by DEOHS and our partners to explore environmental health disparities, vulnerabilities in Washington gets an update
Can pets get monkeypox?
UW Center for One Health Research launches new study on monkeypox transmission between people and their pets
Telling the story of wildfire smoke risks
New art installation in Washington features trusted community members sharing how wildfire smoke affects their health—and how they cope
Mentor, microbiologist, communicator
DEOHS Professor Marilyn Roberts retires after 41 years in the UW School of Public Health
An urgent call to action on climate change
UW authors in new IPCC report emphasize the accelerating threats to human health and well-being
Training future specialists in pediatric environmental health
DEOHS faculty launch fellowship to prepare health care providers for careers in the science of early-life exposures
The EDGE Center funds four new pilot projects for 2022
Four new projects will receive $40 K in pilot funding for environmental health research spanning a wide range of disciplines.
Following the community’s lead in the pandemic
DEOHS researchers partner with communities of color across Washington to assess health equity and food security in the pandemic
Healthy air for healthy children
Major health problems in children linked to air pollution, says DEOHS Professor Catherine Karr, co-author of new American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement
Air pollution and high blood pressure in children
Prenatal exposure to air pollution is associated with high blood pressure in early childhood—but good maternal nutrition may offer protection, according to a new study from UW School of Public Health researchers and partners
Can a single test detect both TB and COVID-19?
It’s one of several innovative ideas to help end TB from the research lab of DEOHS Professor Jerry Cangelosi