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Leading by example

Professor Lianne Sheppard selected as DEOHS outstanding faculty mentor

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The science of workplace safety

DEOHS Professor Noah Seixas wins national recognition for a career dedicated to protecting vulnerable workers

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Leading Focus Groups to Learn About Worker Stress

Researchers host focus groups to gain insights into gender differences in workplace stress for construction workers. 

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“What are they getting exposed to out there?”

Research led by UW DEOHS measures air traffic pollution around Sea-Tac Airport to understand potential health effects on nearby communities

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Traffic pollution and dementia

First-of-its-kind study led by DEOHS uses car-mounted sensors to map exposure to Seattle traffic pollution—and reveal its possible link to dementia

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Exploring a scientific frontier

DEOHS student Joe Dempsey—the UW School of Public Health’s new Magnuson Scholar—studies how the gut microbiome shapes human health and disease

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Air pollution and autism

New DEOHS study shows how exposure to air pollution early in life may lead to autism

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Can Roundup cause cancer?

New study from DEOHS researchers finds exposure to commonly used weed killer increases risk of some cancers

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Director Terry Kavanuagh named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Last month our director, Terry Kavanaugh, was named as a new fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in honor of a lifetime of scientific achievement. The following story about his career first ran on "Health and Safety Matters", the blog of the University of Washington Department of Occupational and Health Sciences.

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EDGE Administrator Liz Guzy named a 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Community Engagement Fellow

Liz Guzy will head to DC this month as a member of the 2019 AAAS Community Engagement Fellows.

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Mapping Washington’s environmental health disparities

New tool developed by DEOHS and our partners shows communities most impacted by pollution and environmental inequality 

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A matter of scientific integrity

Three DEOHS researchers are among a group of experts calling into question the EPA’s new scientific review process for air pollution 

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Public health experts and climate researchers convene to address communication challenges related to wildfire smoke

Communicating about risk from wildfire requires a coordinated effort from academics, public health experts and medical practitioners- a need that motivated this workshop.

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Clearing the air

Public health experts and climate researchers convene to address communication challenges related to wildfire smoke

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Smoky skies reduce visibility along a road in central Washington.

Let's talk about wildfire smoke and your health

Summer’s smoky skies prompt call from DEOHS researchers for better communication about health risks

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Teenagers pose with airmasks that they decorated.

EDGE engagement project lifts moods in the smoke-choked Methow Valley

EDGE Community Engagement Core provided facemasks as part of an activity meant to lift spirits in the smoke-choked Methow Valley.

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A group of high school teachers try out a science experiment during a UW workshop. Photo: Sarah Fish

Getting their hands on science

From sun exposure to vaping, this teacher training program pioneered by DEOHS is changing how high school students learn about health and the environment

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Dirty skies and your health

DEOHS Chair Michael Yost says proposed rollback of vehicle emission standards threatens public health

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EDGE Scientists Argue for Updating Food Safety Regulations

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An astronaut model holds kidney-on-a-chip, a device created by a UW team with support from the Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics and Environment at DEOHS.

Kidney-on-a-chip goes to space

UW team supported by DEOHS prepares to send its simulated kidney technology to the International Space Station

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Karr working with a child

UW EDGE’s Catherine Karr featured in The Lancet for her work to address disparities in environmental health

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4 students launch a boat to take samples from Lake Killarney.  Two students are in the boat, two students are in the water wearing waders and are pushing the boat out into the lake.

Arsenic in the water

Shallow lake offers deep insight into lake chemistry

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Workshop participants engage in small group discussion.

UW EDGE Center co-organizes a trans-disciplinary workshop to discuss the future of local fisheries

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2017 Duwamish River Festival

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Exposure to diesel particles in utero shows association with adult heart failure in mice

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Addressing Public Health Emergencies through Research: The NIH DR2 Program

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Tend, Gather & Grow partners with EDGE Center to develop Teaching Toolkit

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EDGE Center Investigator Dr. Catherine Karr wins Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

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10-year MESA Air study finds air pollution accelerates plaque build-up in arteries to heart

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EDGE Center researchers awarded NIH grant to study environmental influences on child health and development

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