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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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Professor Lianne Sheppard stands outside a University of Washington building next to a green plant.

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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Participants in the risk communication workshop

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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A group of people stand on a street wearing air masks and taking video on their cellphones.

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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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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