Stephanie Farquhar

For Esther Min, the most effective public health science starts with listening to the needs of communities.

The University of Washington switched to 100% online learning just days after state public health officials announced the nation’s first death attributed to COVID-19 on February 29.

The University of Washington Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) was recently awarded funding for four new projects to address the health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rural children with asthma whose homes have an indoor air cleaner are 72% less likely to have an unplanned clinic or hospital visit than children in homes with no air cleaners, according to a study from the University of Washington and partners in the Yakima Valley.

Media contact: ehcomms@uw.edu Research contact: Edmund Seto, Associate Professor and Center Director, University of Washington Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences: eseto@uw.edu