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Stopping animal-to-human disease transmission

DEOHS Professor Elaine Faustman will lead risk analysis and communication for new $100 million USAID initiative

EDGE Community Engagement Manager Helps Rename Six Parks along Seattle's Duwamish River

EDGE Community Engagement Manager, BJ Cummings, helped the Port of Seattle rename six Duwamish River parks. 

EDGE Director honored by National Academy of Medicine

Joel Kaufman elected to the National Academy of Medicine; David Eaton recognized for service

Where you live could influence your COVID-19 risk

King County neighborhoods with highest COVID-19 rates also face higher air pollution and socioeconomic inequities, EDGE research shows

Living with fire

EDGE, DEOHS, and The Nature Conservancy bring health into future West Coast forest management

How to make a box fan filter to clean indoor air of smoke

Box fan filters are simple, relatively inexpensive, and effective at cleaning indoor air. Our infographic shows you how to make one.

Facing wildfire smoke amid COVID-19

Communities need connection to weather wildfire smoke and climate change, but the pandemic is making it harder to come together

Dementia in the air?

Incoming EDGE Director Joel Kaufman and collaborators explore how air pollution and noise may threaten our thinking

A model of scientific integrity

EDGE Member Lianne Sheppard recognized by the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology for her principled approach to science

Reassessing chlorpyrifos and children's health

Data omission in key EPA insecticide study shows need for review of industry-funded research, according to new University of Washington research

2020 ATHENA teacher training workshop focuses on vaping

For the first time EDGE's goes virtual, allowing for the participation of scientists and teachers from across the country.

More research and consistent workplace rules are needed to protect worker health and safety in the cannabis industry