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Four new faculty members join DEOHS in 2024-2025

New assistant professors tackle emerging environmental conditions influencing dementia, birth outcomes, fertility and vector-borne disease

January 9, 2025 | Deirdre Lockwood

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Deforestation's toll on outdoor workers

Deforestation and climate change linked to more worker deaths and unsafe conditions, according to new study co-authored by DEOHS researchers

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Two-photo collage. Left-hand photo shows Joanne Medina in Army uniform with her husband and their three children standing in front of a cake. Right-hand photo shows Medina seated in a University of Washington t-shirt.

Serving her country through public health

DEOHS MPH student Joanne Medina has spent nearly 10 years promoting environmental health in the US Army

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Woman with a surgical mask turns a dial on a portable air quality monitor in a classroom with a flag and desks in the background.

New grants promote cleaner classroom air

DEOHS researchers awarded nearly $1.5 million from Washington State Legislature and the US Environmental Protection Agency to improve air quality in schools

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Tracing a lifetime of exposures

DEOHS Assistant Professor Judit Marsillach named new Sheldon D. Murphy Endowed Chair in Toxicology and Environmental Health

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Fueling scientific discovery through collaboration

DEOHS Professor Terrance Kavanagh retires after 36 years at the UW exploring how genetics and environmental exposures to chemicals contribute to disease

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