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A bronze sculpture on the UW campus of a human figure seated with hands on knees, eyes closed and a large flat circle on forehead. The sculpture is covered in light snow, with buildings, bare deciduous trees and an evergreen in the background..

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

| Deirdre Lockwood

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On the job | Angela Zhu

Getting hands-on at local businesses and asking questions in the field

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On the job | Juliet Lopez

Navigating dirty restaurants and wide open spaces as a DEOHS summer intern

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Two women in white lab coats work together in a lab.

Flame retardants and diabetes

New DEOHS research probes how chemical exposures may boost diabetes risk via gut microbes

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Three people stand in a gym near a whiteboard on a wall decorated with Native American art.

Making breathing room

Clean air shelters offer refuge from wildfire smoke. DEOHS is helping one NW tribe identify the best place to create one

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Award-winning students

DEOHS students recognized for their research at the National Environmental Health Association conference

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Wind turbines stretch across a hill in Eastern Washington. Photo: Jolayne Houtz.

Mapping environmental inequality

 

A new state law will draw on research by DEOHS and our partners to pinpoint communities most at risk from pollution and climate change

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