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William E. Daniell, MD, MPH

Associate Professor Emeritus
Email: bdaniell@uw.edu
Office: F-358A, Raitt Hall

About

Bill Daniell is a physician and epidemiologist in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Bill retired from his full-time DEOHS faculty position in 2016 but continues to work part-time in course instruction, student mentorship, and community-oriented projects.

Bill is a proponent of public health’s ability to promote evidence-based, community-centered action toward community health and equity, environmental justice, and climate justice. Bill co-instructs a Community Development course for the UW Community Oriented Public Health Practice MPH program. He is a member of the King County Board of Health. Bill headed a team that in 2013 completed a health impact assessment (HIA) of the proposed cleanup plan for the Duwamish Superfund site. He is an advisor to Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition and Just Health Action, for projects focused on Duwamish Valley communities.

Bill’s research topics have included: neurobehavioral effects of solvents and pesticides; multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome; occupational hearing loss; carpal tunnel syndrome; arsenic contamination of drinking water in Cambodia; child exposures from informal lead recycling in Vietnam; and risks of urban fishing in Seattle.

Education

  • MD Medicine, Tufts University
  • MPH Occupational Medicine, University of Washington
  • BA Biology, University of California (San Diego)

Mentorship

Not available to mentor new students.

 

Achieving Meaningful Involvement: Designing the Activity Plan for Moms-Targeted Institutional Control Strategy with Community Health Advocates of the Fun to Catch, Toxic to Eat Program | Yurie Osawa | MPH, Community-Oriented Public Health Practice (COPHP) | 2020

An Implementation Evaluation of Refugee Northwest - Asylum Assistance Program’s Electronic Records System to Streamline Future Data Collection and Reporting Efforts | Natalie Hoge | MPH, Community-Oriented Public Health Practice (COPHP) | 2019

Exploring the Impact of Mixed-Income/Mixed-Use Redevelopments in building community cohesion at Seattle’s Yesler Terrace | Jonathan Joseph | MPH, Community-Oriented Public Health Practice (COPHP) | 2019

Safer-Drinking Strategies Used by Individuals Experiencing Homelessness and Alcohol Use Disorder | Courtney Jackson | MPH, Global Health | 2019

Engaging Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in Medical Care and Program Evaluation: Lessons Learned from a Mobile Medical Van Pilot Project | Katie Lenhoff | MPH, Community-Oriented Public Health Practice (COPHP) | 2018

Preventing Viral Hepatitis and HIV Transmission Through Prison-Based Peer Education | Emily Less | MPH, Community-Oriented Public Health Practice (COPHP) | 2018

Facilitator Guide for the Subsistence Fisher Alternatives Study | Nalani Yoko | MPH, Community-Oriented Public Health Practice (COPHP) | 2016

 

DEOHS Students Mentored

Exploring Food Deserts and Food Sovereignty in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Katherine Ly | MPH | 2017 | View

Fitting the Work to the Worker: The Impact of Participatory Ergonomics for Custodial Workers
Allyson O'Connor | MPH | 2017 | View

Engaging Environmental Democracy - Tracing the Impact of the Duwamish HIA: Evaluation via Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Jonathan Childers | MPH | 2014 | View

Childhood Blood Lead Levels and Associated Risk Factors in Vietnam
Deborah Havens | MPH | 2012 | View

Hazards to Hearing and Threshold Shifts: The Results of Deployment to a Combat Environment
Troy Ross | MPH | 2006 | View

Media Mentions

Disaster response needed to bring homeless people inside, says King County health board
September 21, 2018 | Seattle Times | Featured: William E. Daniell | View
FEMA-style tents as homeless shelters? Maybe, say some King County officials, who believe we have a ‘public health disaster’
July 20, 2018 | Seattle Times | Featured: William E. Daniell | View
Homelessness is Seattle's public health crisis
October 24, 2017 | Crosscut | Featured: William E. Daniell | View
If it’s a homeless emergency, why don’t we provide shelter?
May 21, 2018 | Crosscut | Featured: William E. Daniell | View
Reducing Harm from Lead Battery Recycling in Vietnam
| NIEHS Global Environmental Health Newsletter | Featured: William E. Daniell | View
Guest: Duwamish River Superfund cleanup is a natural and social project
| The Seattle Times | Featured: William E. Daniell | View
Pregnant Women Should Eat More Fish, Unless It Was Caught In Puget Sound
| KUOW | Featured: William E. Daniell | View
Revitalization Task Force Needed, Researchers Conclude
| DEOHS newsletter | Featured: William E. Daniell | View
Time To Speak Is Now On $305m Duwamish Cleanup Plan
| KUOW | Featured: William E. Daniell | View
Study: Duwamish Valley's Residents have Shorter Lives
| Seattle Times | Featured: William E. Daniell | View