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Major in Environmental Public Health! Application open now  ❯

Your STEM skills + our Environmental Public Health degree = Healthier People & Communities 

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  • DEOHS summer interns protect workers and the environment  ❯

    Our undergraduates get hands-on experience in internships that often lead to job opportunities. Read their stories 

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  • Transit drivers and secondhand drug smoke  ❯

    DEOHS-led assessment finds fentanyl and methamphetamine smoke linger on public transit vehicles

  • Transit and drug smoke
  • Our graduate degree application is open now! Apply by Dec. 1 for 2024 admission  ❯

    Pursue your passion for public health in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences 

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  • Wildfire smoke tied to increased risk of ER visits ❯

    DEOHS-led research finds people of all ages at increased risk of emergency room visits following wildfire smoke exposure 

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  • Stories from the blog

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    On the job | Anika Rajput

    DEOHS undergrad supports food safety efforts in internship with UW Environmental Health & Safety

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    DEOHS Professor Kristie Ebi named 2023 AGU Fellow

    American Geophysical Union recognizes Ebi for her work on health-related climate change impacts

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    Bruk Molla stands in a white doctor's coat in front of the UW "W" sculpture.

    The perfect premed major

    How majoring in Environmental Health prepared DEOHS BS alum Bruk Molla for medical school

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    A person in a safety vest stands with their back to the camera looking out at wildfire-charred trees and a burned hillside.

    New UW Center for Disaster Resilient Communities launches with support from UW Population Health Initiative

    New center will help communities prepare for and respond to disasters, with expertise from 100+ UW researchers in disaster science, public health, engineering, medicine, data science, nursing, public policy and environmental science

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    DEOHS Newsroom

    U.S. Heat Deaths Will Soar as the Climate Crisis Worsens
    September 28, 2023 | Scientific American | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

    Study finds public transit workers exposed to fentanyl residue, meth smoke
    September 26, 2023 | Safety + Health | Featured: Marissa Baker View

    Cookware containing dangerous amounts of lead still being sold online after expert warnings
    September 26, 2023 | KING 5 | Featured: Diana Ceballos, Stephen G. Whittaker Aesha Mokashi View

    What to know about Nipah virus amid outbreak in India
    September 18, 2023 | ABC News | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz View

    UW researchers stress transit study did not find 'no risk' from drug exposure
    September 14, 2023 | KOMO News | Featured: Marissa Baker View

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