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3 ways to help kids thrive on Children’s Environmental Health Day (and every day)

Expert tips on how to minimize children’s exposure to wildfire smoke, lead, plastics and more

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Uncovering workplace hazards as a medical detective

Dr. Robert Harrison delivers the 2026 Breysse Lecture on October 22

Angelo Ong gestures toward a centrifuge in a lab.

It’s possible to test wastewater for STIs

UW and Washington State Department of Health track wastewater to help improve public health response to chlamydia and other sexually transmitted pathogens

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Master’s student helps Sound Transit keep passengers and employees safe

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Explore urgent environmental public health problems from the health impacts of climate change to on-the-job injuries and illnesses. Gain hands-on experience in the field and lab to equip you for careers in public health, workplace safety, research and more.

BS Environmental Public Health

MS Environmental Health Sciences Applied

MS Environmental Health Sciences Thesis

MPH Environmental Health Sciences

PhD Environmental Health Sciences

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