DEOHS responds to COVID-19 | Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

How our research is contributing to the public health response

Experts at the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences are actively engaged in COVID-19 research and service activities to help protect workers and build resilient communities during the global pandemic.

Our impact

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COVID-19 workplace impact survey

Contribute to helping businesses and industries in the Pacific Northwest safely operate by taking a survey on how COVID-19 has impacted your workplace.

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Coronavirus guidance for farming, forestry and fishing

Our PNASH Center offers COVID-19 resources for our partners in these essential industries

A person (only arms and legs shown) preparing a pattern for a handmade cloth face mask, sticking pins into it from a pincushion with thread, scissors and tape measure in the background.

Answering the state’s call for help on PPE

DEOHS researchers find their inner MacGyver to evaluate homemade face mask materials

A woman purses her mouth while touching the neck of a husky dog standing on a harbor wall.

Can pets get COVID-19?

New study led by UW DEOHS investigates novel coronavirus transmission to our animal companions

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Most people can’t work from home

About 75% of US workers are in jobs that can’t be done remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, a new DEOHS analysis finds

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An inside look at Washington’s pandemic response

Grit and teamwork: A DEOHS master’s student describes her experience on the state’s COVID-19 response team

In the news

Five years later, the COVID pandemic is still with us

April 8, 2025 | KUOW | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz View

Q&A: UW-led research identifies migration, housing quality as risk factors in earthquake deaths

February 3, 2025 | UW News | Featured: Karen Chen, Diana Ceballos View

Five years of COVID-19: How the pandemic altered the workforce

January 31, 2025 | The Daily | Featured: Marissa Baker View

Five years of COVID-19: What we have learned about SARS-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic

January 29, 2025 | The Daily | Featured: Gerard A. Cangelosi View