Miguel Rojas-Flores
Applied MS, Environmental Health Sciences
Hometown
Merced, CA
Future plans
After graduation this fall, I plan to move back home to California’s Central Valley and pursue a teaching credential to serve the communities where I grew up.
Edward Kasner
Blog entry | December 15, 2022
2022 was a year of growth, change and global recognition for the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS), which secured top rankings in US News & World Report’s Best Global Universities 2022-2023 survey.
Blog entry | October 05, 2022
The UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) welcomes eight new faculty members to its ranks during the 2022-23 academic year.
Blog entry | September 20, 2022
Claire Schollaert, PhD student in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS), is one of two recipients of this year’s Russell L. Castner Endowed Student Research Fund, which supports student research in environmental health.
Blog entry | August 17, 2022
Diana Marquez
MS, Applied Occupational Hygiene
Hometown
Grandview, WA
Future plans
A career with Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
“The most meaningful thing has been getting to change workers’ perspectives around the work we do in occupational health and safety.”
Blog entry | July 07, 2022
Aarti Tandon
BA, Food Systems, Nutrition and Health
Hometown
Yorba Linda, CA
Future plans
To pursue medicine in environmental and occupational health.
“I believe my research helps reduce gaps in fair and equal access for marginalized peoples.”
- Aarti Tandon
Blog entry | May 12, 2022
Tiny pollution particles can cause major health problems. Our research shows how to minimize your risk.
Blog entry | May 02, 2022
All forest fire smoke is bad for people, but not all fires in forests are bad.
Blog entry | February 16, 2022
Yoni Rodriguez
MS, Occupational Hygiene
Hometown
Toppenish, WA
Future plans
Pursuing an MD/PhD in Environmental Health
“My next step is to couple public health education with technology that monitors and removes environmental toxins in a safe, efficient and sustainable manner.”
Blog entry | August 26, 2021
Last year, the University of Washington Population Health Initiative awarded COVID-19 population health equity research grants to three projects involving partnerships between UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) and community leaders.
Blog entry | May 13, 2021
Four students in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) were recently awarded scholarships from the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF) to support their studies in industrial hygiene.
Blog entry | November 20, 2020
Elizabeth Torres with El Proyecto Bienestar.
Even before COVID-19 showed up on Pacific Northwest farms last spring, some farmers and farmworker advocates were rushing to get ready for it.
Blog entry | September 15, 2020
As smoke from wildfires on the West Coast makes its way across the US, it’s becoming clear that our future will involve coexistence with fire.
Blog entry | September 03, 2020
Right now, some 140,000 agricultural workers are picking apples, peaches and other crops at the peak of Washington’s harvest season, just as Gov. Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency in response to wildfires burning across the state.
Blog entry | August 19, 2020
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative has awarded COVID-19 population health equity research grants to three projects involving partnerships between UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) and community leaders.
Blog entry | May 08, 2020
The University of Washington Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) was recently awarded funding for four new projects to address the health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Blog entry | April 29, 2020
Each spring, seasonal farmworkers arrive in the Pacific Northwest for the planting season. This year, they’ve been met with a public health emergency.
Blog entry | July 10, 2019
Many Washington growers rely on pesticides to ensure a bountiful harvest in a state ranked as the top apple producer in the US.
But pesticides sprayed from tractors onto crops can drift into neighboring farmland, risking crop damage and farmworkers' health.
Faculty Member | January 23, 2020
Dr. Kasner is an Assistant Teaching Professor with a research focus on leveraging technology to prevent injury and illness among working populations.
News | October 22, 2021
News | March 22, 2021
Student Research Project | July 15, 2022
The Washington State Department of Health investigates hundreds of pesticide illness reports each year, many of which are related to pesticide spray drift. Drift is the movement of pesticide aerosols through the air from an area of application to any unintended site and accounts for up to half of the pesticide-related illnesses among agricultural workers in the United States.