Judit Marsillach

One benefit of majoring in environmental public health at the UW is the chance to do independent research with guidance from expert mentors.

Hannah DyeMS Thesis, Environmental Health SciencesHometownThousand Oaks, CAFuture plansApplying to medical school.

More than a dozen students in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) attended the 2025 Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting and ToxExpo in Orlando, Florida last month. Seven students took home awards for their work in areas ranging from e-cigarette toxicity to the gut microbiome. Learn more about their research and what inspires them below.

DEOHS Assistant Professor Diana Ceballos. “Get home safe” is one of the most commonly stated goals in worker health and safety.

Judit Marsillach has always been drawn to research that improves people’s well-being. But a lucky choice of college roommates led her to the field of environmental health.

Dr. Judit Marsillach is Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington School of Public Health. In May 2021, she was appointed as the Sheldon D. Murphy Endowed Chair in Toxicology and Environmental Health.

MEDIA CONTACT: Deirdre Lockwood, DEOHS Public Information Editor: deirdrel@uw.edu SEATTLE (January 8, 2024) — Children in farming communities face a variety of environmental hazards, including pesticides, diesel exhaust, airborne dust, wildfire smoke, groundwater pollution and socioeconomic stressors.

The use of chemical agents to eradicate pests and weeds is prevalent across both developing and developed countries, and it plays a crucial role in the agricultural sector by enhancing crop yields and minimizing losses.