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New center helps ready Northwest communities for disasters and public health emergencies
Northwest Center for Evidence-Based Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response launches with funding from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New center helps ready Northwest communities for disasters and public health emergencies
Northwest Center for Evidence-Based Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response launches with funding from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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EDGE Pilot Grant Seeds Groundbreaking Biochemical Research
Ashleigh Theberge was recently admitted to the prestigious Schmidt Sciences Polymath Program based in part on innovative work supported by an EDGE pilot grant
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Maja Jeranko helps lead a new project to engage community in climate resilience planning for the Duwamish Valley
An interdisciplinary team with strong ties to community will help South Park, Seattle build its capacity for climate resilience
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2024 EDGE Symposium packs the house
In June, the UW Interdisciplinary Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics & Environment (EDGE) hosted more than 60 people for its annual symposium showcasing EDGE science and community engagement.
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EDGE Center awards four new pilot projects for 2024
Four new pilot projects will address emerging environmental health issues that contribute to diseases of public health importance.
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Resilience on Seattle's Waterfront
We went door to door, asking people in Seattle's Duwamish Valley what they thought about community resilience. This is what we found.
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Reducing Aviation’s Harmful Impact on Environmental Health and Justice
A symposium to be held May 1-3 will bring together people from wide-ranging sectors to address the problems of aircraft noise and emissions.
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Five Research Projects Funded Through EDGE Pilot Program
The EDGE Center supports five new projects spanning a range of disciplines and approaches aimed at improving our understanding of environmental health.
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Unraveling how chemicals affect our brains
DEOHS Professor Lucio Costa retires after 39 years at the UW and a research career focused on the links between diseases and exposure to pesticides, air pollution and other chemicals
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Empowering youth to seek climate solutions in their communities
DEOHS and Duwamish River Community Coalition join new program engaging Latino and Indigenous youth in community climate impacts
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New report urges US investment in wastewater disease surveillance
DEOHS Professor Scott Meschke and coauthors recommend national wastewater surveying system to detect disease outbreaks in new National Academies report
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