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Map of Seattle showing by zip code which areas are most vulnerable to COVID-19

Mapping vaccine access

New mapping tool developed by EDGE members helps City of Seattle prioritize equitable access to COVID-19 vaccination

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A model of scientific integrity

EDGE Member Lianne Sheppard recognized by the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology for her principled approach to science

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Reassessing chlorpyrifos and children's health

Data omission in key EPA insecticide study shows need for review of industry-funded research, according to new University of Washington research

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2020 ATHENA teacher training workshop focuses on vaping

For the first time EDGE's goes virtual, allowing for the participation of scientists and teachers from across the country.

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Three people stand in a gym near a whiteboard on a wall decorated with Native American art.

Making breathing room

Clean air shelters offer refuge from wildfire smoke. EDGE researchers are helping one NW tribe identify the best place to create one

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A mannequin on an operating table with a black air monitoring sensor on its chest.

Can the coronavirus spread in hospital air?

Using state-of-the-art sensors, EDGE members, Edmund Seto and Martin Cohen, team up with UW colleagues to track aerosols in a hospital environment

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Can trees clean up jet pollution?

EDGE member, Edmund Seto, leads study uses drones to test whether vegetation filters harmful aircraft pollution

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Sharing abundant knowledge

EDGE member, Elaine Faustman, honored for her commitment to educating birth-defects researchers

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Master of disaster

EDGE Co-Director of Community Engagement Nicole Errett is this year’s Outstanding Faculty Mentor

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EDGE Team Investigates COVID-19 Health Disparities

New grant to support study of disparities in COVID testing and mortality

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Working conditions influence birth outcomes

Study by EDGE researchers shows link between maternal employment ‘precarity’ and low-birth-weight infants

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Can pets get COVID-19?

New study led by EDGE member, Peter Rabinowitz, investigates novel coronavirus transmission to our animal companions

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