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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


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Air pollution and autism

New DEOHS study shows how exposure to air pollution early in life may lead to autism

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Can Roundup cause cancer?

New study from DEOHS researchers finds exposure to commonly used weed killer increases risk of some cancers

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Director Terry Kavanuagh named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Last month our director, Terry Kavanaugh, was named as a new fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in honor of a lifetime of scientific achievement. The following story about his career first ran on "Health and Safety Matters", the blog of the University of Washington Department of Occupational and Health Sciences.

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EDGE Administrator Liz Guzy named a 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Community Engagement Fellow

Liz Guzy will head to DC this month as a member of the 2019 AAAS Community Engagement Fellows.

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Mapping Washington’s environmental health disparities

New tool developed by DEOHS and our partners shows communities most impacted by pollution and environmental inequality 

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Professor Lianne Sheppard stands outside a University of Washington building next to a green plant.

A matter of scientific integrity

Three DEOHS researchers are among a group of experts calling into question the EPA’s new scientific review process for air pollution 

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Participants in the risk communication workshop

Public health experts and climate researchers convene to address communication challenges related to wildfire smoke

Communicating about risk from wildfire requires a coordinated effort from academics, public health experts and medical practitioners- a need that motivated this workshop.

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Clearing the air

Public health experts and climate researchers convene to address communication challenges related to wildfire smoke

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Let's talk about wildfire smoke and your health

Summer’s smoky skies prompt call from DEOHS researchers for better communication about health risks

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Teenagers pose with airmasks that they decorated.

EDGE engagement project lifts moods in the smoke-choked Methow Valley

EDGE Community Engagement Core provided facemasks as part of an activity meant to lift spirits in the smoke-choked Methow Valley.

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A group of high school teachers try out a science experiment during a UW workshop. Photo: Sarah Fish

Getting their hands on science

From sun exposure to vaping, this teacher training program pioneered by DEOHS is changing how high school students learn about health and the environment

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Dirty skies and your health

DEOHS Chair Michael Yost says proposed rollback of vehicle emission standards threatens public health

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