Living with fire
EDGE, DEOHS, and The Nature Conservancy bring health into future West Coast forest management
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How to make a box fan filter to clean indoor air of smoke
Box fan filters are simple, relatively inexpensive, and effective at cleaning indoor air. Our infographic shows you how to make one.
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Facing wildfire smoke amid COVID-19
Communities need connection to weather wildfire smoke and climate change, but the pandemic is making it harder to come together
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The EDGE Center is committed to conducting and communicating science that reduces the burden of environmentally-related diseases through science translation into policy and practice. We use cutting edge molecular and systems biology to explore how the interactions of genetics, epigenetics and environmental factors contribute to diseases of public health importance. In particular, we are at the forefront of research into molecular signatures (biomarkers) associated with toxicant exposure. Our work to uncover important genetic, epigenetic and environmental contributions to chronic diseases can help improve prevention, early diagnosis, and the development of effective treatments. Such developments will substantially reduce the social burden and health care costs associated with sickness and early death caused by diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, liver disease, kidney disease, metabolic disorders like diabetes, chronic neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's and developmental and reproductive disorders.