Using Safer Degreasers
This double-sided fact sheet provides information about how to minimize health risks associated with exposures to degreasers like those commonly used in autoshops.
Community Engagement
Shifting Gears: Safer Solutions for Auto Shop Cleaning
Auto shops often use parts cleaners—baths of solvents that are used to dissolve grease and grime from, for example, the components of a carburetor. “Even if the baths are closed, they still emit a lot of vapors and produce hazardous waste” said Diana Ceballos, an assistant professor in the University of Washington (UW) Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) and expert on assessing exposures to chemicals such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a common component of commercial degreasers.
New center helps ready Northwest communities for disasters and public health emergencies
The new University of Washington (UW) Northwest Center for Evidence-Based Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response launched this week with $978,000 from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support its first year.
EDGE Pilot Grant Seeds Groundbreaking Biochemical Research
In 2021, Ashleigh Theberge, a chemistry professor at the University of Washington (UW), applied for a pilot grant from the Interdisciplinary Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics & Environment (EDGE) to test a field application of a new remote blood sampling system. Theberge and her team were interested in how people respond to wildfire smoke exposure. Specifically, they wanted to measure levels of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in white blood cells before, during, and after wildfire smoke events.
Maja Jeranko helps lead a new project to engage community in climate resilience planning for the Duwamish Valley
Maja Jeranko, a post-doctoral scholar with the National Science Foundation’s Cascadia Coastlines and Peoples Hazards Research Hub (Cascadia CoPes Hub) and the University of Washington (UW) Center for Disaster Resilient Communities, grew up in Slovenia, but it was in Ecuador where she got the training and experience that qualify her to help lead the new University of Washington (UW) Population Health Initiative-funded project titled “Living with Water: Co-
2024 EDGE Symposium packs the house
On June 6, the University of Washington Interdisciplinary Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics & Environment (EDGE) hosted its annual center symposium in Seattle. The theme for the event was “Enhancing Equitable University/ Community Partnerships.” Over 60 faculty, staff, trainees and community partners attended, representing several UW departments as well as the wider Seattle community.
EDGE Center awards four new pilot projects for 2024
In February 2024, the University of Washington Interdisciplinary Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics & Environment (EDGE) awarded grants totaling $40,000 to each of four projects with exceptional promise through its pilot projects program.
Guidelines to Incorporate Trauma-Informed Care Strategies in Qualitative Research
Guidelines on appropriately conducting trauma-informed research and recognizing people’s lived experiences.
CONVERGE Training Modules
The CONVERGE Training Modules incorporate an all-hazards approach grounded in cutting edge research from the social sciences, public health, engineering, and other disciplines.
Extreme Events Research Check Sheets Series
These short, graphical check sheets are meant to be used as researchers design their studies, prepare to enter the field, conduct field research, and exit the field. From the CONVERGE Natural Hazards Center and the University of Colorado Boulder