Using a HEPA Air Purifier
This one-page fact sheet describes everything you need to know in order to use and maintain a portable HEPA air purifier to clean the air in your indoor space.
Air Pollution
Wildfire Smoke Fact sheet
Learn about the health effects of wildfire smoke on human health.
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.
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.
Reducing Aviation’s Harmful Impact on Environmental Health and Justice
As a colossal emitter of carbon, air pollution, and noise—often in patterns that exacerbate inequities—the aviation industry is a prime target for reforms to promote environmental health and social justice.
Telling the story of wildfire smoke risks
The Fifth Season project
The Fifth Season project will be featured on KUOW's Soundside program the week of July 18.
See all of the portraits and hear the audio stories here.
In Washington’s Methow Valley, summer also goes by another name.
Some locals call it the “fifth season,” when smoke from wildfires blankets North Central Washington for weeks or even months at a time.
Monitoring air quality in schools
As students in King County public schools log into their online classes this winter, researchers from the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) are stepping into their temporarily empty classrooms to study air quality.
EDGE Director honored by National Academy of Medicine
A current and former EDGE director are being recognized for their contributions to public health research and service to the field.
Current EDGE Director, Dr. Joel Kaufman, a leading expert on the health effects of air pollution, is elected to the National Academy of Medicine this month.
Kaufman is professor of environmental and occupational health sciences and epidemiology in SPH and professor of general internal medicine in the UW School of Medicine.