Fast Facts About the Duwamish River
A two-page fact sheet outlining a brief history of Seattle's Duwamish River, including its listing as a Superfund Site and subsequent cleanup. Special emphasis is given to issues of environmental justice.
Environmental Justice/ Environmental Health Disparities
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.
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.
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.
Mapping vaccine access
Seattle city officials are vowing to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines among people of color, immigrants and other groups disproportionately left out of vaccination efforts.
The EDGE Center funds three new projects for 2021
This year three projects will receive $40 K from the pilot projects program of the University of Washington Interdisciplinary Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics & Environment (EDGE).
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.