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Erica Fuhrmeister smiles holding a micropipet in a lab.

Taking a metagenomic approach to antimicrobial resistance

DEOHS Assistant Professor Erica Fuhrmeister explores how environmental factors influence antimicrobial resistance

| Lisa Hayward Watts

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Kyle Kim smiles with ocean water and a rocky shoreline in the background.

Illuminating our microbial support system

DEOHS PhD student Kyle Kim investigates how chemical exposures influence the microbiome and health

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Two men move a cart full of bread at a food pantry.

Washingtonians struggle to afford food amid price increases, new survey shows

Low-income Washington state households still experiencing food insecurity as pandemic protections end

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Black and white photos of Daniel Luchtel and Jane Koenig

In Memoriam: DEOHS Professors Jane Koenig and Daniel Luchtel

DEOHS community remembers two emeritus faculty members in environmental toxicology who passed away in 2022

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Portrait of Evan Gallagher.

From salmon scent to human health

DEOHS Professor Evan Gallagher retires after a 39-year career in environmental toxicology

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DEOHS MS student Asheton Gilbertson swabs a firefighter's hands for chemical analysis.

Preventing long-term health risks for firefighters

DEOHS researchers track firefighters’ exposure to toxic chemicals and radiofrequency waves

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DEOHS Research Scientist Angelo Ong, in protective face shield helmet in a lab, holds two bottles of wastewater for analysis.

New report urges US investment in wastewater disease surveillance

DEOHS Professor Scott Meschke and coauthors recommend national wastewater surveying system to detect disease outbreaks in new National Academies report

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