Thank you for attending the Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Graduate Degree Info Session!
The UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) ranks fifth in the world among all public and private universities for environmental and occupational health programs.
We prepare students to graduate job-ready with practical work experience through internships and the support of a dedicated career counselor.
Our faculty and students work across disciplines, sectors and borders to address some of today’s most urgent health challenges—from preventing on-the-job injuries and illnesses to investigating the health impacts of air pollution and climate change. Students and faculty in DEOHS are actively engaged in COVID-19 research and service activities to help protect workers and build resilient communities during the global pandemic.
Our students come from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to learn the latest scientific methods and core principles of how environmental and workplace factors influence human health. Then they take those skills into the lab and the field, conducting research and helping create sustainable health solutions that save and improve lives.
We offer 11 eleven graduate degree options. Our online application for entry into Autumn quarter each year opens on September 1st and closes on December 1st of the previous year. For example, December 1, 2020, is the application deadline for students who wish to enroll in Autumn 2021 (classes typically start in late September).
- Access the online application at https://deohs.washington.edu/how-apply.
- Before starting your online application, please review the minimum admission requirements and the admissions FAQs.
Join the Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety for a free webinar on careers in worker health and safety:
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Wednesday, October 12 at 4:00pm (PST)
To register, please visit: http://bit.ly/NWCInfo2020
Student Research
Karley Johnson
Establishing an Urban Rodent Control Outreach Program Focused on Nontoxic Methods
MS (Applied) | Applied Toxicology (App Tox)
2022 | Tania M Busch Isaksen
Joycelyn Chui
"Restaurant 2 Garden" - A Community-Based Food Waste Composting Pilot Project
MPH | Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)
2022 | Jennifer Otten
Wai Ting Joycelyn Chui
Exposure Assessment for Early Childhood Education (ECE) Workers
MPH | Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)
2022 | Noah S. Seixas
Erin Tabor
Leveraging the Human-Animal Bond for care access in the unhoused population: A One Health Study
MPH | One Health (ONE)
2022 | Peter Rabinowitz
Student Stories

Dennise Drury
Current student profile
MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)
DEOHS MPH student and outreach specialist Dennise Drury tackles sexual harassment in agriculture
Yisi Liu
Past student profile
PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)
PhD student Yisi Liu works with international partners to understand how air pollution affects health

Ryan Babadi
Alumni Profile
PhD, Environmental Toxicology (Tox)
DEOHS alum Ryan Babadi credits mentorship and support from DEOHS for helping launch his new career as a Harvard researcher investigating how environmental factors affect reproductive health