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
James Scukas
Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposure In Stone Countertop Fabrication Workers
MS (Applied) | Applied Occupational Hygiene (App OH)
2021 | Martin A. Cohen
Alexandria Vingino
Surveillance for antibiotic resistant E. coli in the Salish Sea ecosystem and surrounding regions
MPH | One Health (ONE)
2021 | Marilyn C. Roberts
Magali Blanco
Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Dementia Incidence in a Seattle-Based, Prospective Cohort Study
PhD | Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)
2021 | Lianne Sheppard
Student Stories
Suzy An
Past student profile
MS (Thesis), Environmental Toxicology (Tox)
Suzy An's undergraduate degree in pathology and a love of crime shows led her to pursue a graduate degree in environmental toxicology.
Heather Fowler
Alumni Profile
PhD, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)
Dr. Heather Fowler earned her Ph.D. in 2017 and now works as the director, producer, and public health expert at the National Pork Board in Des Moines, Iowa, where she guides studies on the health and safety of people involved in pork production, while focusing on food safety and diseases that can spread from pigs to humans.
On the job | Zakary Reimann
Student Profile
MS (Applied), Applied Occupational Hygiene (App OH)
Using video technology to document chemical exposures