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Judit Marsillach and Hannah Dye stand together in front of a research poster.

Understanding children’s asthma in farming communities

DEOHS MS student Hannah Dye wins Castner Award to assess environmental impacts on children’s health in farming communities

| Deirdre Lockwood

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Kathleen Moloney and Evan Mix stand outside with their backs against a brick wall.

New digital tool will help assess emergency preparedness

DEOHS researchers create new tool to improve emergency preparedness assessments for Washington state

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Four people (Hannah Dye, Jenielle Domaoal, Judit Marsillach and Elijah Scott) stand together smiling inside in front of a window, with a tall building outside in the background.

DEOHS students celebrated at Society of Toxicology meeting

Our award winners’ toxicology research probes the health impacts of e-cigarettes, flame retardants, diesel exhaust and more

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Person wearing pink sweater holds an asthma inhaler in one hand and red cap in the other.

Children exposed to higher ozone levels early in life are more likely to develop asthma

DEOHS grad student Logan Dearborn says findings are significant due to burden of chronic disease

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Person dressed in black wearing a purple hat and red backpack crouches on a rocky shoreline with trees in distance.

Dual degree alum explores the crossover between public health and planning

Meg Hamele, MPH/MUP ’23 helps Seattle plan for community health needs following disasters

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Photo of azure blue water and a beach with rowboats sitting in the sand and in the shallow water. The rocky coastline wraps around with a village up on cliffs in the distance.

From the first computer at UW to satellite predictions of cholera

Microbiologist Rita Colwell delivers the Omenn Lecture in Environmental Health on April 17

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Five women stand together smiling in front of a research poster.

Finding TB’s missing millions

A tongue-swab method developed by DEOHS researchers could slow the spread of TB by detecting it before it's diagnosed

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