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Hannah McKinley smiles in front of a bush on the UW campus.

From the ‘COVID years’ to belonging

Hannah McKinley named 2024 DEOHS Outstanding Undergraduate Student

| Rachel Tompa

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Rachel Shaffer stands in front of the White House in the evening.

DEOHS alum Rachel Shaffer joins White House Council on Environmental Quality

Technical training and freedom to explore at the UW led Shaffer to an EPA role assessing chemical safety and human health

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Shirley Huang stands on the roof of a building holding up a meter to take noise measurements, with a bridge in the background.

Improving air quality in homeless shelters

7 questions for PhD student Ching-Hsuan (Shirley) Huang

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Jorge Rivera-Gonzalez stands in a suit and tie in front of a fence and pasture with cows.

How workplace exposures influence dairy workers' health

8 questions for PhD student Jorge Rivera-Gonzalez

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Two women stand in front of a sign with a Red Cross image and the world "Convezione di Ginevra 22 Agosto 1864"

A swab to stop TB

An easier TB-testing method developed by DEOHS researchers is building momentum in the fight against the disease

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Wildfire smoke behind a mountainous landscape with fields in the foreground.

Indigenous communities in California are disproportionately exposed to wildfire smoke

DEOHS faculty member Joan Casey and colleagues assess long-term exposures to wildfire smoke with an environmental justice lens

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A person bicycles in a protected bike lane marked on the street in Seattle.

Improving road safety in Seattle doesn’t come at a cost to businesses

Seattle’s Vision Zero plan to end traffic deaths and injuries is unlikely to hurt business sales, according to new UW research

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