When most people think about the causes of diabetes and obesity, they think about diet, physical activity and family history.
But when Joe Lim thinks about these diseases, he thinks about environmental toxicants that are often invisible to the senses yet can have an enormous impact decades into a person’s life.
Chemical hazards
Blog entry | May 19, 2023
Asheton Gilbertson
MS, Occupational Hygiene
Hometown
Denver, CO
Future plans
Working as an industrial hygienist at Sandia National Laboratories.
“My work with firefighters helped solidify that I made the right choice in coming to UW, because I would not have gotten to do this anywhere else.”
Blog entry | May 17, 2023
Jose Carmona, first author of the study and a DEOHS MPH alum, takes an environmental sample at a dairy farm.
Blog entry | April 13, 2023
Two teams of researchers from the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciencs (DEOHS) and their partners recently received grants from the UW Population Health Initiative for projects focusing on supporting healthy home environments in Washington’s Yakima Valley and understanding the connections between community-based land management and disease outbreaks in Brazil.
Blog entry | April 05, 2023
Register now for Dr. Lynn Goldman's Apr. 20 talk: Cumulative Environmental Risk Impacts of Redlining: Houston as a Case Study
As dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, Dr.
Blog entry | April 04, 2023
Sarah Kim recently won the prestigious Carl Smith Graduate Student Award at the 2023 meeting of the Society of Toxicology.
Blog entry | March 30, 2023
University of Washington researchers are working with Pacific Northwest transit agencies to study whether illicit drug use on buses and trains may affect air quality in the vehicles.
Blog entry | March 23, 2023
The Society of Toxicology recently recognized several researchers in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS), including three members of DEOHS Associate Professor Julia Yue Cui’s lab.
Blog entry | March 17, 2023
For her many contributions to assessing the risk of chemical hazards, Elaine Faustman has been awarded the 2023 Arnold J.
Blog entry | February 23, 2023
Last year, two treasured members of the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) community passed away: Emeritus Professors Jane Koenig and Daniel Luchtel.
Blog entry | February 21, 2023
Evan Gallagher
Professor, UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Proudest achievements:
Showing how biochemical pathways in fish make them susceptible to toxic chemicals, and what this means for human disease; Directing the UW Superfund Research Program; Mentoring students and postdocs.
Blog entry | January 23, 2023
Firefighters risk their lives responding to emergencies, but they also jeopardize their long-term health through exposure to toxic chemicals and other occupational hazards. As a result, firefighters are at increased risk for cancer, cardiovascular disease and other health conditions.
Blog entry | December 08, 2022
Lucio Costa
Professor, UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health
Proudest achievements:
Research he led with others on PBDEs (flame-retardant chemicals) that may act as developmental neurotoxicants, and his work on two enzymes known as paraoxonases (PON1 and PON2) that possess antioxidant properties and may protect against some h
Blog entry | November 18, 2022
Greta Gunning
BS, Environmental Health
Hometown
Seattle, WA
Future plans
A career as a public health scientist, likely at a public agency
“It was great to see how prioritizing relationships could make a meaningful impact in public health.”
- Greta Gunning
Blog entry | November 15, 2022
When Marissa Baker introduces the field of occupational health to her undergraduate students, she asks them to think of a job they or someone they know has had, and what they didn’t like about the job.
Blog entry | October 25, 2022
Register now for Joseph Allen's Nov. 3 talk: "Healthy Buildings: The Nexus of COVID, Climate and Worker Health"
As director of Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Program, Joseph Allen often invites people to take their age and multiply it by 0.9.
Blog entry | August 17, 2022
Diana Marquez
MS, Applied Occupational Hygiene
Hometown
Grandview, WA
Future plans
A career with Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
“The most meaningful thing has been getting to change workers’ perspectives around the work we do in occupational health and safety.”
Blog entry | August 11, 2022
Everetta Rasyid, a MS student in Applied Toxicology at the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS), recently spoke with us about her experience in the program and her summer internship with HP.
Blog entry | July 26, 2022
Aaron Bentson-Royal, a MS student in Applied Environmental Toxicology at the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS), recently spoke with us about his experience in the program and his internship this summer at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund and Emergency Management Division.
Blog entry | July 12, 2022
Air pollution is not just a problem for lungs. Increasingly, research suggests air pollution can influence childhood behavioral problems and even IQ. A new study led by UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) researchers has added evidence showing that both prenatal and postnatal exposure to air pollution can harm kids.
Blog entry | July 07, 2022
Aarti Tandon
BA, Food Systems, Nutrition and Health
Hometown
Yorba Linda, CA
Future plans
To pursue medicine in environmental and occupational health.
“I believe my research helps reduce gaps in fair and equal access for marginalized peoples.”
- Aarti Tandon
Blog entry | June 21, 2022
PhD graduate Megumi Matsushita (left) with Professor Zhengui Xia.
Blog entry | May 26, 2022
Shelley Stephan
MS, Occupational Hygiene
Hometown
Irvine, CA
Future plans
A career as a research industrial hygienist.
Blog entry | May 12, 2022
Megumi Matsushita
PhD, Environmental Toxicology
Hometown
Otsu, Japan
Future plans
A career in public service as a public health scientist
“My goal is to use all the knowledge and training that I have accumulated over the years to help inform public health decisions.”
Blog entry | May 11, 2022
Amalawa Aiwekhoe
BS, Environmental Health
Hometown
Everett, WA
Future plans
Continue his job at Boeing as an occupational health and safety specialist, eventually returning to DEOHS for his Applied MS in Occupational Hygiene.
Blog entry | May 11, 2022
A typical aluminum cookpot labeled for testing. Photo courtesy of the King County Haz Waste Program.
Blog entry | February 16, 2022
Yoni Rodriguez
MS, Occupational Hygiene
Hometown
Toppenish, WA
Future plans
Pursuing an MD/PhD in Environmental Health
“My next step is to couple public health education with technology that monitors and removes environmental toxins in a safe, efficient and sustainable manner.”
Blog entry | February 10, 2022
A bucket-list dream to take an Alaskan cruise turned into a lifetime of public health service in Alaska for Denise Koch, an alumna of the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS).