Clean air research in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences explores how air pollution is associated with health risks like heart and lung diseases, high blood pressure, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, with a special focus on the impacts on vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly and low-income communities.
We work with new technologies and strategies to identify pollution hot spots and measure exposure, using approaches to help communities understand the impact of wildfire smoke on health.
Our faculty works closely with our students to train and mentor them in clean air research.
Research spotlight
3 ways to help kids thrive on Children’s Environmental Health Day (and every day)
Expert tips on how to minimize children’s exposure to wildfire smoke, lead, plastics and more
Tracking wildfire smoke to protect people in correctional facilities
DEOHS team monitors air quality at a Spokane-area correctional facility during the region’s catastrophic wildfires
A fearless public health advocate retires
DEOHS Professor Lianne Sheppard retires after 33 years tracking how small exposures add up to big health risks