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.
Occupational Health
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 | November 08, 2022
Learn more about NWCOHS funding for DEOHS graduate students in Occupational Hygiene, One Health and Occupational & Environmental Medicine
At the marine mammal hospital Sealife Response, Rehab and Research (SR3) in Des Moines, Washington, this fall has been a busy one: the facility has
Blog entry | October 26, 2022
The University of Washington Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) programs are ranked No. 7 in the world, according to newly released rankings from US News & World Report’s Best Global Universities.
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 | October 20, 2022
Last spring, a cohort of students in the UW Brotherhood Initiative toured Boeing sites in Everett and Renton with faculty members in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS).
Blog entry | October 05, 2022
The UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) welcomes eight new faculty members to its ranks during the 2022-23 academic year.
Blog entry | October 04, 2022
“Have you ever been working in the field and been unable to see the sun because of smoke?”
At a recent outreach event for farmworker families in Central Washington, participants were asked questions like this one about the challenges they face during wildfire smoke season, with an invitation to raise their hands when they agreed.
Blog entry | September 20, 2022
Claire Schollaert, PhD student in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS), is one of two recipients of this year’s Russell L. Castner Endowed Student Research Fund, which supports student research in environmental health.
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 | 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 17, 2022
About 100 staff, faculty and student workers in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) were designated “essential workers” by the UW and worked in person throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to maintain critical DEOHS work and services.
Blog entry | June 13, 2022
Read more about our graduates and their future plans
Families, friends, faculty and staff gathered Friday to celebrate 82 students graduating from the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) in the department’s first in-person graduation ceremony in three years.
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 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 | April 20, 2022
Inna Antonchuk
MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health
Hometown
Rivne, Ukraine
Future plans
Continuing to work as a nurse as well as applying her public health training, perhaps with a government agency
“I am very interested in immigrant occupational health but also in public health policy."
Blog entry | April 06, 2022
Katy Burr
MPH, One Health
Hometown
Seattle, WA
Future plans
Joining the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service program
“I'm hopeful that my work will help to illuminate ways to keep people who work with animals safer at work.”
- Katy Burr
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
Farmers struggling to adapt to rising temperatures in tropical regions can unleash the benefits of natural cooling, alongside a host of other wins, simply by dotting more trees across their pasturelands. For the first time, a study led by the University of Washington puts tangible numbers to the cooling effects of this practice.
Blog entry | February 08, 2022
Tips for wearing an N95 or KN95 mask:
Improve the fit by pinching the metal nose clip around the bridge of the nose.
N95s have straps that go around the back of your head.
Blog entry | January 20, 2022
Dorian Kenleigh
MPH, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Hometown
Pittsburgh, PA
Future plans
Continuing to advocate for workers, such as in the cannabis industry as a medical consultant.
Blog entry | December 15, 2021
In 2021, the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) welcomed new faculty, forged collaborations in climate and health, and continued our innovative, community-oriented environmental health research on areas including air pollution, COVID-19 and the far-reaching health impacts of wildfire smoke across Washington state. Explore our top stories below.
Blog entry | November 10, 2021
Joanne Medina
MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health
Hometown
Brooklyn, NY
“Be open to diverse experiences, because you never know how those skills may prepare you for future jobs and opportunities.”
- Joanne Medina
Blog entry | October 27, 2021
Judit Marsillach has always been drawn to research that improves people’s well-being. But a lucky choice of college roommates led her to the field of environmental health.
Blog entry | October 06, 2021
Assistant Professor Marissa Baker
Blog entry | August 05, 2021
Joycelyn Chui, an MPH student in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health (DEOHS), is one of two recipients of this year’s Russell L. Castner Endowed Student Research Fund, which supports student research in environmental health.
Blog entry | July 22, 2021
Diana Marquez hopes to become a certified industrial hygienist serving agricultural workers in the Yakima Valley. Photo courtesy of Marquez.
Blog entry | July 14, 2021
Read the full story in the latest edition of the UW Public Health magazine
Newly updated environmental health research laboratories in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) will have a transformative impact on some of the most important work DEOH
Blog entry | May 13, 2021
Four students in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) were recently awarded scholarships from the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF) to support their studies in industrial hygiene.