Despite efforts to stamp it out, tuberculosis (TB) is still one of most deadly infectious diseases worldwide, leading to 1.5 million deaths a year. Part of the challenge in combating this preventable, treatable disease is that only about half to two-thirds of people with TB are diagnosed. The other third often don’t know they are sick and can spread the disease.
Student Experience
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The UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) recently changed the name of our Bachelor of Science degree to Environmental Public Health.
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2023 has been a year of community resilience for the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS). Together with many partners, our students, faculty and staff spearheaded projects to help Pacific Northwest communities respond and adapt to extreme heat, flooding, wildfire smoke and other impacts of climate change.
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John Lykins
Applied MS, Environmental Health Sciences
Hometown
Midland, OH
Future plans
A career as an industrial hygienist in the maritime industries.
“I want to find solutions that have a minimal impact on people’s workflow while providing maximum protection for workers.”
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Enrolling now for winter quarter: Environmental Health 111, our introductory class
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Aesha Mokashi
MS, Environmental Health Sciences
Hometown
Portland, OR
Future plans
Working as an environmental health scientist with King County and internationally.
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Christopher Alawode
MPH, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Hometown
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Future plans
Working as an Occupational Medicine physician, perhaps in a rehabilitation center.
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Mariam Assaad
MPH, Environmental Health Sciences
Hometown
Brazil and Lebanon
Future plans
Utilize my degree to create a healthier environment and safer workplaces.
“I am grateful for the hands-on experiences, the lessons I’ve learned, and the meaningful connections I’ve built.”
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Miguel Rojas-Flores
Applied MS, Environmental Health Sciences
Hometown
Merced, CA
Future plans
After graduation this fall, I plan to move back home to California’s Central Valley and pursue a teaching credential to serve the communities where I grew up.
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When Bruk Molla first came to the UW as an undergraduate, he was searching for the perfect premed major. He considered several options, but struggled to find exactly what he was looking for: a field with direct impact on people’s lives. Then he discovered the Environmental Health major in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS).
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Richard Gleason
Associate Teaching Professor, UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Proudest achievements:
Earning the UW's Distinguished Contributions to Lifelong Learning Award in 2017.
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Despite their invisibly small size, ultrafine particles have become a massive concern for air pollution experts. These tiny pollutants—typically spread through wildfire smoke, vehicle exhaust, industrial emissions and airplane fumes—can bypass some of the body’s built-in defenses, carrying toxins to every organ or burrowing deep in the lungs.
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Four teams of researchers in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) and their collaborators recently received awards from the UW Population Health Initiative to pursue projects focused on the health impacts of military aircraft noise pollution, using drones to monitor harmful algal blooms, engaging youth in disaster planning and incorporating public health
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Talk to Catherine Karr’s students, past and present, and you’ll hear a common refrain: she is deeply engaged and invested in their lives.
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Families, friends, faculty and staff gathered Friday to celebrate 74 students graduating from the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) across four degree programs.
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Claire Schollaert
PhD, Environmental & Occupational Hygiene
Hometown
Walnut Creek, CA
Future plans
A career as an environmental health scientist in academia, government or the nonprofit sector
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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.”
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Bridget Ury
BS, Environmental Health
BA, Political Science
Hometown
Newcastle, WA
Future plans
Work as an environmental health and safety specialist and, longer term, explore how climate change impacts human health.
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Sarah Kim recently won the prestigious Carl Smith Graduate Student Award at the 2023 meeting of the Society of Toxicology.