Faculty and students in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences explore environmental justice, One Health, genetic susceptibility to environmental exposures and the ways some people and communities are more vulnerable to those exposures.
We identify policies and interventions to reduce harmful environmental exposures and improve risk communication, and study the effects of climate change, natural disasters, built environments and environmental policy on population health.
Our students are actively engaged in our research and trained in the latest scientific methods and core principles of how environmental factors affect the health of people, animals and the planet.
Research spotlight
On the Job: Payton Miksch
DEOHS undergrad does “all of the things” in rural health as intern with Yakima Health District
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
How UW experts navigate wildfire season
As smoke blankets Washington, UW experts share advice on protecting yourself