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Smoky skies turn the Portland skyline hazy and orange-hued. A person with a backpack walks in the foreground of the image.

Wildfire smoke may reduce sperm quality

DEOHS faculty member Tristan Nicholson and collaborators show that wildfires may affect fertility

| Barbara Clements

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Person with short curly brown hair and glasses sits in a lab near a counter full of test tubes and other equipment.

On the job: Katrina Gunvaldson

Environmental public health major Katrina Gunvaldson helps test for biotoxins, working toward safer shellfish by the seashore

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Sophia Li smiles wearing sunglasses and a hat and holding a mosquito trap outside with a dirt trail, trees and bushes, and a lake in the background.

On the job: Sophia Li

DEOHS undergrad surveys for West Nile virus and harmful algal blooms at Yakima Health District through Hatlen Scholarship

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Woman with light brown hair pushes a dolly loaded with blue coolers to the UW Food Pantry.

On the job: Angelina Durbin

Undergrad focuses on climate change, food insecurity

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Steven Gilbert sits on a bench outside smiling.

In Memoriam: Steven Gilbert

DEOHS community reflects on a treasured toxicology colleague, science communicator and public health advocate

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Two people in safety vests, one with blonde hair and glasses and the other with black hair, observe a measuring instrument at a transit station.

On the job: Victoria Peña

Master’s student helps Sound Transit keep passengers and employees safe

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Two health care providers wearing scrubs, gloves and face masks stand behind a table. One is using a stethoscope to examine a cat on the table. A person on the other side of the table, the cat's owner, looks on while facing them.

Offering health care for pets helps their humans too

Integrating human and animal health care increases access to services for unhoused youth, according to new study from DEOHS’s Center for One Health Research

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