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Helping students spread their wings
Assistant Professor Marissa Baker is the 2024 DEOHS Outstanding Faculty Mentor
| Deirdre Lockwood
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The unseen community effects of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders
Early in the pandemic, adults over 65 reported poorest average well-being of those surveyed, according to DEOHS research in King County
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Understanding transit operators’ workplace needs
7 questions for PhD student Pranav Srikanth
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DEOHS alum Rachel Shaffer joins White House Council on Environmental Quality
Technical training and freedom to explore at the UW led Shaffer to an EPA role assessing chemical safety and human health
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7 questions for PhD student Ching-Hsuan (Shirley) Huang
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How workplace exposures influence dairy workers' health
8 questions for PhD student Jorge Rivera-Gonzalez
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A swab to stop TB
An easier TB-testing method developed by DEOHS researchers is building momentum in the fight against the disease
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