Health & Safety Matters: The DEOHS blog
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Building community power amid climate and housing crises
Amber Khan, the 2025 DEOHS Outstanding PhD Student, studies how to keep low-income renters safe during and after disasters
| Deirdre Lockwood
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DEOHS collaborations explore child health and socioecological conflict
DEOHS and partners examine “healthy home” solutions in Yakima Valley and ecosystem-health links in Brazil with awards from UW Population Health Initiative
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How to create a more equitable food system in Washington
DEOHS researchers gather insights on how the state’s food sectors withstood the pandemic
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Washington state’s 2021 heat wave led to previously uncounted deaths from injury
Heat wave contributed to 159 excess injury deaths over three weeks, new study led by DEOHS faculty member shows
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The toxic toll of redlining, refineries and racism
Dr. Lynn Goldman, dean of the George Washington School of Public Health, will speak April 20 on the UW campus
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How maternal exposure to flame retardants shapes health
DEOHS PhD student Sarah Kim studies how flame retardants in breast milk influence diabetes, obesity and more
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Giving health agencies a stronger voice in climate policy
DEOHS MPH student Sam Lovell identifies barriers and opportunities to help states advance their climate and health work
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