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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Seal pups and safety
Visiting a marine mammal hospital, grad student trainees from Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety gather workplace health insights
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Wildfire smoke and extreme heat projects win population health awards
DEOHS researchers and partners tackle health impacts of smoke and heat with new grants from UW Population Health Initiative
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University of Washington is No. 7 in the world for environmental and occupational health sciences
Among US universities, DEOHS programs rank No. 3, according to new US News & World Report rankings
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How giving our buildings a tune-up can make us healthier
Joseph Allen, director of the Harvard Healthy Buildings Program, will present a public lecture at the UW on November 3, sponsored by DEOHS
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Inspiring careers in worker health and safety
Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety partners with the Brotherhood Initiative to support underrepresented men of color at UW
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Eight new faculty members join DEOHS in 2022-23
New faculty bring broad expertise in environmental exposures, infectious diseases, machine learning, environmental justice, disaster preparedness and more
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