Health & Safety Matters: The DEOHS blog

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Amber Khan and Nicole Errett stand together smiling.

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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Three people stand together in front of a research poster smiling.

Mentoring with compassion and clarity

DEOHS Professor Zhengui Xia is the 2022 DEOHS Outstanding Faculty Mentor

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A woman in a striped T-shirt and wearing surgical gloves stands near a desk in a laboratory.

Celebrating DEOHS essential workers

Our research scientists, field staff and building managers kept critical DEOHS research and services going during the pandemic

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A woman in a white shirt sits outdoors at a picnic table, smiling at the camera.

The heartbeat of One Health

Senior Research Coordinator Vickie Ramirez is honored for outstanding staff service by the UW School of Public Health and DEOHS

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Two faculty members pose for a selfie photo with the DEOHS Class of 2022.

Congratulations, 2022 DEOHS graduates!

Department celebrates first in-person graduation since 2019

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Photo of Amy Liu poking her head through an opening inside a ship, surrounded by plumbing pipes and tubes.

Ensuring safety for maritime workers

Amy Liu, MS ’06, boulders through tight spots to make ship repair safer for workers

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Three-part photo collage: (1) Neighborhood share pantry open to show dry goods including cereal and pasta; (2) A group of four people walks on a forested trail; (3) Share pantry closed showing text: Little Free Pantry. Take What You Need, Give What You Can.

Population health grants target food security and green space

New UW Population Health Initiative grants support DEOHS collaborations on the health impacts of neighborhood pantries and urban green space

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