Health & Safety Matters: The DEOHS blog
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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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Can a single test detect both TB and COVID-19?
It’s one of several innovative ideas to help end TB from the research lab of DEOHS Professor Jerry Cangelosi
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Keeping food trucks and workers safe
DEOHS collaborates with cross-sector partners to reach food-truck operators with safer cleaning alternatives
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Population health grants boost wildfire and climate research
Three DEOHS teams awarded new pilot grants from UW Population Health Initiative
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A community lifeline in the pandemic
Community groups fill a public health gap for farmworkers and other Central Washington residents, new report from UW and Front and Centered shows
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Mapping vaccine access
New mapping tool developed by DEOHS helps City of Seattle prioritize equitable access to COVID-19 vaccination
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Cultivating farmworker health on the airwaves
PNASH Center partners with Radio KDNA to develop a COVID-19 Spanish radio series for farmworkers
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