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Helping students spread their wings
Assistant Professor Marissa Baker is the 2024 DEOHS Outstanding Faculty Mentor
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Why major in Environmental Public Health?
5 questions for DEOHS Teaching Professor Tania Busch Isaksen
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Centering young “climate heroes”
DEOHS-led project takes a collaborative approach to assessing extreme heat health risks in youth BIPOC communities
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Our top stories of 2023
The year of community resilience: Counting down our most-read stories of 2023
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Building climate resilience along Seattle’s riverfront
New storymap highlights voices of the Duwamish Valley in concert with study results supporting the City of Seattle’s climate resilience efforts
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Breathing highway air increases blood pressure
New study led by DEOHS researchers finds increase in blood pressure from breathing unfiltered air during rush hour is comparable to the effect of a high-sodium diet
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Climate change causing ‘indisputable’ harm to our health
5th National Climate Assessment authors include DEOHS climate experts
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