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Three people stand around a research poster smiling. The poster title is, "Involving Communities in Overcoming Barriers to Wildfire Smoke Protection"

Protecting families from wildfire smoke

DEOHS and collaborators survey Yakima Valley families' perspectives on wildfire smoke health risks

| Lisa Hayward Watts

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Protecting health in the Great Plains

DEOHS environmental health major takes on the COVID-19 crisis and more while interning with the Indian Health Service

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Collaborating for health equity

DEOHS awarded three COVID-19 health equity research grants from the UW Population Health Initiative

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Reassessing chlorpyrifos and children's health

Data omission in key EPA insecticide study shows need for review of industry-funded research, according to new University of Washington research

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A model of scientific integrity

DEOHS Professor Lianne Sheppard recognized by the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology for her principled approach to science

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Safe water for all

DEOHS environmental health major gets down in the dirt for public health

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A hotter future could be deadly for many

US deaths due to heat exposure may markedly increase in a warming climate, according to research from DEOHS and collaborators

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