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Three men in lab coats stand around a lab bench. The man on the right is using a multichannel micropipet to dispense liquid into a multiwell cell culture plate.

On the path to autism therapeutics

First-generation undergrad Leonardo Diaz makes discoveries through UW mentorship program in environmental health

| Deirdre Lockwood

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New gift will create modern lab and research spaces

Omenn-Darling 50th anniversary gift to DEOHS and the UW School of Public Health will transform environmental health research

 

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Co-creating COVID-19 messages for farmworkers

Funding from the UW Population Health Initiative jump-started efforts by DEOHS and our partners, working side-by-side with farmworkers, to create tailored safety messages

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A man lays his cheek against a water buffalo while holding a harness.

Stopping animal-to-human disease transmission

DEOHS Professor Elaine Faustman will lead risk analysis and communication for new $100 million USAID initiative

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Ensuring access to care for injured workers

Specialists in our Occupational and Environmental Medicine Clinic quickly pivot to telemedicine to care for patients during the pandemic

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Aerial shot of the new Hans Rosling Center for Population Health

New location, boundless opportunities

Space for collaboration and innovation as DEOHS moves to the new Rosling Center for Population Health; new state-of-the-art labs coming soon

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DEOHS faculty honored by National Academy of Medicine

Joel Kaufman elected to the National Academy of Medicine; David Eaton recognized for service

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