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Cecilia Martindale stands smiling on a pier over a bay at low tide, wearing a purple UW hat.

Could heat make us more vulnerable to toxic chemicals?

MS student Cecilia Martindale wins Castner Award to study how heat influences exposure to the world’s most widely used weed killer

| Deirdre Lockwood

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Close-up of a shower faucet and a spray of water.

The bacteria in your shower

Showerheads can harbor bacteria related to tuberculosis that can cause a rare, serious pulmonary disease, according to new DEOHS research

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Two men wearing hats sit across from each other smiling and grasping hands.

Improving animal worker safety

DEOHS team introduces a One Health approach in Mongolia, where herding livestock remains a way of life

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A man holds an e-cigarette while exhaling smoke.

Sharing the science on vaping

With new grant funding, DEOHS research center will develop hands-on lessons for youth about the health risks of e-cigarette use

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Three women stand outside talking, one holding a computer tablet.

A voice for farmworkers

DEOHS staff member Maria Blancas wins prestigious environmental prize for her advocacy work with immigrant farmworkers

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A cat snoozes in the sun on the dashboard of a motorhome.

Visualizing the bond between humans and pets

Pop-up galleries organized by the Center for One Health Research at DEOHS will feature intimate portraits of the human-animal bond made by people experiencing homelessness in Seattle

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Building debris scattered across a neighborhood after Hurricane Dorian

On the ground in disaster's wake

DEOHS researcher Nicole Errett says disasters offer lessons on how to prepare, respond and recover from future extreme events—if you move fast

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