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Protecting health in a changing climate

DEOHS researchers partner with communities to save lives from extreme heat and climate-related disasters

| Kate Stringer

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A man wearing an air mask drives a tractor through an orchard.

When pesticides drift

DEOHS research will inform WA state efforts to protect farmworkers from pesticide exposure

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A man stands on a rural hillside picking peppers from plants.

Natural climate solutions

New UW research evaluates conservation strategies to create climate-resilient communities, slow global warming and protect health

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A woman in a coffee shop steams milk while preparing a coffee beverage.

Lung health in coffee workers

New DEOHS research investigates whether a disease known as “popcorn lung” poses a threat to baristas and other coffee industry workers

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A group of Chinese pedestrians wear face masks while walking in smog.

Clean air warrior

DEOHS Professor Sverre Vedal is retiring, but that doesn’t mean an end to his public health work

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Climate challenge accepted

DEOHS researcher encourages high school innovators to think big in tackling climate change

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Undergraduate degree recipients

2019 DEOHS graduation

Celebrating the new public health leaders who earned degrees from our undergraduate and graduate programs  

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