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PhD student earns prestigious Tillman Scholar award

DEOHS PhD student Stephanie Mitchell studies transmission of zoonotic diseases between wildlife, domestic livestock and humans

| Claudine Benmar

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Q&A: Nail salon air is filled with fragrance chemicals — could they harm workers’ health?

Many fragrances are used to mask undesired smells, adding to the chemicals in the air

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Close-up of David Eaton in front of a glacier.

David Eaton wins Merit Award from Society of Toxicology

DEOHS professor emeritus honored with prestigious award for lifelong contributions in toxicology

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Hazy skies with a halo around the sun above mountains, evergreens and a hillside.

DEOHS targets emerging health threats with new population health awards

DEOHS researchers and partners awarded grants to tackle extreme cold, sea level rise, combined heat and smoke, and zoonotic disease

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An oil drilling rig backlit by smoky skies at sunset with windmills in the background.

Wildfires increasingly threaten oil and gas drill sites

Some 3 million people could face compounded health risks in coming decades as a result, according to new study

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A large, roofed chicken coop full hundreds of chicks.

How the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could become humanity’s problem

The state of the new strain of bird flu, according to DEOHS faculty members Peter Rabinowitz and Julianne Meisner

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A lab worker dressed in blue PPE and a PAPR – which is an air purifying respirator that includes a full-face helmet and tube attached to air filters on a belt- puts a bottle into a chemical hood while working in a lab environment.

UW rises to sixth in global rankings for environmental and occupational health

Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences: Sixth worldwide, third in US  

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