Making breathing room
Clean air shelters offer refuge from wildfire smoke. DEOHS is helping one NW tribe identify the best place to create one
Offspring of pregnant women exposed to high level of pollutants may have lower IQs
Award-winning students
DEOHS students recognized for their research at the National Environmental Health Association conference
8 UW professors elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in 2019
Mapping environmental inequality
A new state law will draw on research by DEOHS and our partners to pinpoint communities most at risk from pollution and climate change
Global impact
DEOHS Professor Elaine Faustman wins international and state recognition for her contributions to toxicology
When pesticides drift
DEOHS research will inform WA state efforts to protect farmworkers from pesticide exposure
Natural climate solutions
New UW research evaluates conservation strategies to create climate-resilient communities, slow global warming and protect health
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