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NWCOHS Work and Health Graduate Certificate trainee interns at OSHA
Inna Antonchuk, MPH Occupational & Environmental Health student, discusses her internship characterizing OHSA’s abatements for occupational noise violations
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NWCOHS Work and Health Graduate Certificate trainee interns at OSHA
Inna Antonchuk, MPH Occupational & Environmental Health student, discusses her internship characterizing OHSA’s abatements for occupational noise violations
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Occupational health opportunity for working professionals and UW students
The Work and Health Graduate Certificate is an opportunity for working professionals and UW graduate and professional students to add an occupational health perspective to their work
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NWCOHS trainee combines her passion for marine mammals with interest in worker health and safety
MS Occupational Hygiene student, Lily Myers, shares about her work assessing potentially hazardous ozone exposure from a water treatment system at a marine mammal hospital
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NWCOHS trainee reflects on community outreach and research dissemination
Occupational Health Research Services PhD student, Érica Chavez Santos, reflects on her experience as a guest speaker on Radio KDNA, a Spanish language public radio station in the Yakima Valley in Eastern Washington
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A worker health and safety perspective on anti-racism
NWCOHS anti-racism initiative explores structural inequities and the disproportionate burden of occupational injury and illness experienced by workers of color
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Occupational Health Nursing Assistant Director and PhD trainee win 2021 Nursing Dawg Tank funding
Proposed project will develop a virtual reality, remotely accessible education and training system for adult family home caregivers
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Promoting Personal Flotation Device (PFD) usage among commercial fishermen in Alaska
PTOP awardee researches perceived barriers to PFD use including comfort, compatibility with gear, and cultural mindset among fishermen
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DEOHS students win scholarships from the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation
Four students in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) were recently awarded scholarships from the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AHIF).
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Stop Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Worker Hate
NWCOHS stands in solidarity with Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
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COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit for Essential Workers
Employers play an important role in the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out.
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Occupational Health Opportunity for UW Graduate Students of all Disciplines
A new Work and Health Graduate Certificate Traineeship is open to all UW graduate students interested in adding an occupational health perspective into their studies or professional work. Work is an important factor in health, as well as health disparities.
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Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 on the University of Washington Campus
Occupational Medicine Resident, Dr. Anthony Norman participates in contact tracing of UW faculty, staff, and students.
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