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The Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) in the University of Washington's School of Public Health builds healthy communities and safe workplaces.
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Robinson’s dual program, sponsored by the Army, combined a residency in preventive medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center with an MPH at the @uofwa.bsky.social. “I’m applying so much of what I learned in the medical brigade, where we take care of soldiers all across Europe and Africa,” he said.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Robinson’s thesis showed that active-duty military personnel at Joint Base Lewis-McChord had increased respiratory and behavioral health visits during days with substantial exposure to #wildfiresmoke. The study was recently published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Happy #VeteransDay! Dr. Mark Robinson, a @usarmy.bsky.social lieutenant colonel, recently graduated with his MPH from DEOHS’s Environmental & Occupational Medicine Program. He’s now a command surgeon and preventive medicine officer for a U.S. Army medical brigade in Germany. @uwsph.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Prof Clem Furlong of @uwmedicine.bsky.social & @uwgenome.bsky.social joined us at today's environmental health seminar to discuss the exposure risks from organophosphates in jet fuel when fumes reach aircraft cabins. Asst Prof Judit Marsillach, his former postdoc, joined him.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Save the date: We're thrilled to welcome Jordan Barab on Oct. 16 for the Breysse Memorial Lecture. Join us in person or on Zoom to hear his insights on how politics influence worker health and safety.

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Purple and white background with inset image of man with light colored hair and a goatee. Text reads: Peter A. Breysse Memorial Lecture, Workplace safety and health in the current political landscape. Thursday, Oct. 16, 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, Room 155 or Zoom, Jordan Barab, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, OSHA, W Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences University of Washington | School of Public Health
October 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Dengue fever incidence could rise as much as 76% by 2050 in parts of the world, according to a new study in @pnas.org by DEOHS faculty member Marissa Childs and colleagues. Read more from @uwnews.uw.edu: deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/war... @uwsph.bsky.social
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September 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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If you know what this instrument is and what it measures (operated here by @marissabaker.bsky.social), then you know how MS Applied student Victoria Peña spent part of her summer internship with Sound Transit.

#OccupationalHealth

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August 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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It was “win-win” research for shellfish & crop farmers. Then the USDA canceled it.
DEOHS faculty Sarah Collier's project helped shellfish farmers find a market for seaweed that smothers their oyster & geoduck harvests by testing it as fertilizer. @uwnews.uw.edu
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August 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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World, meet the next generation of public health champions! 🏆Congratulations to our graduates

#DEOHSgrad2025

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June 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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“The number one thing I tell families is to know your air quality,” Crocker said.

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June 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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What should parents know about the risks of smoke inhalation as wildfire season approaches? UW #EnvironmentalHealth experts were featured recently on this topic, Catherine Karr at a webinar for Kaiser Permanente pediatricians & Mary Crocker in the NIEHS Environmental Factor.
June 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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3. Emma Bauer: Lead risk factor screening in pregnancy

4. Charlotte Beatson (with DEOHS Prof. Chris Simpson, left): Exposure during indoor cannabis processing

5. Abby Hu: Undocumented communities in Florida: Conceptualizing climate disasters, health & legal violence @uwbridgescenter.bsky.social
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May 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Our Environmental Public Health students were on point at yesterday's @uwsph.bsky.social Undergraduate Symposium!
1. Rhiannon Trunnell & Weiqhi Wee (with DEOHS Asst. Prof. Judit Marsillach, right): Shigella detection in wastewater
2. Uthayla Al-Arab and Andrew Philips: Wildfire smoke preparedness
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May 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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In a new photovoice project led by led by @uwfsnh.bsky.social student capstone teams, 7 UW students documented their typical day of navigating food choices on campus. Check out the project exhibit on May 28 from 10 am to 12 pm at the Husky Union Building (HUB). foodsystems.uw.edu/news/photovo...
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May 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Men exposed to wildfire smoke show decreased sperm motility, concentration and volume, highlighting a potential cause of #infertility, said Asst Prof Tristan Nicholson at today's #EnvironmentalHealth seminar.
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May 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Our student-sponsored speaker (and alumna!), Julia Gohlke of @virginiatech.bsky.social, helped us understand the unique public health needs and research challenges for rural areas at today's #EnvironmentalHealth seminar.
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May 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Power outages substantially increased odds of emergency department visits for carbon monoxide poisoning among children, DEOHS Assoc. Prof. @joancasey.bsky.social & colleagues report today in Pediatrics. Power outages "should be regarded as an important CO poisoning risk factor," the authors write.
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May 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Immense thanks to microbiologist and @uofwa.bsky.social alum Rita Colwell of @univofmaryland.bsky.social for delivering a fascinating Omenn Lecture yesterday! We had a full house at the Hans Rosling Center, with more who joined on Zoom.
April 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Wonderful #environmentalhealth seminar today by Dr. Tim Storms of @woodlandparkzoo.bsky.social about preventing the spread of #birdflu and his successful efforts to treat the virus in a red-breasted goose.
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April 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Thanks to alumna Cynthia Curl (PhD 2014) for a helpful discussion at today's #EnvironmentalHealth seminar on the ways to measure exposure to hazardous agricultural chemicals. Curl founded and now directs the Agricultural Health Lab @boisestate.bsky.social
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April 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Join us April 17, in person or online, as we hear from scientific leader Dr. Rita Colwell. Her work helped establish a basis for environmental and infectious disease risk assessment used around the world.

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March 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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SAVE THE DATE: April 17

We're honored to welcome groundbreaking scientific leader Dr. Rita Colwell as our speaker for the annual Omenn Lecture in #EnvironmentalHealth. Infectious disease expert, first female director of the NSF, and @uofwa.bsky.social PhD alum!
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March 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Microbiologist & clinical research asst prof Kelsey Jesser shared her research on intestinal pathogens today at our final #EnvironmentalHealth seminar of the quarter. Pathogens can cause diarrhea, the second leading cause of death among children worldwide and an urgent #publichealth concern.
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March 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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So happy to welcome admitted grad students for Visit Week, especially at yesterday's mixer. Thanks for checking out @uwsph.bsky.social! We hope you join us as we work toward clean air, clean water, safe food and safe workplaces. #EnvironmentalHealth
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March 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Thanks to Career Services Manager Dan Poux for the reassuring message that "the cupboard is not bare" for students looking for environmental and occupational health jobs. Poux spoke at today's #EnvironmentalHealth seminar.
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March 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM