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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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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.

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August 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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
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
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