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Reaching out for change on the farm ❯

DEOHS MPH student and outreach specialist Dennise Drury tackles sexual harassment in agriculture

  • Stopping sexual harassment in agriculture
  • New grants boost wildfire and climate change research ❯

    Three DEOHS teams awarded new pilot grants from UW Population Health Initiative.

  • Environmental justice
  • Carving her own path ❯

    UW Associate Professor Karen Levy works across disciplines—and the globe—to explore the intersection between infectious diseases and the environment

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  • Navigating a safe return to work ❯

    Businesses from the Space Needle to Sony Pictures seek advice from DEOHS experts on how to keep employees and customers safe from COVID-19

  • Workplace safety
  • King County gets high marks for masking ❯

    89% of observed King County residents masked up in public, UW researchers find in partnership with King County and Washington State Department of Health

  • Responding to COVID-19
  • Stories from the blog

    A red barn and farmland in the foreground with Mount Baker in the background.

    COVID-19 on Washington farms

    Nearly two-thirds of farms experienced increased operating costs, according to new report from the UW Center for Public Health Nutrition, DEOHS and partners

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    Reaching out for change on the farm

    DEOHS MPH student and outreach specialist Dennise Drury tackles sexual harassment in agriculture

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    A person harvests plants in a field exposed to direct sun with mountains and trees in the background.

    Deforestation threatens worker health and productivity

    Heat limits worker productivity in tropical deforested areas, according to new study from DEOHS, The Nature Conservancy and others

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    Collaborating to solve public health problems

    PhD student Yisi Liu works with international partners to understand how air pollution affects health

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    Our department helps create sustainable communities where everyone has access to clean air, clean water, safe food and safe workplaces.

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    DEOHS Newsroom

    New report serves as a road map to decarbonize health care
    April 14, 2021 | Forbes | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

    When can I go to a bar again after being fully vaccinated?
    April 9, 2021 | Verywell Health | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz View

    A better way to boil: comparing methods of purifying water at home
    April 9, 2021 | Environmental Health Perspectives | Featured: Karen Levy View

    School of Public Health hosts webinar to discuss the pandemic's impact on food security
    April 9, 2021 | UW Daily | Featured: Jennifer Otten View

    Essential, invisible: Covid has 200,000 merchant sailors stuck at sea
    April 9, 2021 | Washington Post | Featured: Marissa Baker View

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