Built Environment

Howard Frumkin is professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the UW School of Public Health, where he served as dean from 2010-2016. After serving as dean, he led the “Our Planet, Our Health” initiative at the Wellcome Trust in London from 2018-2019, and served as senior vice president at Trust for Public Land from 2021-2024.

Dr. Edmund Seto is Professor in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences. He received his PhD in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on the quantification of exposures and risk as they relate to environmental and occupational health.

Background: Power plants are primary emitters of greenhouse gases and criteria air pollutants, which are associated with harmful health impacts including increased risk of premature mortality.

Background: The efficacy of the high-efficiency particle arresting (HEPA) air cleaner and its related health benefits have gotten some attention, yet the number of studies on this topic is still modest.

Background: The built environment affects the health of a community in a multitude of ways. One of those ways is through changing an individual’s exposure to environmental contaminants, such as bacterial pathogens. Another is through the availability of food.