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The Seattle skyline with hazy skies because of wildfire smoke. In the foreground of the image a person walks along an elevated walkway with a highway below.

Wildfire smoke linked to increased odds of preterm birth

DEOHS-led study shows pregnant people exposed to wildfire smoke are more likely to give birth prematurely

| Alden Woods

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Innovation on tap

Community research partnerships take center stage at DEOHS fall kick-off event

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Learn from top environmental and occupational health experts

From disaster recovery to risk factors for obesity, the DEOHS environmental health seminar series kicks off this week

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DEOHS Professor Terry Kavanagh talks with a student. Photo: Sarah Fish

A gift for the future

UW alum creates an endowed DEOHS professorship to advance toxicology research

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Nothing about us without us

DEOHS and other UW researchers team up with Washington farmworkers to make better health accessible to all

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Preventing unsafe opioid prescribing

DEOHS research team receives $5 million to study strategies that could help reverse the opioid epidemic

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