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Championing better health for vulnerable workers

New DEOHS Assistant Professor Diana Ceballos combines her passion for health equity with expertise on workplace health and safety

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Joey Teresi stands on a dock holding a drone and remote control with a lake in the background.

Using drone technology to monitor harmful algal blooms

DEOHS MS student Joey Teresi leads an interdisciplinary project to protect human health from algal toxins

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How occupational medicine physicians support workers

Dr. Christopher Alawode, DEOHS MPH student in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, helps workers stay healthy

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Exploring environmental health in the Big Easy

DEOHS students forge connections and broaden their horizons at the National Environmental Health Association conference in New Orleans

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Preparing the Northwest for disasters

CDC funds UW to take first steps toward regional public health emergency preparedness center

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Safeguarding eye health for workers

DEOHS MPH student Mariam Assaad aims to reduce harmful bacteria in eyewash stations

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Expanding the definition of worker health

DEOHS master’s student Miguel Rojas-Flores leads behavior change assessment to improve farmworker health and safety

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On the job | Anika Rajput

DEOHS undergrad supports food safety efforts in internship with UW Environmental Health & Safety

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DEOHS Professor Kristie Ebi named 2023 AGU Fellow

American Geophysical Union recognizes Ebi for her work on health-related climate change impacts

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