Healthy air, healthy schools
DEOHS-led research finds portable air filters in schools can dramatically reduce air pollution from planes, roads that infiltrates classrooms
Pandemic disrupts food access for tribal communities
Washington State Tribal Food Project shows disproportionate food insecurities in tribal communities during the pandemic
Protecting the health of cannabis workers
DEOHS Occupational & Environmental Medicine resident examines allergy and respiratory symptoms in cannabis cultivators
Building community resilience to climate change
DEOHS grad student Daaniya Iyaz studies how wildfire smoke impacts kids’ health
Our most-read stories of 2021
Collaboration, community health and clean air: counting down our top 10 blog posts of 2021
How the pandemic has affected food access
New UW study shows pandemic’s strain on Washington’s food access and food production systems
Creating a global picture of antimicrobial resistance
As a Fulbright fellow in Portugal, DEOHS PhD student Sarah Philo is tracking the spread of bacterial resistance to antibiotics to protect public health
Climate change sounds ‘code red’ for health
Climate crisis gravely threatens human health, according to new Lancet Countdown report coauthored by DEOHS researchers
How a key nutritional program adapted to the pandemic
Washington’s WIC nutritional support program served more families by increasing remote access, new UW-WIC study shows