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DEOHS Students pose for a photo in the hallway before entering the stadium where the SPH graduation ceremony will take place.

Celebrating our 2018 graduates

New leaders in environmental and workplace safety ready to leave their mark on public health

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Kate McConnell talks with people about her research project at Graduate Student Research Day

Students leading the way

New video highlights scientific research driven by UW DEOHS students

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4 students launch a boat to take samples from Lake Killarney.  Two students are in the boat, two students are in the water wearing waders and are pushing the boat out into the lake.

Arsenic in the water

Shallow lake offers deep insight into lake chemistry

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Miriam Calkins tests samples on-site in an orchard.  Photo: Jose Carmona.

On the front lines of climate change

Award-winning DEOHS student studies the risks outdoor laborers face with rising temperatures

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DEOHS Research Scientist Rachel Wood holds cotton swabs undergoing testing in a UW lab

The end of TB?

How a 100-year-old invention could revolutionize diagnosis of one of today’s deadliest diseases

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Close up of UW student Natalia Kowalchuk's hands holding a soldering iron as she builds an air monitor in a lab. Photo: Kayla Cayton.

What’s in the air

Innovative air-quality monitor developed by DEOHS student provides communities with real-time data at lower cost

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Rachel Shaffer bikes on a street in front of houses. Photo by Alex Kritchevsky.

Biking in dirty air

A DEOHS student considers whether the benefits of bike commuting outweigh the risks from breathing polluted air

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Ali, pictured on the left, assists with a swimming pool inspection.  She and another woman sit on the concrete edge of a chlorinated pool with testing equipment and a clipboard.

From the Grand Canyon to remote Alaska

DEOHS student pursues passion for environmental health in some of America’s hardest-to-reach locations

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Jackson preparing to collect wastewater from a septic system. Photo by John Zinza, Washington State Department of Health.

Research with real-world impact

DEOHS student’s work leads to environmental recommendations to create cleaner waterways

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