Faculty and students in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences explore environmental justice, One Health, genetic susceptibility to environmental exposures and the ways some people and communities are more vulnerable to those exposures.
We identify policies and interventions to reduce harmful environmental exposures and improve risk communication, and study the effects of climate change, natural disasters, built environments and environmental policy on population health.
Our students are actively engaged in our research and trained in the latest scientific methods and core principles of how environmental factors affect the health of people, animals and the planet.
Research spotlight
Sustaining food systems at the UW and beyond
DEOHS undergrad Angelina Durbin named to the Husky 100 for creative food recovery efforts on campus
Pesticides and health in Washington’s fruit basket
DEOHS MS student Adriana Riaño analyzes old dust for new insights into pesticide exposure in the Yakima Valley
How UW partnerships foster disaster resilient communities
UW center led by DEOHS faculty supports disaster preparedness alongside communities