Join us Oct. 16! Jordan Barab, former deputy assistant secretary for the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), will deliver the Breysse Lecture on "Workplace Safety and Health in the Current Political Landscape.” Get a sneak peek on our blog: deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/how...

Wildfire smoke now kills an estimated 41,000 Americans a year acccording to a new study. Our Director, Joel Kaufman is quoted: healthday.com/health-news/... #wildfiresmoke #wildfires #airpollution @uwdeohs.bsky.social

10/1 event: Local #ClimateJustice leaders discuss using joy + storytelling to build relationships & actualize climate resilience strategies. Incl. our Dir of Community Innovation, Evaluation & Learning Esther Min! townhallseattle.org/event/advanc... @townhallseattle.bsky.social @uwdeohs.bsky.social

Dengue fever incidence could rise as much as 76% by 2050 in parts of the world, according to a new @uwdeohs.bsky.social study. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...

Welcome, Huskies! Thousands of incoming @uofwa.bsky.social students gathered for an annual 'W' formation today after kicking off the school year with a convocation ceremony. #newhuskies2025 #uwdawgdaze Media assets: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Dengue fever incidence could rise as much as 76% by 2050 in parts of the world, according to a new study in @pnas.org by DEOHS faculty member Marissa Childs and colleagues. Read more from @uwnews.uw.edu: deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/war... @uwsph.bsky.social

@uwdeohs.bsky.social undergrad Sophia Li spent her summer trapping and testing pests for the West Nile virus through the Hatlen scholarship, which employs students in rural health districts. Li shares her experience on the job, and how to tie her classroom experience with a One Health approach.

DEOHS MS Applied student Elijah Morales spent the summer interning at Holland America cruise line, helping to strengthen safety culture for both passengers and crew. deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/job...

Unhoused people with pets tend to prioritize veterinary care for their animals over medical health care for themselves. The Seattle One Health Clinic works to address this. By providing care for both, the clinic builds trust and encourages more consistent engagement with #healthservices

Proud to partner with Public Health - Seattle & King Cty on a project to track down harmful PFAS, or "forever chemicals," in everyday items, especially products that could affect kids. kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dnrp...

A new @americanheart.bsky.social scientific advisory on ultraprocessed foods "calls for coordinated policy action—not just to reformulate products, but to transform the systems that shape daily food choices, especially for children,” said DEOHS coauthor Jen Otten. newsroom.heart.org/news/excessi...

THURS., AUG 21 (1-2 p.m. ET): Register to learn from three climate experts—Dr. Stan Meiburg, multi-decade EPA scientist , ‪@chrfield.bsky.social‬ & Dr. Jeremy Hess—about the potential impacts of repealing the EPA's endangerment finding. On the record Q&A too: bit.ly/45qqSRN

Veterinary care serves as a magnet, drawing people experiencing homelessness to seek care for themselves as well, our researchers told @opb.org. www.opb.org/article/2025... @uwsph.bsky.social #OneHealth

"There are always tradeoffs." Our @marissabaker.bsky.social tells @washingtonpost.com there are less flammable alternatives to the gases used at plants like Clairton Coke Works, but they may be hazardous in other ways. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

How can we prevent antibiotic-resistant infections like MRSA? Researchers from @uofwa.bsky.social Engineering & DEOHS found that UV light was most effective at stopping both bacteria & their resistance genes from spreading, compared to other disinfection methods. www.washington.edu/news/2025/08...

If you know what this instrument is and what it measures (operated here by @marissabaker.bsky.social), then you know how MS Applied student Victoria Peña spent part of her summer internship with Sound Transit. #OccupationalHealth deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/job...

As #wildfiresmoke and worsening #airquality take prominence during the summer season, Dr. Coralynn Sack with @uwdeohs.bsky.social and @uwmedicine.bsky.social share how you can plan ahead through good quality masks/air filters, stocking up on nonperishable foods and monitoring air quality

Offering health care for pets helps their humans too, according to a new study led by DEOHS's Center for One Health Research. @wsuvetmed.bsky.social @uwsph.bsky.social deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/off...

A UW-led project aimed to test the viability of seaweed as a soil amendment, and, if successful, develop a market for sea-based farmers to sell excess seaweed to their counterparts on land. The USDA froze the project’s funding, and for now, a solution remains just out of reach.

It was “win-win” research for shellfish & crop farmers. Then the USDA canceled it. DEOHS faculty Sarah Collier's project helped shellfish farmers find a market for seaweed that smothers their oyster & geoduck harvests by testing it as fertilizer. @uwnews.uw.edu deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/vid...

Welcome, President Jones!

Proposed cuts to the research arm of OSHA threaten to close three Washington research centers tasked with keeping workers safe & training safety experts. Two of the centers operate out of the UW. The cuts will also impact the Spokane Research Laboratory & the state’s occupational illness tracking.

"We have some of the most lax regulations through generally recognized as safe (GRAS) provisions." Prof Sheela Sathyanarayana of @uwmedicine.bsky.social pediatrics and @seattlechildrens.org spoke with @newsweek.com about the health risks of food additives. www.newsweek.com/fda-policies...

Congratulations 🎉🎉 to Dr. Jerry Cangelosi on retiring after 13 years as a DEOHS professor and a recent term as associate dean for research in the @uofwa.bsky.social School of Public Health! He and his team developed a less invasive way to screen people for TB. deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/tak...

@uwdeohs.bsky.social PhD student Stephanie Mitchell earns the 2025 Tillman Scholar Award for her research focuses on global health and conservation through #OneHealth approach. Learn more about Mitchell's academic journey and why this work matters in advancing #PublicHealth

Shelly Erickson used an EDGE pilot grant to model interacting risk factors in the brain with the ultimate goal of developing better treatments for Alzheimer's disease. Read more about her work here: edge.deohs.washington.edu/blog/better-...

“It's shocking that in 2025, we're still seeing cosmetics on the market with lead as a main ingredient — like we learned nothing from history,” said DEOHS Asst. Prof. Diana Ceballos about her new study in ‪@plosglobalpublichealth.org‬ on traditional eyeliners. deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/tox...

Scientists found that at least 1,500 deaths in the recent European heatwave were due to climate change, but DEOHS & @uwglobalchange.bsky.social Prof. Kristie Ebi told @newscientist.com this may be an underestimate, b/c it relies on data from a cooler past. www.newscientist.com/article/2487...

Congratulations to Stephanie Mitchell, a third-year #EnvironmentalHealth PhD student and 2025 Tillman Scholar! deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/phd...

Auto shop workers can be exposed to harmful volatile organic compounds when using some degreasers to clean engines. DEOHS partnered with the King County Hazardous Waste Management Program to evaluate the health impacts when workers switched to safer degreasers. deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/pro...

Using large data sets, @uwepidemiology.bsky.social @uwdeohs.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. Joan Casey is able to look at whether people exposed to higher levels of wildfire smoke are having more cases of incident dementia or more cancer endpoints or more emergency department visits for asthma. @kuow.org

Congratulations to DEOHS Clinical Associate Professor Jamie Donatuto! She's one of four @uofwa.bsky.social researchers selected as Fulbright Scholars. She will use her Fulbright award in Spain, working with the @csic.es to analyze human-ocean engagement. deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/deo...

Heat-beating tips from DEOHS & @uwglobalchange.bsky.social Professor Kristie Ebi in @nytimes.com: If you don't have A/C: -close the shades -dunk your feet in cold water -wrap a damp towel with crushed ice around your neck -use a fan with windows open www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/w...

Work "should be a place that keeps us safe and gets us home to our families." Our faculty members @marissabaker.bsky.social, Elena Austin and June Spector are featured in this video about threats to @uofwa.bsky.social research that is vital to workers in Washington and beyond.

Julia Cui's students know her not just as a brilliant scientist but also as a compassionate and thoughtful mentor. They've honored her as our department's 2025 Outstanding Faculty Mentor! deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/nur...

World, meet the next generation of public health champions! 🏆Congratulations to our graduates #DEOHSgrad2025 deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/cel...

⚠️ Heads up, DEOHS Class of 2025 ⚠️

What should parents know about the risks of smoke inhalation as wildfire season approaches? UW #EnvironmentalHealth experts were featured recently on this topic, Catherine Karr at a webinar for Kaiser Permanente pediatricians & Mary Crocker in the NIEHS Environmental Factor.

Congratulations to our 2025 Outstanding PhD Student, Amber Khan! While researching disaster risk management to protect people in low-income housing with @nlihc.org, she also founded UW POC Outdoors, and engaged in climate activism & mutual aid. @uwsph.bsky.social deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/bui...

Congratulations to our 2025 Outstanding Master's Student, Cecilia Martindale! She works with both big data and small communities in an effort to understand the many ways climate change affects our health. @uwsph.bsky.social @wadepthealth.bsky.social deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/sup...

Our Environmental Public Health students were on point at yesterday's @uwsph.bsky.social Undergraduate Symposium! 1. Rhiannon Trunnell & Weiqhi Wee (with DEOHS Asst. Prof. Judit Marsillach, right): Shigella detection in wastewater 2. Uthayla Al-Arab and Andrew Philips: Wildfire smoke preparedness

In a new photovoice project led by led by @uwfsnh.bsky.social student capstone teams, 7 UW students documented their typical day of navigating food choices on campus. Check out the project exhibit on May 28 from 10 am to 12 pm at the Husky Union Building (HUB). foodsystems.uw.edu/news/photovo...

WA lawmakers decided to “err on the side of public health protectiveness” in setting air pollution thresholds, DEOHS's @ejkasner.bsky.social told @insideclimatenews.org. This allows "training and providing resources earlier, which is beneficial long-term.” insideclimatenews.org/news/1905202...

Men exposed to wildfire smoke show decreased sperm motility, concentration and volume, highlighting a potential cause of #infertility, said Asst Prof Tristan Nicholson at today's #EnvironmentalHealth seminar.

Thank you @kuow.org for explaining how lost funding hurts our researchers' efforts to make something useful out of nuisance seaweed, a project that could help both shellfish farmers and veggie farmers if it can continue.

Learning about antimicrobial resistance is way more fun with marshmallows and M&Ms! DEOHS Asst. Prof. Erica Fuhrmeister & PhD student Hilary McLeland-Wieser collab'd w @wadepthealth.bsky.social to develop teaching materials for HS students using the sweet treats. deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/tak...

DEOHS faculty Elena Austin's EPA grant to study effects of wildfire smoke and other particulates on 16 schools in WA was recently terminated. "Terminating Austin’s grant saved just $866, according to DOGE’s own accounting," @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social reports. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Deans from across Schools of Public Health reflected on the first 100 days of the administration and discuss the ongoing threats made towards #populationhealth. UW SPH Dean Godwin shares the impact of federal funding and administrative cuts and advice to the #publichealth workforce. View here:

Our student-sponsored speaker (and alumna!), Julia Gohlke of @virginiatech.bsky.social, helped us understand the unique public health needs and research challenges for rural areas at today's #EnvironmentalHealth seminar.

"All the federal scientists I've worked with over the last 30 years are gone, and they're not coming back." Prof Kristie Ebi spoke with @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social about the Trump Administration's cuts to research funding.