Nature for all: Bridging health equity through the Initiative-funded Project Nature. washington.edu/populationheal… UW Pediatrics

Now accepting applications for the 2024-25 Professional Training Opportunities Program (PTOP). $10K small grants available for research projects and activities that address #workerhealth and #workersafety in WA, OR, ID, & AK. Due August 19, 2024.
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Heidi van Rooyen has been named the next chair of the Department of Global Health. “I am excited to deepen this work and to collectively consider how we, as a department, can reduce global health disparities and advance health equity.' UW Medicine @UW
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DEOHS undergrad & #Husky100 Nell Thompson contributed analyses of how the trans community has prepared for disasters. As a transgender person in research, 'it felt really meaningful to know that I was bringing that to wider attention,' he said. University of Washington School of Public Health deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/explo…

#SOTTV presents “Illuminating Our Microbial Support System to Improve Health: University of Washington EHMBRACE,” a paid film about UW Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Environmental Health & Microbiome Research Center’s studies on environmental toxins & microbiome: youtube.com/watch?v=kMIhHi… via WebsEdge - Medicine

Congrats to DEOHS researchers John Flunker, Coralynn Sack, June Spector and Pablo Palmández on this award to evaluate the burden of exposure to heat and wildfire smoke in an at-risk agricultural community. Thanks to @uw_phi!
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Thanks so much to @epanorthwest Regional Administrator Casey Sixkiller for visiting DEOHS and University of Washington School of Public Health and delivering an inspiring Omenn Lecture! If you missed it, you can catch the recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=NUm8H6…
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Do you know someone with expertise in environmental health? The Environmental Health Matters Initiative from National Academies is looking for experts to serve on their committee. Learn more and submit a nomination by May 31st at bit.ly/ehmi-expert-no…

Professor Emeritus Howard Frumkin UW Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences share the social superpowers of parks and the ways we can strengthen community bonds through parks and green space. #PublicHealth #GreenSpace #HealthEquity #SocialDeterminantsofHealth seattletimes.com/opinion/parks-…

Join our #EnvironmentalHealth seminar 5/23 with Dr. Aaron Bernstein of CDC Environment: Questions I Get Asked but Don’t Have Good Answers to (But Probably Should). 12:30-1:20 in UW HSEB, reception to follow, and on Zoom. deohs.washington.edu/deohs-events-c…

Six DEOHS Environmental Public Health majors are presenting at the University of Washington School of Public Health Undergraduate Symposium this Thursday at 4-6 pm in the @uofwa Hans Rosling Center lobby. Come on down to hear about their research and others'! sph.washington.edu/students/sympo…

'Parks engage people,' DEOHS Professor Emeritus Howard Frumkin writes in The Seattle Times. 'Parks and green space are a superb way to help mend the nation’s social fabric.'
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Tomorrow! Get all your questions answered about our MS, Applied MS, MPH and PhD degrees in #EnvironmentalHealth Sciences at our spring info session, May 22 at 9-10 am PT on Zoom. washington.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Scientists want to know how the smells of nature benefit our health. washington.edu/news/2024/05/1… via UW News

We applaud Jeffrey Duchin, MD for his expertise and leadership Public Health - Seattle & King County & partnering with UW Medicine during #covid and other public health challenges. Enjoy your deserved retirement.Washington State Department of Health UW Department of Medicine Read Elise Takahama tinyurl.com/55mjcz4w

DEOHS adviser Janet Hang is at the Healthcare Career and Transfer fair at NorthSeattleCollege until 1 pm today! Learn about transferring into an Environmental Public Health major University of Washington: deohs.washington.edu/declaring-major

It is a great time to take your young ones outside! 'Studies have shown that contact with nature can lift our well-being by affecting emotions, influencing  thoughts, reducing stress and improving physical health.' bit.ly/3QSH32K

Another good reason to get outside: UW researchers including DEOHS Clinical Assoc. Prof. Anne Riederer are studying how odors and scents from natural settings impact our health and well-being.
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