NEWS MEDIA
Media Relations
Elizabeth Sharpe is the Communication Director for our department. Our media relations are handled by University of Washington Health Sciences News and Community Relations
UW Health Sciences News and Community Relations
Faculty Expertise
This listing can help reporters identify experts in our various fields of environmental and occupational health sciences. However, we prefer that media contacts be made through UW Health Sciences News and Community Relations.
News Archive - 2009
Dr. Matthew Keifer, a professor in our department's Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program as well as in the Department of Internal Medicine, examined the Sigafoos family, who are pursuing a potential class-action lawsuit against Quadrant Homes. Seattle PI.com
Pollutants may increase bronchiolitis risk in infants, reports Adjunct Assistant Professor Catherine Karr.
Dr. Sheela Sathyanarayana, who works with the Northwest Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, explains how to protect children from environmental toxins in a recent King 5 News story.
Two DEOHS alumni were named to the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) 2010 Board of Directors: Bill R. McArthur (MSPH, Industrial Hygiene 1978) and Stephanie R. Carter (PhD, Industrial Hygiene 2008.
UW researchers to study impacts of climate change on health in the Pacific Northwest
MRSA discovered at five public beaches, reported Professor Marilyn Roberts.
Pesticides in your peaches: Chicago Tribune and USDA studies find pesticides, some in excess of EPA rules, in the fragrant fruit. Adjunct Assistant Professor Catherine Karr, who serves on the American Academy of Pediatrics National Committee on Environmental Health, and former postdoc Alex Lu, who now teaches at Harvard, quoted on children's exposure to pesticides.
Steve Hecker, Director of the Continuing Education and Outreach program, led study on fume-contaminated cabin air, cited in The Wall Street Journal article.
Report released by Institute of Medicine committee finds exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War may increase risk Vietnam Vet's risk for heart disease and Parkinson's disease. Professor Richard Fenske chaired the committee that produced the report.
Professor Thomas M. Burbacher quoted on thimerosal-free flu vaccine in article by Deborah Kotz, senior writer for US News & World Report, Dealing with the Swine Flu Threat During Pregnancy.
Professor Matt Keifer was an invited speaker at the UW's Mini Medical School. Keifer is also co-director of the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center. In the video presentation, Keifer explains how workplace hazards are identified and what solutions are available to prevent or reduce injuries and health concerns.
Xylitol syrup found to curb childhood tooth decay. Co-author of study, Professor Marilyn Roberts, quoted in the Los Angeles Times article.
Got ear plugs? You may want to sport them on the subway, researchers say. Research scientist Richard Neitzel is lead author of a study that analyzed exposure to noise levels on mass transit in New York City. His study is featured in U.S. News & World Report, ABC Local News, Forbes, and United Press International.
The Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences released the results an extensive survey of nearly 400 department alumni. To read the report, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/envhlth/pdf/reportdeohs.pdf
In the May 26, The New York Times’ article, “Texting May Be Taking a Toll,” Associate Professor Peter Johnson comments on repetitive use of thumbs in texting messages.
The Spokane Regional Health Board offered Dr. Joel McCullough (MPH,Occupational Medicine, 1995) the health officer position in the Spokane Regional Health District. (The Spokesman-Review)
"Climate Change: Challenging Public Health" is the topic of the latest issue of Northwest Public Health, the magazine of the School of Public Health. The issue includes a story about research being done by the University of Washington’s Pacific Northwest Center for Human Health and Ocean Studies on how environmental factors trigger blooms of the marine algae that produce a type of marine biotoxin. The issue also includes an article by Professor Jane Koenig on the health effects of wildfires.
Dr. Sheela Sathyanarayana, who works with the Northwest Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, comments on children's exposure to formaldehyde exposures in a USA Today article. The article covers a new report on chemicals found in baby bath products released by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.
A 1994 wood smoke study by Professors Timothy Larson and Jane Koenig was cited in recent Seattle Times Q&A article: Striking an efficient balance in the wood-burning debate.
Associate Professor William Daniell is profiled in UW's The Daily.
Assistant Professor Catherine Karr, director of the Northwest Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, is quoted in P-I article: State not ready for climate refugees.
Dr. Sheela Sathyanarayana, who works with the Northwest Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, is quoted on the health effects of bisphenol A in an Associated Press report on a proposed Washington-state bill to ban the chemical in food or drink containers for children three and younger. Story appears in The Seattle Times, SeattlePost-Intelligencer, The Bellingham Herald, HeraldNet, KOMO News, and MSNBC.
Professor Joel Kaufman comments on a federally-funded study that showed cleaner air adds five months to the average life expectancy in the United States. Story appears in Time, MSNBC, ABC News, NPR, Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, KOMO News, among other news sources.
The Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (PNASH) is teaming up with StoryCorps®, a national oral history project, to record and archive the rich oral history of farm life in the US as well as the
wisdom of farmers. PNASH Director of Outreach Helen Murphy is interviewed on KPBX in Spokane.
