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2010+ News Archive

1900

A diagnostic laboratory test could identify young children at risk of developing autism. James Woods talks with Crosscut about this research.

2012

UW event organized by Nancy Simcox honors 19 King County workers who died last year as a result of workplace injuries. Howard Frumkin led the memorial.

Study will identify potential impacts to community from Duwamish River cleanup, explains William Daniell.

James Woods talks with KUOW about a potential biomarker for autism.

Will Bond (BS, 2012) shares his job success, stemming from his Environmental Health internship at Amazon, with the UW’s The Daily.

Older women living in places with high levels of fine-particle pollution had a much greater risk of first-time stroke, according to a California study. Joel Kaufmann says air pollution is also linked to heart attacks.

Gary Franklin's research on doctor-prescribed painkillers and overdoses cited in article about Washington state's new law limiting opioid prescriptions.

Starting April 4, UWTV is airing a segment about DEEDS and MESA air pollution research, featuring Joel Kaufman (DEOHS, Epi) and Julie Fox (DEOHS). The show, UW360, is on the website and airs weekly on Wednesdays at 10 pm and Sundays at 9 pm. It will also air on KOMO-TV Sat., April 28, at 4:30 pm.

Sheela Sathyanarayana talks to King 5 about how mothers can reduce exposure to environmental chemicals.

Findings from studies led by Joel Kaufman can help us understand the health effects from diesel exhaust exposure, such as from the increased coal train traffic in the Pacific Northwest.

The Field Research & Consultation Group recently released a new booklet for firefighters: "Prevent MRSA."

John Kissel says that there is not enough testing of waste water treatment facilities to know how much of the chemicals found in drugs and personal care products remain in the water and their effects on human and environmental health.

The federal agency missed a self-imposed deadline to release recommendations for regulation of dioxins. David Eaton (DEOHS), chairman of a National Academies of Sciences’ committee evaluating health risks from dioxin, is quoted.

Economic and environmental impacts shouldn’t be the only factors when creating transportation policy. Planners should also consider people’s health and well-being, says Dean Howard Frumkin in a personal guest column.

PhD Candidate Vanessa Galaviz (DEOHS) just received the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Volunteer Award.

Mount Adams' glaciers have shrunk by nearly half since 1904. Richard Fenske (DEOHS) and Richard Hoskins (Epi) have been involved with the Climate Impacts Group quoted in the article.

2011

Michael Yost says that biofuel use has advantages, but cautions that biofuel emissions contribute to air pollution in Northwest.

New metrics are needed for fish consumption in Washington state to protect public health. Professor Elaine Faustman (DEOHS) and Frank James (HServ), Health Officer for San Juan County Health Department, are interviewed.

PhD student Eyob Mazengia, who is a restaurant inspector for the Seattle and King County Public Health department, is profiled in Seattle Met.

Sverre Vedal gives the Fall 2011 Distinguished Faculty Lecture, featured in a School of Public Health Q&A

Undergraduate Anna Fretheim is an "extraordinary student"

Jeffrey Walls (MS student, Exposure Sciences) was awarded the 2011 Future Leader in EHS scholarship.

Investing in occupational health "best practices" improves outcomes for injured workers, study finds. Gary Franklin led the creation of the Centers of Occupational Health and Education.

Hilary Zetlen (MPH, Environmental & Occupational Health, 2011), who received a Bonderman Travel Fellowship, is blogging about her year of travel overseas.

PhD student Chad Weldy, an environmental toxicologist, discusses the health effects of diesel exhaust on KGMI in Bellingham.

Alumna Meagan Yoshimoto-Clark, an industrial hygienist, is featured on Careers Out There.

Tainted food is everywhere, and if you think you're being thoroughly protected, think again. Epi's John Kobayashi and DEOHS lecturer Charles Easterberg are mentioned.

Marilyn Roberts and Nancy Simcox are sending environmental sampling kits to Washington state fire station personnel to determine how widespread MRSA bacteria really is.

Washington Fire Chiefs Partner With UW To Protect Firefighters From MRSA

Environmental toxicologist David Eaton elected to Institute of Medicine.

Team of researchers receive NORA Innovative Research Award for preventing construction workers’ hearing loss.

Clement Furlong's research may identify individuals exposed to jet engine oil, help oil manufacturers develop less-toxic lubricants.

DEOHS and Global Health professor Marilyn Roberts has found more MRSA--this time on some UW dental students and in their clinics.

2011 DEOHS Award Winners

Terrance Kavanagh and David Eaton featured in article on the July Nanotechnology Consortium held at the University of Washington

Richard Fenske and Michael Yost talk about health impacts of climate change in our region.

Sheela Sathyanarayana says BPA found on receipts a new concern; recommends limiting exposure to BPA used to preserve shelf life of canned foods by eating fresh food or buying BPA-free canned goods.

David Eaton named to WA Academy of Science

Environmental exposure expert Sally Liu passed away on June 6

Breathing Uneasy: The Air Pollution Crisis in South Seattle

Behind-the-Scenes at the Controlled Exposure Lab

Evan Gallagher examines the role of Omega-3 fatty acids in protecting our cells against potentially damaging chemicals

A new study puts the Puget Sound in the top 5% of communities nationally for air toxics: South Seattle is the worst. Joel Kaufman and Michael Yost are quoted.

Study led by Marilyn Roberts finds MRSA in fire stations

Matthew Keifer to serve on Institute of Medicine panel

Sheela Sathyanarayana advises parents to reduce their children's exposure to pollutants.

Student Research Day 2011

Pacific Northwest Center for Human Health and Ocean Studies is co-organizing the Algae and Human Health Symposium, July 15

Sheela Sathyanarayana leads study, investigates relationship between mother's BPA exposures during pregnancy and infant's neurobehavioral abnormalities

First-ever legislation to protect health-care workers who administer chemotherapy drugs. Michael Silverstein quoted.

Antibiotics for livestock may be adding to problem of drug-resistant bacteria, says Charles Easterberg.

Sauk-Suiattle tribal offices will be closed for a week after reports that an employee may have MRSA. Marilyn Roberts' research is referenced.

Symposium on workplace disasters marks 100th anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Michael Yost says data from monitors in Washington state show radiation levels are normal.

Ultra-fine particles thrown off by diesel trucks can concentrate in "hot spots" and worsen air quality, says Joel Kaufman.

Catherine Karr says children who are iron-deficient absorb lead more readily.

Wood Smoke a Leading Health Concern in Tacoma, says study by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency and the University of Washington.

UW Nanotoxicology Center to look at nanoscale product safety

Recent studies suggest that smog-filled air kills more people and causes more breathing problems than previously thought. Lianne Sheppard is quoted.

UW named base for EPA-funded Clean Air Research Center

Howard Frumkin: Phasing out coal use is smart health policy.

Catherine Karr: homes need clean fuel for heating and cooking.

Richard Neitzel studies transit, other noises in life

Sheela Sathyanarayana recommends eco-friendly products to decrease risk of baby developing cancer later in life

An interview with Anneclaire De Roos on minimizing exposure to chemicals.

Howard Frumkin spoke on the built environment and health in Clark County.

Andy Dannenberg retires from CDC, continues work in improving the built environment

Endowment for UW Libraries in honor of Stanley Pier

Environmental Health Research Experience Program, Deadline Feb. 15

Howard Frumkin says the U.S. needs to be better prepared to deal with climate-related disease

2010

Richard Fenske leads initiative on climate change and global health

UW Researcher Wins 2010 Ergonomics Professional of the Year Award

Professor Marilyn Roberts talks to King 5 about firefighters and MRSA exposure

Protecting us from the dangers of coal ash

Master's degree student Katie McDonald featured

PNASH program is improving the health and safety of the agricultural community in Washington's Yakima Valley (p. 7)

Professor Marilyn Roberts says it's not the phone, but your hands you should worry about.

Environmental health and safety specialist, one of the "best jobs in America"

New SPH Dean Howard Frumkin speaks on opportunities in health and the built environment on October 14th

Research Professor Gary Franklin says overdoses on prescription medication a public health problem

Professor Matthew Keifer to head National Farm Medicine's new Dairy Workers Institute

Professor Marilyn Roberts' study of MRSA contamination leads to recommendations for firefighter, EMT safety and health

Senior Lecturer Janice Camp quoted in story on worker safeguards in the U.S.

Howard Frumkin named new Dean of Public Health

Adjunct Professor Scott Barnhart does not expect effects of the Gulf spill on humans to be permanent.

Clinical Professor Phillip Landrigan spotlighted in CNN special report on environmental exposures

Endowed lectureship named in honor of tireless public health advocate, Peter Breysse

New Study Links ADHD to Pesticide Exposure. Dr. Catherine Karr talks about the science behind the studies and how the pesticides affect children's brains.

Student Research Day 2010

Environmental and Occupational Health: From Local to Global

Evidence builds for air pollution's link to heart disease, death

A new study involving researchers from the University of Washington is changing the way doctors advise heart patients.

Where the environment and children's health come together at the UW

Pollution levels still concern for marine life in Tacoma's Commencement Bay, says Department of Ecology's Rob Duff (MS, Toxicology, 1993).

Sheela Sathyanarayana, a physician in the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty unit, applauds South Seattle school closure, says the decision protects children's health

WSU Educator Wins First UW-PNASH Outstanding Research Partnership Award

Catherine Karr, director of the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, quoted in KING 5 News story on lead exposure and ADHD in children.

Our Field Research and Consultation Group produced an educational video training package for welders to raise awareness of potential exposures to chrome 6.

Clinical Professor Philip Landrigan is quoted in a NY Times article about the National Children's Study.

Seattle BioMed, AttoDx, Inc., and the University of Washington Announce Exclusive Technology License Agreement

2009

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.

 

 

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