Health & Safety Matters: The DEOHS blog

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Sophia Li smiles wearing sunglasses and a hat and holding a mosquito trap outside with a dirt trail, trees and bushes, and a lake in the background.

On the job: Sophia Li

DEOHS undergrad surveys for West Nile virus and harmful algal blooms at Yakima Health District through Hatlen Scholarship

| Deirdre Lockwood

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A man with dark hair and glasses stands in a radiation safety lab holding a sign that reads "Warning, Do not enter, Alignment in process. Class 4 laser"

On the job | Matthew Deinitchenko

DEOHS undergraduate student inspects lasers to keep lab workers safe from radiation

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A young woman in a black tank top sits at a table looking at a computer.

On the job | Xiaoyu Sun

DEOHS undergraduate student builds tool to help prevent wastewater overflows

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Yijie Geng sits in a chair smiling.

Fishing for an autism cure

New DEOHS faculty member Yijie Geng screens zebrafish to hook environmental chemicals linked with autism

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A woman demonstrates to a young girl how to breathe into a machine to test lung function.

Children’s health and the air they breathe

Together, DEOHS researchers and communities work to improve air quality in homes and classrooms across Washington state

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two women holding balloons decorate an outdoor booth

On the job | Shivani Jain

DEOHS undergraduate student develops training on how climate change and health inequities impact people with asthma

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Screenshot of Cassady Surefleet from a video of her describing her internship experience

On the job | Cassady Surfleet

Fast, chaotic, humbling: Protecting workers and the environment in rural Alaska

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