We conduct community engagement and research as the NIEHS Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics & Environment (EDGE) at the University of Washington.
Seattle, Washington
Joined March 2011
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Do you need a primer on how to responsibly report research results to study participants? Join us 10/20 11-12 Pacific Time for a webinar by Diana Rohlman, who will present practical tools while addressing key challenges and drawing on real-world examples. washington.zoom.us/j/9148214…
Building on a pilot grant from the EDGE Center, Christine Loftus and Catherine Karr are expanding their inquiry into barriers that parents face in protecting their families from #wildfiresmoke. Learn more: edge.deohs.washington.edu/bl…
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Expand the reach of your research at #2027SOT. Present in a Poster or Platform Session and share your findings with 4,000+ attendees, including toxicologists from 45+ countries.
Submit your abstract by November 13: toxicology.org/events/am/AM2…
#Toxicology
Join us today at 12 PM Pacific Time for a training on how to use comics to communicate science. In person or online: washington.zoom.us/j/9951895…
Join us on 10/7 for our next science communication training. Silas James of the Traumatic Brain Injury InfoComic Project will lead a training on using comics to communicate technical information effectively. Please join us in person or via Zoom: washington.zoom.us/j/9951895…
Join us on 10/7 for our next science communication training. Silas James of the Traumatic Brain Injury InfoComic Project will lead a training on using comics to communicate technical information effectively. Please join us in person or via Zoom: washington.zoom.us/j/9951895…
Using data from PurpleAir sensors around Seattle during early August 2026, our Deputy Director, Edmund Seto, created this data visual of smoke particle counts indoors vs outdoors to demonstrate the importance of staying inside during wildfire smoke events, whenever possible.
Our member Sheela Sathyanarayana shares tips on protecting your family from microplastics, including removing your shoes when entering your home, storing food in glass containers, and avoiding plastic cooking utensils. rightasrain.uwmedicine.org/w…
🎉 Congrats to our member, Ulrike Peters, who was recently elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for “integrating large‑scale genomic, environmental, and tumor data to advance colorectal cancer prevention and reduce population disparities"
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Our member, Karen Levy, has shown that climate change looks set to reshuffle which gut infections threaten which communities, and when. These diseases still kill nearly 1.2 million people a year through infectious diarrhea, most of them young children. earth.com/news/waterborne-di…
Our partners at West Plains Water Coalition have produced a new documentary exploring the problem of PFAS contamination in well water on Spokane's West Plains: westplainswater.org/btw/ Their rural community is one of 9,000 to be affected by PFAS contamination nationally.
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SWEHSC members Jeffrey Burgess, MD, MS, MPH; Kate Ellingson, PhD; and their team have found a significant relationship between “forever chemical” exposure and decreased COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in children.
Learn more at pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
🏆 Congratulations to UW"s Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, our home department, recently ranked the second-best program of its kind in the country after Harvard, according to US News and World Report. deohs.washington.edu/news/uw…
We are thrilled to fund 5 new pilot projects for 2026! The projects span a remarkable range of approaches—from social media, AI and urban planning to transcriptomics, spectroscopy and a lab-grown model of the human intestine derived from human stem cells. edge.deohs.washington.edu/bl…
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May is Mental Health Month! It's also a time when many families and communities are preparing for dangerous weather events, from extreme heat and wildfires to floods, hurricanes, and storms.
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Extreme heat is one of the deadliest public health threats — and not everyone has equal access to critical info. Our new blog post highlights the "How to Survive a Heatwave" resource, now available in Arabic.
@ClimatePsychia1 @UCSFPsychiatry @ZSFGCare
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Are you an advanced graduate student or early-career researcher interested in disasters and public health? Do you want to gain hands-on training in Sendai, Japan? Apply to IDEAAL @ Tohoku before 6/2 for our intensive course to be held 10/19-23, 2026. drive.google.com/file/d/1Anm…
Our member, Dr. Sheela Sathyanarayana, emphasizes the importance of having the Food and Drug Administration routinely monitor baby formula for heavy metals and synthetic chemicals like phthalates and PFAS. apnews.com/article/infant-fo…
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Curious about the air around you? Borrow an air monitor from PSCAA and start learning about the air quality around your home. We also provide guidance on how to use them so you can make informed decisions.
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ALT picture of an outdoor air monitor with text saying Borrow an outdoor air monitoring device from us
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The 2026 Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings grant program, aimed to support activities that enhance community wildfire smoke preparedness and reduce indoor exposures to pollutants in wildfire smoke, is now accepting applications through April 15!
Apply here 👉 epa.gov/grants/wildfire-smok…
#SafeCommunities #WildfireSmoke #AirQuality #EpaNorthwest
