Lessons From the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome (featuring CHanGE Director and University of Washington School of Public Health UW Emergency Medicine UW Global Health UW Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Professor Dr. Jeremy Hess) EarthLab jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

🚨 New publication, co-authored by CHanGE founder Kristie Ebi, Ph.D., MPH University of Washington School of Public Health UW Global Health UW Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences EarthLab A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Become our new Professor and Chair! Apply to guide our department in the University of Washington School of Public Health, creating sustainable communities with access to clean air, clean water, safe food and safe workplaces. Priority deadline: Sept. 30. #facultyjobs #environmentalhealth deohs.washington.edu/about-deohs/fa…

Tracking virus shed in wastewater can help trace and prevent new disease outbreaks. Check out the new National Academies report coauthored by DEOHS Prof. Scott Meschke!

5 metrics that better capture long-term exposure to wildfire smoke pollution: read more in the new The Conversation U.S. piece by DEOHS Assoc. Prof. Joan Casey and @ucberkeley Prof. Rachel Morello-Frosch ⬇️🔥😷 University of Washington School of Public Health theconversation.com/how-researcher…

During undergraduate student Cordy Plymale's internship with CHanGE, she learned that #climatechange and human health are interconnected, and ways to apply research into practice for our most vulnerable communities. #PublicHealth #HealthEquity sph.washington.edu/news-events/sp…

Our member Joan Casey compared levels of wildfire smoke exposure among different racial and ethnic groups in California and found that "Indigenous communities had the most disproportionate exposure, experiencing 1.68 times more PM₂.₅ than expected." bit.ly/4e4fpcl

New University of Washington undergrads, join us for #DawgDaze! This interactive session supports pre-med & pre-med-curious students: learn about the BS in Environmental Public Health and how it prepares you for a career in medicine. Sept. 24 at 3-4 pm in HRC 155. dawgdaze.fyp.uw.edu/autumn/underst…

🏆Congratulations to our member Ashleigh Theberge who was just admitted to the Schmidt Sciences Polymath Program, allowing her to receive up to $2.5 M over five years. She credits her EDGE pilot grant with providing some of the data in her proposal. bit.ly/3XpWfXo

How much energy do networks running large language models consume? A lot, according to Sajjad Moazeni, UW ECE, who studies networking for AI. Just training a chatbot can use as much electricity as a neighborhood consumes in a year. washington.edu/news/2023/07/2…

Work by the EDGE Community Engagement Core and partners is featured in this morning's UW News! We are grateful to have received funding from UW Population Health Initiative to help build climate resilience in Seattle's Duwamish Valley. washington.edu/news/2024/09/1… BJ Cummings Nicole Errett, PhD

The #WashingtonState Climate Office is searching for an entry level, full-time Environmental Outreach Specialist to support core functions of the Office and its mission to equitably support access to and use of #climate information in the state. cig.uw.edu/2024/09/the-cl…

Great work by Joan Casey & Rachel Morello-Frosch to better understand health impacts of #wildfire smoke. Curious to see how this might also help improve our risk communication - including through the U.S. EPA #AQI, which I wrote about last year: racheltalkstox.wordpress.com/2023/07/17/the…

"Long-term effects of repeated exposure to wildfire PM₂.₅ on chronic health conditions are unclear. One reason is that scientists have not decided how best to measure this type of intermittent yet ongoing exposure," co-write Joan Casey & Rachel Morello-Frosch. theconversation.com/how-researcher…