Tania Busch Isaksen
Teaching Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Undergraduate Program Director, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
University of Washington
Box 357234
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health SciencesSeattle, WA 98195-
206-685-4919
tania@uw.edu
Research Interests
Clean Air, Safe Workplaces, Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Climate Change, Community-engaged Research, Disaster resilience, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Heat, Pollution, Risk Assessment, Wildfires
DEOHS Biography
Education
PhD Exposure Science/Industrial Hygiene, University of Washington, 2014
MPH Health Services, University of Washington, 2000
BS Environmental Health, Colorado State University, 1993
In the News
Even in Washington’s ‘mildest’ regions, heat is deadly
Crosscut, 10/13/2022
How King County is preparing for extreme heat this summer
Crosscut, 07/15/2022
You could be the citizen scientist the world needs right now
Crosscut, 05/18/2020
Beating the heat, for your health
US News & World Report, 07/06/2018
Beating the heat, for your health.
US News & World Report, 07/06/2018
State DOH, UW Report: No Unusual Cancer Rate among WA Soccer Players
SPH News, 01/18/2017
Artificial turf and cancer risk
Oxford University Press Blog, 01/03/2017
As temperatures rocket, cities fight heat waves
ClimateWire, 08/24/2016
Extreme heat in WA increases EMS calls
Environmental Health, 01/28/2016
New report outlines Puget Sound region’s future under climate change
UW Today, 11/17/2015