SPH Partnerships Around the World
Our faculty have developed strong relationships with communities, leaders, and organizations throughout the region and beyond. We are highlighting organizational partnerships and faculty who have in-depth knowledge of SPH to deepen the experience for our current students and support SPH’s academic areas of focus. Learn more about these partnerships using the map and list below. (Last updated: February 2025)
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Health impact of outdoor air pollution on airport communities.
Teamsters 117
Assessing risk perceptions and needs of app-based drivers during COVID-19
United States Department of Transportation Maritime Administration
United States Mariner Mental Health Needs During COVID-19
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART)
Promoting Safety and Well-Being Among Sheet Metal Worker Women Through implementing and evaluating a Mentoring program
Washington Labor Education and Research Center
Exploring affects to vulnerable workers, women, and essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Teamsters 763
Well-being and quality of life of private EMTs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mental Health Support Solutions
Exploring interventions to improve seafarer mental health
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Collaborated on an observational study of face covering usage during COVID
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Have assisted with their evaluations of ventilation systems for COVID
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Conducting training for staff on indoor air and ventilation
Washington State Department of Health (DOH)
Work with DOH on developing employment and internship opportunities
Washington State Labor and Industries
Doing research on face covering materials for COVID
Washington State Labor and Industries
Collaborating on the evaluation of ergonomic changes to a work task
Washington State Labor and Industries
Sitting on a number of technical advisory working groups
Healthy Energy Worker Board
Working on the state legislated Healthy Energy Worker Board to address exposure, health, and health care issues at the US DOE Hanford site.
Statewide Firefighters
Helping to evaluate gloves that provide protection, but minimize ergonomic-related stresses
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Collaborate on applied research related to disaster resilience and climate and health equity.
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group (DRCC/TAG)
Membership on Community Advisory Board for UW EDGE Center
Clean Air Methow
Technical assistance/research translation on air pollution impacts (Smoke Stories podcasts)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
We work with the CDC Climate and Health Program (CHP) and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) to develop indicators for tracking pollen, climate change, and health impacts
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
We work with the CDC CHP to evaluate and gain insight into implementation of its cooperative agreement program Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
We work with CDC CHP to place interns and fellows to gain experience with climate and health practice.
Washington State Department of Health (DOH)
We work with WA DOH to advise the agency regarding climate and health program preparedness
Washington State Department of Health (DOH)
We work with WA DOH to respond to requests for a Cumulative Impact Assessment of fossil fuel pollution and climate change in response to the Clean Energy Transformation Act
World Health Organization South-East Asia (WHO SEARO)
We work with SEARO and member countries to develop climate and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments
World Health Organization South-East Asia (WHO SEARO)
We work with SEARO and member countries to evaluate the impacts of climate and health programming
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Research rodent activity in Seattle and evaluate survey methodology
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Provide consultative and/or technical assistance to Food Safety Program on community food donation
Washington State Department of Health (DOH)
Research safety of community food donation practices and provide guidance
Washington State Department of Ecology
Provide consultative and/or technical assistance to DOE on implementation of the Use Food Well Washington Plan
Northwest Food Alliance
Provide consultative and/or technical assistance on food safety and food rescue practices
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
Alaska Marine Safety Education Association
Commercial Fishing Safety Resources and Outreach
Washington State Promotor Network/CHW Network
COVID-19, Wildfire Smoke, and Heat Resources
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
The Extended Culture of Kidney MPS and Organoids to Model Acute and Chronic Exposure to Drugs and Environmental Toxins investigation approaches the challenge by developing two innovative models: the proximal tubule epithelial microphysiologic system (MPS) and the iPSC-derived kidney organoid. The goal of this investigation is to extend the use of the systems to model longer exposures to stressors and subsequent recovery to up to 6 months.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 5
Evaluation of PFAS destruction in supercritical water oxidation
SR3 - SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research
Sea mammal rehabilitation and research
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Assist with data integration of animal and human disease surveillance
Front and Centered
Population Health Initiative Grant to examine the role of CBOs as public health partners during the COVID-19 pandemic
Public Health - Seattle & King County
King County-specific evaluation of the WA Environmental Health Disparities Map
Washington State Department of Health (DOH)
Development of the WA Environmental Health Disparities Map
Washington State Department of Ecology
Development of the WA Environmental Health Disparities Map
Casa Familiar
California Air Resources Board AB617 Community to Community Training in establishing community air monitoring networks
Sichuan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Traffic related air pollution exposures and health effects
Got Green
Capacity building to use WA Environmental Health Disparities Map to consider climate vulnerability for communities of color
Washington Farmland Trust
Undergraduate Food Systems, Nutrition and Health Capstone course
Danny Woo Community Garden
Undergraduate Food Systems, Nutrition and Health Capstone course
City of Seattle Farm to Preschool program
Undergraduate Food Systems, Nutrition and Health Capstone course
Soil Health Justice Initiative
Undergraduate Food Systems, Nutrition and Health Capstone course
City of Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment
Undergraduate Food Systems, Nutrition and Health Capstone course
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (PNW Research Station)
Air Quality Bioindicators & Pollution Monitoring
Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics
No active projects with organization
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group (DRCC/TAG)
No active projects with organization
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
No active projects with organization
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 10
No active projects with organization
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
No active projects with organization
Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International
No active projects with organization
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
No active projects with organization
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
No active projects with organization
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
No active projects with organization
Institut de Recherche en Santé de Surveillance Epidemiologique et de Formation
No active projects with organization
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
No active projects with organization
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
No active projects with organization
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
No active projects with organization
Public Health – Seattle & King County
Developing a Mobile Method for Screening PFAS in Consumer Products
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
NIH-funded study of short and long-term consequences of wildfires for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
Sutter Health
Policy evaluation of SB27, which required a vet prescription to provide antibiotics to livestock, on risk of human antimicrobial-resistant UTI
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Multnomah County Health Department
Collaborative on Extreme Heat Events convenes public health agencies serving the Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, BC metropolitan areas to share and co-create action and research agendas related to extreme heat.
Public Health – Seattle & King County
Collaborative on Extreme Heat Events convenes public health agencies serving the Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, BC metropolitan areas to share and co-create action and research agendas related to extreme heat.
Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics
Michelle Averill
No active projects with organization
Aerospace Mfg1
Marty Cohen
Provide workplace H&S consultations
Evaluating hexavalent chromium program
Reviewing H&S programs
Aerospace Mfg2
Marty Cohen
Facility tours, internships, employment opportunities
Africa Health Research Institute
Peter Rabinowitz
No active projects with organization
Agricultural Leadership Program
Eddie Kasner
No active projects with organization
Alaska Marine Safety Education Association
Eddie Kasner
Commercial Fishing Safety Resources and Outreach
Project WebsiteAmerican Academy of Pediatrics
Catherine Karr
No active projects with organization
Pooja Tandon
No active projects with organization
Aquagga
Igor Novosselov
Hydrothermal Alkaline Treatment of PFAS-contaminated matrices
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jerry Cangelosi
No active projects with organization
Black Farmers Collective
Yona Sipos
Undergraduate Food Systems, Nutrition and Health Capstone course
Project WebsiteCabinet Company
Marty Cohen
Conducted at class tour at their site
Evaluate a variety of exposures and help develop controls as needed
California Department of Public Health
Joan Casey
No active projects with organization
Campbell Institute
Marty Cohen
Member of the Advisory Council for the Work to Zero initiative
Casa Familiar
Edmund Seto
California Air Resources Board AB617 Community to Community Training in establishing community air monitoring networks