ENV H 580 Environmental and Occupational Health Seminar: Maia Celine Tarnas - "Conflict as a structural determinant of health"
Maia C. Tarnas, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences. She uses infectious disease and spatial epidemiology, Earth observation, statistical modeling, and medical geography to study how armed conflict and forced displacement impact people’s health. She is also a Senior Research Fellow with NASA Lifelines and previously worked as a consultant for the World Health Organization’s Health and Migration Team. She received her PhD in Public Health at the University of California, Irvine.
Armed conflicts create environments in which infectious diseases thrive. This talk will discuss how conflict and displacement actively influence disease risk and the pathways through which this occurs. In particular, we will examine how factors including infrastructure damage and environmental change shape infectious disease dynamics in these settings. Together, these pathways offer a more mechanistic understanding of disease risk in conflict-affected populations.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HOAWvDegSXiH8g1fczEqew. Campus room: HRC 155. Accessibility Contact: ehug@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM.
ENV H 580 Environmental and Occupational Health Seminar
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: HRC 155. Accessibility Contact: Kevin Darole. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 8, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM.
ENV H 580 Environmental and Occupational Health Seminar
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: HRC 155. Accessibility Contact: Kevin Darole. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM.
Peter A. Breysse Memorial Lecture with Dr. Robert Harrison (ENV H 580 Environmental and Occupational Health Seminar)
The UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) welcomes Dr. Robert Harrison as our 2026 Breysse Lecture speaker. Dr. Harrison will deliver his speech, "From surveillance to prevention: Interdisciplinary strategies for occupational health and safety," which will be followed by a reception.
RSVP form will be available soon.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2BNa_N9dSqWr3-ut5UhE_A. Campus room: HRC 155. Accessibility Contact: ehug@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM.
For more info visit deohs.washington.edu.