Faculty

Catherine Karr

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences

206-616-4355

Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2004
MD Medicine, University of Washington, 1999
MS Toxicology, University of Washington, 1989

Contact

206-616-4355

UW DEOHS, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite 301
Seattle, WA 98105

Bio

Catherine Karr MD PhD (she/her) is an environmental epidemiologist and pediatric environmental medicine specialist. She has a primary appointment in the University of Washington Department of Pediatrics, Joint in Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, and Adjunct in Epidemiology. Her studies focus largely on low resourced communities in the U.S. as well as other low and middle income nations (Kenya). Her work represents methods comprising merging of large datasets on environmental factors and pediatric health outcomes as well as small in depth research using community engaged research practice. Indoor and outdoor air pollution, lead and pesticide exposures are focus areas of her expertise. She also maintains a general pediatric practice at the UW Pediatric Clinic at Roosevelt and directs a UW based regional outreach and consultation service, the NW Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU).

Research Interests

Children's environmental health

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood Lead Levels in Selected Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study.
(2024 Mar)
Environ Health Perspect 132(3): 37704
Lumumba EA, Riederer AM, Onyatta JO, Benki-Nugent S, Karr CJ, Were FH

Individual and Neighborhood Level Predictors of Children's Exposure to Residential Greenspace.
(2024 Mar 14)
J Urban Health
Hazlehurst MF, Hajat A, Szpiro AA, Tandon PS, Kaufman JD, Loftus CT, Bush NR, LeWinn KZ, Hare ME, Sathyanarayana S, Karr CJ

Associations of prenatal ambient air pollution exposures with asthma in middle childhood.
(2024 Mar 8)
Int J Hyg Environ Health 258(): 114333
Hazlehurst MF, Carroll KN, Moore PE, Szpiro AA, Adgent MA, Dearborn LC, Sherris AR, Loftus CT, Ni Y, Zhao Q, Barrett ES, Nguyen RHN, Swan SH, Wright RJ, Bush NR, Sathyanarayana S, LeWinn KZ, Karr CJ

Prenatal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and asthma at age 8-9 years in a multi-site longitudinal study.
(2024 Mar 8)
Environ Health 23(1): 26
Sherris AR, Loftus CT, Szpiro AA, Dearborn LC, Hazlehurst MF, Carroll KN, Moore PE, Adgent MA, Barrett ES, Bush NR, Day DB, Kannan K, LeWinn KZ, Nguyen RHN, Ni Y, Riederer AM, Robinson M, Sathyanarayana S, Zhao Q, Karr CJ

Sex-specific associations between placental corticotropin releasing hormone and problem behaviors in childhood.
(2024 May)
Psychoneuroendocrinology 163(): 106994
Barrett ES, Sullivan A, Workman T, Zhang Y, Loftus CT, Szpiro AA, Paquette A, MacDonald JW, Coccia M, Smith R, Bowman M, Smith A, Derefinko K, Nguyen RHN, Zhao Q, Sathyanarayana S, Karr C, LeWinn KZ, Bush NR

Show complete publication list