Catherine Karr
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
206-616-4355
ckarr@uw.edu
Education
PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2004
MD Medicine, University of Washington, 1999
MS Toxicology, University of Washington, 1989
Contact
206-616-4355
ckarr@uw.edu
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 Areas
Research Interests
Children's environmental health
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2024 Mar)
Environ Health Perspect 132(3): 37704
Lumumba EA, Riederer AM, Onyatta JO, Benki-Nugent S, Karr CJ, Were FH
(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
(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
(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
(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
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In the News
The Washington Post, 11/30/2022
Science Daily, 05/25/2022
ABC News, 07/19/2019
WUNC: North Carolina Public Radio, 09/07/2018
Yakima Herald, 06/29/2018
KING5 News, 06/09/2018
King5 News, 06/07/2018
The Lancet, 05/25/2018
KIRO7-TV, 05/04/2018
KIRO 7, 05/03/2018