Faculty

Joel D Kaufman

Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Professor, Medicine - General Internal Medicine

206-616-3501

Education

MD University of Michigan, 1986
MPH Environmental Health, University of Washington, 1990

Contact

206-616-3501

Box 354695
4225 Roosevelt Way NE
Suite 302
Seattle, WA 98105

Research Areas

Research Interests

Clean Air, Sustainable Communities, Environmental Health, Occupational Medicine, Pollution, Wildfires

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Midlife exposure to neighborhood greenness and later-life cognitive decline: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
(2026 Mar 13)
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
Besser LM, Chang LC, Evenson KR, Galvin JE, Heckbert SR, Hirsch JA, James P, Jimenez MP, Kaufman J, Lockhart SN, Mitsova D, Moore KA, Sachs BC, Hughes T, Roux AVD
Air pollution predicts healthcare spending among older adults in the United States.
(2026 Feb)
Environ Int 208(): 110123
Adar SD, Zhang B, D'Souza J, Szpiro AA, Gangaram A, Weuve J, Mendes de Leon CF, Keller KP, Pedde M, Lee J, Kaufman JD, Faul J, Langa KM, Hirth RA
Air Pollution and the Progression of Physical Function Limitations and Disability in Aging Adults.
(2026 Feb 2)
JAMA Netw Open 9(2): e2558699
Gao J, Mendes de Leon CF, Szpiro AA, Weuve J, Langa KM, Hirth RA, Bakulski KM, Lee J, Zhang B, D'Souza J, Keller KP, Kaufman JD, Faul J, Adar SD
The role of coronary artery calcification in metal-related cardiovascular disease.
(2026 Feb)
Environ Int 208(): 110095
Domingo-Relloso A, McGraw KE, Martinez-Morata I, Zhang Y, Schilling K, Glabonjat RA, Wang Z, Berhane K, Coull BA, Galvez-Fernandez M, Jones MR, Post WS, Kaufman J, Sanchez TR, Tellez-Plaza M, Barr GR, Shea S, Navas-Acien A, Valeri L
Association between late-life air pollution exposure and medial temporal lobe atrophy in older women.
(2026 Jan)
Neurotoxicology 112(): 103378
Wang X, Salminen LE, Petkus AJ, Frahmand I, Millstein J, Beavers DP, Espeland MA, Erus G, Braskie MN, Thompson PM, Gatz M, Chui HC, Resnick SM, Kaufman JD, Rapp SR, Shumaker S, Brown M, Younan D, Chen JC
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