Faculty
Joel D Kaufman
Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Professor, Medicine - General Internal Medicine
206-616-3501
joelk@uw.edu
Education
MD University of Michigan, 1986
MPH Environmental Health, University of Washington, 1990
Contact
206-616-3501
joelk@uw.edu
Box 354695
4225 Roosevelt Way NE
Suite 302
Seattle, WA 98105
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)
Estimating ambient air pollutant concentrations outside and inside homes in the Subpopulations and Intermediate outcomes in COPD air pollution (SPIROMICS air) cohort.
(2024 Jul 2)
Environ Res 259(): 119512
Kirwa K, Gassett AJ, Sack C, Paulin LM, Pirozzi CS, Barr RG, Woodruff PG, Han M, Wilgus ML, Barjaktarevic I, Peters S, Hansel NN, Kaufman JD
(2024 Jul 2)
Environ Res 259(): 119512
Kirwa K, Gassett AJ, Sack C, Paulin LM, Pirozzi CS, Barr RG, Woodruff PG, Han M, Wilgus ML, Barjaktarevic I, Peters S, Hansel NN, Kaufman JD
Source-Specific Air Pollution and Loss of Independence in Older Adults Across the US.
(2024 Jun 3)
JAMA Netw Open 7(6): e2418460
Zhang B, Mendes de Leon CF, Langa KM, Weuve J, Szpiro A, Faul J, D'Souza J, Kaufman JD, Hirth RA, Lisabeth LD, Gao J, Adar SD
(2024 Jun 3)
JAMA Netw Open 7(6): e2418460
Zhang B, Mendes de Leon CF, Langa KM, Weuve J, Szpiro A, Faul J, D'Souza J, Kaufman JD, Hirth RA, Lisabeth LD, Gao J, Adar SD
Association of Gaseous Ambient Air Pollution and Dementia-Related Neuroimaging Markers in the ARIC Cohort, Comparing Exposure Estimation Methods and Confounding by Study Site.
(2024 Jun)
Environ Health Perspect 132(6): 67010
Lynch KM, Bennett EE, Ying Q, Park ES, Xu X, Smith RL, Stewart JD, Liao D, Kaufman JD, Whitsel EA, Power MC
(2024 Jun)
Environ Health Perspect 132(6): 67010
Lynch KM, Bennett EE, Ying Q, Park ES, Xu X, Smith RL, Stewart JD, Liao D, Kaufman JD, Whitsel EA, Power MC
Long-term exposure to air pollution, greenness and temperature and survival after a nonfatal myocardial infarction.
(2024 Aug 15)
Environ Pollut 355(): 124236
Klompmaker JO, Laden F, Dominici F, James P, Josey KP, Kaufman J, Nethery RC, Rimm EB, Roscoe C, Wilt G, Yanosky JD, Zanobetti A, Hart JE
(2024 Aug 15)
Environ Pollut 355(): 124236
Klompmaker JO, Laden F, Dominici F, James P, Josey KP, Kaufman J, Nethery RC, Rimm EB, Roscoe C, Wilt G, Yanosky JD, Zanobetti A, Hart JE
An assessment of the mediating role of hypertension in the effect of long-term air pollution exposure on dementia.
(2024 Jun)
Environ Epidemiol 8(3): e306
Libby TE, Ilango SD, Leary CS, Semmens EO, Adam CE, Fitzpatrick AL, Kaufman JD, Hajat A
(2024 Jun)
Environ Epidemiol 8(3): e306
Libby TE, Ilango SD, Leary CS, Semmens EO, Adam CE, Fitzpatrick AL, Kaufman JD, Hajat A
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