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 Areas

Research Interests

Clean Air, Clean Water, Sustainable Communities, Agricultural health and safety, Chemical hazards, Children's Health, Community-engaged Research, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Pesticides, Pollution, Wildfires

DEOHS Biography

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) metabolite concentrations in three pregnancy cohorts from 7 U.S. study sites.
(2024)
PLoS One 19(7): e0305004
Masterson EE, Riederer AM, Loftus CT, Wallace ER, Szpiro AA, Simpson CD, Muralidharan R, Trasande L, Barrett ES, Nguyen RHN, Kannan K, Robinson M, Swan S, Mason WA, Bush NR, Sathyanarayana S, LeWinn KZ, Karr CJ
A genome scale transcriptional regulatory model of the human placenta.
(2024 Jun 28)
Sci Adv 10(26): eadf3411
Paquette A, Ahuna K, Hwang YM, Pearl J, Liao H, Shannon P, Kadam L, Lapehn S, Bucher M, Roper R, Funk C, MacDonald J, Bammler T, Baloni P, Brockway H, Mason WA, Bush N, Lewinn KZ, Karr CJ, Stamatoyannopoulos J, Muglia LJ, Jones H, Sadovsky Y, Myatt L, Sathyanarayana S, Price ND
Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and executive functions at school age: Results from a combined cohort study.
(2024 Jul)
Int J Hyg Environ Health 260(): 114407
Ni Y, Szpiro AA, Loftus CT, Workman T, Sullivan A, Wallace ER, Riederer AM, Day DB, Murphy LE, Nguyen RHN, Sathyanarayana S, Barrett ES, Zhao Q, Enquobahrie DA, Simpson C, Ahmad SI, Arizaga JA, Collett BR, Derefinko KJ, Kannan K, Bush NR, LeWinn KZ, Karr CJ
Air Pollution Exposures and Child Executive Function: A U.S. Multi-Cohort Study.
(2024 Jun 13)
Epidemiology
Ni Y, Sullivan A, Szpiro AA, Peng J, Loftus CT, Hazlehurst MF, Sherris A, Wallace ER, Murphy LE, Nguyen RHN, Swan SH, Sathyanarayana S, Barrett ES, Mason WA, Bush NR, Karr CJ, LeWinn KZ
Practical considerations for using low-cost sensors to assess wildfire smoke exposure in school and childcare settings.
(2024 May 10)
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Stampfer O, Zuidema C, Allen RW, Fox J, Sampson P, Seto E, Karr CJ
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