Faculty

Joan Casey

Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Associate Chair for Research Initiatives, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Robert W. Day Endowed Professorship in Public Health, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences

206-543-0408

Education

BS Biological Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 2008
MA Applied Physiology, Columbia University, 2009
PhD Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2014

Contact

206-543-0408

Office 254-B
Hans Rosling Center
3980 15th Avenue Northeast
Seattle, WA 98105
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Bio

Joan A. Casey (she/her) received her doctoral degree from the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Casey uses large secondary spatial data sources to investigate the health impacts of a range of emerging environmental exposures including wildfires, power outages, fossil fuel infrastructure, and the energy transition. She prioritizes the study of joint social and environmental risk factors that help explain persistent health disparities and focuses on policy-relevant climate justice work. Dr. Casey also holds a BS in Biological and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University and an MA in Applied Physiology from Teachers College at Columbia University.

Research Areas

Research Interests

Environmental and climate epidemiology; environmental justice; health disparities; electronic health records; spatial statistics; quasi-experimental design; wildfires; power outages; older adults; perinatal and maternal health

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Recent Publications (PubMed)

A Policy Lens on Climate Vulnerability and Health Insurance.
(2026 May 1)
JAMA Netw Open 9(5): e2615210
Willis MD, Sluzalis S, Casey JA
Impacts of the Pacific northwest heat dome on preterm birth rates in Oregon and Washington state.
(2026 May 19)
Am J Epidemiol
McBrien H, Catalano R, Bruckner T, Flores NM, Stolte A, Gemmill A, Casey JA
Climate Hazards and the Opioid Overdose Epidemic.
(2026 Jun)
Am J Public Health 116(6): 765-768
Casey JA, Marshall BDL, Kioumourtzoglou MA
Source-specific air pollution in areas and periods with limited data: application to 1940 in the United States.
(2025 Dec)
Environ Res Health 3(4):
Shan X, Casey JA, Shearston JA, Henneman LRF
Electrical Power Outages and Asthma-related Emergency Department Visits in New York City, 2018-2022.
(2026 Jul 1)
Epidemiology 37(4): 544-552
Flores NM, Rudolph KE, Spira-Cohen A, Walters S, Do V, Northrop AJ, Hernández D, Lovinsky-Desir S, Perzanowski MS, Casey JA
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