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)

School-based exposures to oil and gas development for public school children in the United States.
(2026 Mar 28)
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Clark CJ, Campbell E, Grady ST, Buonocore J, Aker A, Deziel NC, Casey JA, Willis M
The association between power outages and cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations among US Medicare beneficiaries in 2018: A case-crossover study.
(2026 Mar)
PLoS Med 23(3): e1004923
McBrien H, Mork D, Do V, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Casey JA
Inflated Denominators, Selection In Utero, and the Black Male Neonatal Death Paradox.
(2026 Mar 8)
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
Catalano R, Bustos B, Hritan E, Casey JA, Gemmill A, Lee H, Sarnak D, Bruckner T
Changes in state-level definitions of fetal death and the reporting of fetal death and periviable live births in the United States, 1996-2021: A panel study.
(2026 Apr)
Ann Epidemiol 116(): 110056
Bustos B, Stolte A, Gemmill A, Casey JA, Sarnak D, Catalano R, Bruckner TA
Air pollution exposure among people with limitations in activities of daily living in the United States.
(2025 Dec 24)
medRxiv
McBrien H, Taylor M, Childs ML, Schwarz L, Wolf K, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Morello-Frosch R, Casey JA
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