Faculty

Joan Casey

Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Professor, 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

Publications list in google scholar

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Incident Dementia.
(2024 Nov 25)
JAMA Neurol
Elser H, Frankland TB, Chen C, Tartof SY, Mayeda ER, Lee GS, Northrop AJ, Torres JM, Benmarhnia T, Casey JA
Methods for Quantifying Source-Specific Air Pollution Exposure to Serve Epidemiology, Risk Assessment, and Environmental Justice.
(2024 Nov)
Geohealth 8(11): e2024GH001188
Shan X, Casey JA, Shearston JA, Henneman LRF
Use, limitations, and future directions of mixtures approaches to understand the health impacts of weather- and climate change-related exposures, an under-studied aspect of the exposome.
(2024)
Exposome 4(1): osae007
Do V, Parks RM, Casey JA, Goin DE, Kioumourtzoglou MA
Invited Perspective: Drilling Down into the Mechanisms Linking Oil and Gas Development to Adverse Perinatal Health Outcomes.
(2024 Oct)
Environ Health Perspect 132(10): 101301
Casey JA, Willis MD
Potential Health Hazards of Cryptocurrency Mining: Protecting Health in a "Digital Oil Boom".
(2024 Sep 26)
JAMA
Willis MD, Casey JA, Buonocore JJ
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