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)

Left Truncation in the Periviable Period and the Black Survival Advantage.
(2025 Apr 1)
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
Bruckner TA, Stolte A, Bustos B, Gemmill A, Casey JA, Lee H, Catalano RA
The 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires and Outpatient Acute Healthcare Utilization.
(2025 Mar 15)
medRxiv
Casey JA, Gu YM, Schwarz L, Frankland TB, Wilner LB, McBrien H, Flores NM, Dey AK, Lee GS, Chen C, Benmarhnia T, Tartof SY
The impact of power outages on cardiovascular hospitalizations among Medicare Fee-for-Service enrollees in New York State, 2017-2018.
(2025 Mar 24)
Epidemiology
Do V, McBrien HK, Edmondson D, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Casey JA
Disruption to test scores after hurricanes in the United States.
(2025 Jun 1)
Environ Res Health 3(2): 025003
Meltzer GY, Anderson GB, Xie X, Casey JA, Schwartz J, Bell ML, Ornelas Van Horne Y, Fox J, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Parks RM
Co-occurring climate events and environmental justice in California, 2018-2019.
(2025 Jun 1)
Environ Res Health 3(2): 021001
Shea B, Meltzer GY, Steiger BB, Parks RM, Do V, McBrien H, Flores N, Gordon M, Blake EM, Casey JA
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