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)

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 Feb 17)
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
Impacts of the Pacific Northwest Heat Dome on preterm birth rates in Oregon and Washington State.
(2025 Dec 19)
medRxiv
McBrien H, Catalano R, Bruckner T, Flores NM, Stolte A, Gemmill A, Casey JA
Effects of Multiple Wildfire Smoke Pollutants (PM(2.5), PM(10), and Ozone) on Respiratory and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in California (2006-2019).
(2025 Dec)
Geohealth 9(12): e2025GH001510
Aguilera R, Letellier N, Basu R, Vaidyanathan A, Casey JA, Gershunov A, Diao M, Benmarhnia T
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