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

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Recent Publications (PubMed)

Two and a half decades of United States wildfire burn zone disaster data, 2000-2025.
(2025 Dec 17)
Sci Data 12(1): 1948
Wilner LB, Piepmeier L, Gordon M, Steiger BB, Northrop AJ, McBrien H, Shea B, Meltzer GY, Bedi NS, Blake EM, Benmarhnia T, Braun D, Casey JA
Long-term impact of PM2.5 on mortality is exacerbated when wildfire events occur.
(2025 Dec 17)
Am J Epidemiol
Spoto F, Dominici F, Benmarhnia T, Braun D, Casey JA
Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke and mortality: Heterogeneous effects by exposure metric and across subpopulations.
(2025 Dec 23)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 122(51): e2509173122
Schwarz L, Frankland TB, Tartof SY, Lee GS, Gu YM, Mayeda ER, González DJX, Benmarhnia T, Casey JA, Chen C
Using generalized random forests to characterize vulnerability to adverse health outcomes following wildfire smoke exposure in California.
(2025 Dec)
Environ Int 206(): 109955
Letellier N, Jones-Ngo CG, Cheung MW, Aguilera R, Casey JA, Zakaras JM, Sugrue R, Teherani A, Thakur N, Collard H, Weiser SD, Benmarhnia T
Hospital Readmission After Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalization in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
(2025 Nov 30)
Ann Clin Transl Neurol
Thomas R, Law CA, Casey JA, Mosley T, Gottesman RF, Diaz-Arrastia R, Elser H, Schneider ALC
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