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)

Public Water Arsenic and Birth Outcomes in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort.
(2025 Jun 2)
JAMA Netw Open 8(6): e2514084
Nigra AE, Bloomquist TR, Rajeev T, Burjak M, Casey JA, Goin DE, Herbstman JB, Ornelas Van Horne Y, Wylie BJ, Cerna-Turoff I, Braun JM, McArthur KL, Karagas MR, Ames JL, Sherris AR, Bulka CM, Padula AM, Howe CG, Fry RC, Eaves LA, Breton CV, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Lewis J, MacKenzie D, Beene D, Farzan SF, Sathyanarayana S, Hipwell AE, Morello-Frosch R, Snyder BM, Hartert TV, Elliott AJ, O'Connor TG, Kress AM, ECHO Cohort Consortium
Assessing bias in measuring power outage exposure with simulations.
(2025 Aug)
Environ Epidemiol 9(4): e403
McBrien H, Mork D, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Casey JA
Assessing the potential impacts of California Senate Bill 27 (SB27) on the antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli from raw meat.
(2025 Jun 11)
Environ Health Perspect
Quinlivan V, Park DE, Aziz M, Casey JA, Davis M, Hu Q, Innes G, Nachman K, Nyaboe A, Pomichowski M, Rabanes HG, Roberts A, Roloff E, Takhar HS, Tartof SY, Liu C, Price L, KP & GWU ARES team
Long-term impact of PM(2.5) on mortality is exacerbated when wildfire events occur.
(2025 May 22)
ArXiv
Spoto F, Dominici F, Braun D, Casey JA
Power Outages and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Children.
(2025 Jun 1)
Pediatrics 155(6):
Northrop AJ, Do V, Flores NM, Wilner LB, Sheffield PE, Casey JA
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