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)

The diverging role of increasing wildfire smoke to ambient PM(2.5) exposure disparity in California, 2006 to 2018.
(2026)
PLOS Clim 5(2):
Nguyen JT, Casey JA, Benmarhnia T, Chen C
A Comparative Analysis of Wildland Fire Smoke PM(2.5) Exposure Estimates Across California From 2008 to 2018.
(2026 Jun)
Geohealth 10(6): e2025GH001575
Connolly R, Nguyen JT, Walker A, Wilkins J, Ma Y, Aguilera R, Chen C, Gershunov A, Casey JA, Qiu M, Zhang D, Liu Y, Benmarhnia T, Jerrett M, Marlier ME
Exposure to Coal-fired Power Plant Emissions, Unconventional Natural Gas Development, and Salivary miRNA Profiles and Asthma in Children.
(2026 Jun 15)
Environ Res
Reho P, Jackson GL, Wang F, Flores N, Henneman LRF, Mercer D, Schwartz BS, Baccarelli A, Wu H, Casey JA
Black-White Differences in Neonatal Survival Among Periviable Births, 1995-2019.
(2026 Jun 11)
Obstet Gynecol
Stolte A, Bustos B, Gemmill A, Casey JA, Catalano RA, Bruckner TA
A Policy Lens on Climate Vulnerability and Health Insurance.
(2026 May 1)
JAMA Netw Open 9(5): e2615210
Willis MD, Sluzalis S, Casey JA
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