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)

Potential Health Hazards of Cryptocurrency Mining: Protecting Health in a "Digital Oil Boom".
(2024 Sep 26)
JAMA
Willis MD, Casey JA, Buonocore JJ
Assessing the Burden of Electrical, Elevator, Heat, Hot Water, and Water Service Interruptions in New York City Public Housing.
(2024 Sep 16)
J Urban Health
Flores NM, Hernández D, Fahey CA, Portis LJ, Casey JA
Vanishing twins, spared cohorts, and the birthweight of periviable infants born to Black and white women in the United States.
(2024 Sep 6)
Sci Adv 10(36): eado6691
Catalano R, Stolte A, Casey J, Gemmill A, Lee H, Bustos B, Bruckner T
Public drinking water contaminant estimates for birth cohorts in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort.
(2024 Aug 4)
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Bloomquist TR, Spaur M, Cerna-Turoff I, Kress AM, Burjak M, Kupsco A, Casey JA, Herbstman JB, Nigra AE
Power Outages: An Underappreciated Risk Factor for Children's Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.
(2024 Jul 21)
medRxiv
Northrop AJ, Do V, Flores NM, Wilner LB, Sheffield PE, Casey JA
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