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)

Residential proximity to oil and gas development and socioeconomic conditions: A comparative analysis of 33 countries.
(2026 Oct)
Environ Res Lett 21(20): 204020
Schwarz L, Flores NM, González DJX, McBrien H, Brooks N, Buonocore JJ, Aker A, Southerland V, Casey JA, Willis MD
Co-exposure to planned power outages and wildfire PM2.5 and acute healthcare utilization in California: A time-stratified case-crossover study.
(2026 Oct)
PLoS Med 23(10): e1005270
Wilner LB, Jones-Ngo CG, Chen C, Kwoka B, Do V, Kaufman JD, Myers LC, Benmahrnia T, Casey JA
Individual-level health effects of living near a gas-fired "Peaker" power plant.
(2026 Nov-Dec)
J Clim Chang Health 32(): 100762
Jung YS, Allen A, Casey J, Henneman L, Shan X, Shirley H, Nadeau K, Duhaime AC
Prenatal exposure to wildfire fine particulate matter and fetal growth outcomes in the United States: Findings from the ECHO Cohort.
(2026 Oct)
Environ Epidemiol 10(5): e526
Sherris AR, Dearborn LC, Goin DE, Loftus CT, Szpiro AA, Casey JA, Ilango SD, Angal J, Bennett DH, Buxton MA, Camargo CA Jr, Carroll KN, Childs ML, Cioffi C, Croen LA, Dabelea D, Eick SM, Farzan SF, Ferrara A, Garcia E, Gemmill A, Gilliland F, Habre R, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hipwell AE, Hirtz D, Karagas MR, Koinis-Mitchell D, Kress AM, Leve LD, Liang D, Lyall K, McCormack LA, McEvoy CT, Mirzakhani H, Morello-Frosch R, Niu Z, O'Connor TG, Peterson AK, Schmidt RJ, Karr CJ, Padula AM
Impact of a Large-Scale Mold Intervention in Public Housing on Asthma Emergency Department Visits.
(2026 Aug 25)
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
Flores NM, Casey JA, Lovinsky-Desir S, Spira-Cohen A, Louis S, Walters S, Little M, Zou J, Rudolph KE, Hernández D, Chen Q, Perzanowski MS
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