Faculty

Harvey Checkoway

Affiliate Professor, Epidemiology
Affiliate Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences

858-822-0159

Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, 1978
MPH Epidemiology, Yale University, 1975
BA Psychology, Boston University, 1971

Contact

858-822-0159

University of California (San Diego)
CA
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Bio

Director, UW Superfund Basic Research Program Project

 
Dr. Checkoway has held faculty positions in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina (1979-87), the University of Washington Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (primary) and Epidemiology (joint) (1987-2013), and the University of California, San Diego, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine (2013 – present). His main research and teaching interests have focused on occupational and environmental risk factors for non-infectious disease, especially cancers, Parkinson disease, and respiratory disorders. He is first author of the textbook, “Research Methods in Occupational Epidemiology” Oxford University Press, 1st ed. 1989, 2nd ed 2004. He served as Program Director of the University of Washington Superfund Research Program, funded by NIEHS (1998-2013).

Research Interests

Occupational and environmental risk factors for non-infectious diseases, especially cancers, Parkinson disease, respiratory disorders

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Erratum: "Urinary Glyphosate, 2,4-D and DEET Biomarkers in Relation to Neurobehavioral Performance in Ecuadorian Adolescents in the ESPINA Cohort".
(2023 Dec)
Environ Health Perspect 131(12): 129001
Chronister BNC, Yang K, Yang AR, Lin T, Tu XM, Lopez-Paredes D, Checkoway H, Suarez-Torres J, Gahagan S, Martinez D, Barr D, Moore RC, Suarez-Lopez JR

Urinary Glyphosate, 2,4-D and DEET Biomarkers in Relation to Neurobehavioral Performance in Ecuadorian Adolescents in the ESPINA Cohort.
(2023 Oct)
Environ Health Perspect 131(10): 107007
Chronister BNC, Yang K, Yang AR, Lin T, Tu XM, Lopez-Paredes D, Checkoway H, Suarez-Torres J, Gahagan S, Martinez D, Barr D, Moore RC, Suarez-Lopez JR

The prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing and associated risk factors in patients with decompensated congestive heart failure in Mozambique.
(2023 Jun 1)
J Clin Sleep Med 19(6): 1103-1110
Lo S, Mbanze I, Orr JE, DeYoung P, Checkoway H, Govo V, Jessen N, Damasceno A, Malhotra A

Environmental manganese exposure and cognitive control in a South African population.
(2022 Mar)
Neurotoxicology 89(): 31-40
Racette BA, Nelson G, Dlamini WW, Hershey T, Prathibha P, Turner JR, Checkoway H, Sheppard L, Searles Nielsen S

Testosterone, estradiol, DHEA and cortisol in relation to anxiety and depression scores in adolescents.
(2021 Nov 1)
J Affect Disord 294(): 838-846
Chronister BN, Gonzalez E, Lopez-Paredes D, Suarez-Torres J, Gahagan S, Martinez D, Barros J, Jacobs DR Jr, Checkoway H, Suarez-Lopez JR

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