Catherine Karr
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
206-616-4355
ckarr@uw.edu
Education
PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2004
MD Medicine, University of Washington, 1999
MS Toxicology, University of Washington, 1989
Contact
206-616-4355
ckarr@uw.edu
Seattle, WA 98105
Bio
Catherine Karr MD PhD (she/her) is an environmental epidemiologist and pediatric environmental medicine specialist. She has a primary appointment in the University of Washington Department of Pediatrics, Joint in Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, and Adjunct in Epidemiology. Her studies focus largely on low resourced communities in the U.S. as well as other low and middle income nations (Kenya). Her work represents methods comprising merging of large datasets on environmental factors and pediatric health outcomes as well as small in depth research using community engaged research practice. Indoor and outdoor air pollution, lead and pesticide exposures are focus areas of her expertise. She also maintains a general pediatric practice at the UW Pediatric Clinic at Roosevelt and directs a UW based regional outreach and consultation service, the NW Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU).
Research Areas
Research Interests
Clean Air, Clean Water, Sustainable Communities, Agricultural health and safety, Chemical hazards, Children's Health, Community-engaged Research, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Pesticides, Pollution, Wildfires
DEOHS Biography
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2024 Dec)
Ann Med 56(1): 2422051
Sherris AR, Hazlehurst MF, Dearborn LC, Loftus CT, Szpiro AA, Adgent MA, Carroll KN, Day DB, LeWinn KZ, Ni Y, Sathyanarayana S, Wright RJ, Zhao Q, Karr CJ, Moore PE
(2024 Sep 28)
BMC Public Health 24(1): 2655
Peacock JL, Coto SD, Rees JR, Sauzet O, Jensen ET, Fichorova R, Dunlop AL, Paneth N, Padula A, Woodruff T, Morello-Frosch R, Trowbridge J, Goin D, Maldonado LE, Niu Z, Ghassabian A, Transande L, Ferrara A, Croen LA, Alexeeff S, Breton C, Litonjua A, O'Connor TG, Lyall K, Volk H, Alshawabkeh A, Manjourides J, Camargo CA Jr, Dabelea D, Hockett CW, Bendixsen CG, Hertz-Picciotto I, Schmidt RJ, Hipwell AE, Keenan K, Karr C, LeWinn KZ, Lester B, Camerota M, Ganiban J, McEvoy C, Elliott MR, Sathyanarayana S, Ji N, Braun JM, Karagas MR, Program Collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes
(2024 Sep 12)
Environ Health 23(1): 74
Hazlehurst MF, Hajat A, Tandon PS, Szpiro AA, Kaufman JD, Tylavsky FA, Hare ME, Sathyanarayana S, Loftus CT, LeWinn KZ, Bush NR, Karr CJ
(2024 Nov-Dec)
Child Dev 95(6): 2241-2251
Trevino CO, Lai JS, Tang X, LeWinn KZ, Nozadi SS, Wosu A, Leve LD, Towe-Goodman NR, Ni Y, Graff JC, Karr CJ, Collett BR, program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes
(2024)
PLoS One 19(7): e0305004
Masterson EE, Riederer AM, Loftus CT, Wallace ER, Szpiro AA, Simpson CD, Muralidharan R, Trasande L, Barrett ES, Nguyen RHN, Kannan K, Robinson M, Swan S, Mason WA, Bush NR, Sathyanarayana S, LeWinn KZ, Karr CJ
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In the News
The Washington Post, 11/30/2022
Science Daily, 05/25/2022
ABC News, 07/19/2019
WUNC: North Carolina Public Radio, 09/07/2018
Yakima Herald, 06/29/2018
KING5 News, 06/09/2018
King5 News, 06/07/2018
The Lancet, 05/25/2018
KIRO7-TV, 05/04/2018
KIRO 7, 05/03/2018