Faculty

Catherine Karr

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences

206-616-4355

Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2004
MD Medicine, University of Washington, 1999
MS Toxicology, University of Washington, 1989

Contact

206-616-4355

UW DEOHS, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite 301
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)

Prenatal ozone exposure and child lung function: Exploring effect modification by oxidative balance score.
(2024 Dec 11)
Int J Hyg Environ Health 264(): 114491
Dearborn LC, Hazlehurst MF, Melough MM, Szpiro AA, Sherris AR, Adgent MA, Ni Y, Wright RJ, Thakur N, Bush NR, Moore PE, Loftus CT, Karr CJ, Carroll KN
Environmental and dietary factors associated with urinary OH-PAHs in mid-pregnancy in a large multi-site study.
(2024 Dec 2)
Environ Res
Riederer AM, Sherris AR, Szpiro AA, Melough MM, Simpson CD, Loftus CT, Day DB, Wallace ER, Trasande L, Barrett ES, Nguyen RH, Kannan K, Robinson M, Swan SH, Mason WA, Bush NR, Sathyanarayana S, LeWinn KZ, Karr CJ
Prenatal exposure to environmental bisphenols over time and their association with childhood asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis in the ECHO consortium.
(2024 Nov 28)
Environ Pollut 366(): 125415
Miller RL, Wang Y, Aalborg J, Alshawabkeh AN, Bennett DH, Breton CV, Buckley JP, Dabelea D, Dunlop AL, Ferrara A, Gao G, Gaylord A, Gold DR, Hartert T, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hoepner LA, Karagas M, Karr CJ, Kelly RS, Khatchikian C, Liu M, Meeker JD, O'Connor TG, Peterson AK, Sathyanarayana S, Sordillo J, Trasande L, Weiss ST, Zhu Y, ECHO Cohort Consortium
Prenatal exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and child lung function in the CANDLE cohort.
(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
Do small effects matter more in vulnerable populations? an investigation using Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) cohorts.
(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
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