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)
(2025 Oct 1)
Environ Res
Mitro SD, Yang W, Ferrara A, Hedderson M, Aung M, Suthar H, Raghunathan RS, Zhu Y, Peterson AK, Reynolds M, Kannan K, Oken E, Karagas MR, Hipwell AE, O'Connor TG, Carignan C, Breton CV, Bastain TM, Karr C, Lyall K, Avalos LA, ECHO Cohort Consortium
(2025 Sep 22)
Res Sq
Silva J, Andrade-Torres A, Schuster C, Black J, Tavira J, Yelechin V, Villa A, Tom K, Clark S, Karr CJ, Loftus CT
(2025 Oct 1)
Fertil Steril
Lindell LX, Holt SK, Petersen E, Gunaje N, Amighi A, Haack A, Bui A, Nasseri R, Crisostomo-Wynne T, Karr CJ, Muller CH, Walsh TJ, Nicholson TM
(2025 Mar)
Nat Ment Health 3(3): 318-331
Baker BH, Bammler TK, Barrett ES, Bush NR, Collett BR, Derefinko KJ, Enquobahrie DA, Karr CJ, LeWinn KZ, Liu J, Loftus CT, MacDonald JW, Swan SH, Zhao Q, Paquette AG, Sathyanarayana S
(2025 Aug)
Int J Hyg Environ Health 269(): 114638
Hash JB, Dearborn LC, Loftus CT, Karr CJ, Szpiro AA, Barrett ES, LeWinn KZ, Nguyen R, Moore PE, Collett B, NoroƱa-Zhou AN, Bush NR, Sathyanarayana S
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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
KIRO 7, 05/03/2018
OPB.org, 04/25/2018