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
- Children's environmental health
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2023 Mar 24)
Am J Epidemiol
Knapp EA, Kress AM, Parker CB, Page GP, McArthur K, Gachigi KK, Alshawabkeh AN, Aschner JL, Bastain TM, Breton CV, Bendixsen CG, Brennan PA, Bush NR, Buss C, Camargo CA Jr, Catellier D, Cordero JF, Croen L, Dabelea D, Deoni S, D'Sa V, Duarte CS, Dunlop AL, Elliott AJ, Farzan SF, Ferrara A, Ganiban JM, Gern JE, Giardino AP, Towe-Goodman NR, Gold DR, Habre R, Hamra GB, Hartert T, Herbstman JB, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hipwell AE, Karagas MR, Karr CJ, Keenan K, Kerver JM, Koinis-Mitchell D, Lau B, Lester BM, Leve LD, Leventhal B, LeWinn KZ, Lewis J, Litonjua AA, Lyall K, Madan JC, McEvoy CT, McGrath M, Meeker JD, Miller RL, Morello-Frosch R, Neiderhiser JM, O'Connor TG, Oken E, O'Shea M, Paneth N, Porucznik CA, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz SL, Spindel ER, Stanford JB, Stroustrup A, Teitelbaum SL, Trasande L, Volk H, Wadhwa PD, Weiss ST, Woodruff TJ, Wright RJ, Zhao Q, Jacobson LP, Environmental Influences On Child Health Outcomes OBOPCF
(2023 Feb 3)
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
Bush NR, Noroña-Zhou A, Coccia M, Rudd KL, Ahmad SI, Loftus CT, Swan SH, Nguyen RHN, Barrett ES, Tylavsky FA, Mason WA, Karr CJ, Sathyanarayana S, LeWinn KZ
(2022 Dec 22)
Biomedicines 11(1):
Nanishi M, Chandran A, Li X, Stanford JB, Alshawabkeh AN, Aschner JL, Dabelea D, Dunlop AL, Elliott AJ, Gern JE, Hartert T, Herbstman J, Hershey GKK, Hipwell AE, Karagas MR, Karr CJ, Leve LD, Litonjua AA, McEvoy CT, Miller RL, Oken E, O'Shea TM, Paneth N, Weiss ST, Wright RO, Wright RJ, Carroll KN, Zhang X, Zhao Q, Zoratti E, Camargo CA Jr, Hasegawa K, Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Investigators
(2023 Jan)
Environ Health Perspect 131(1): 19001
Day DB, Sathyanarayana S, LeWinn KZ, Karr CJ, Mason WA, Szpiro AA
(2023 Jan)
Environ Health Perspect 131(1): 18002
Day DB, Sathyanarayana S, LeWinn KZ, Karr CJ, Mason WA, Szpiro AA
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The Lancet, 05/25/2018
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