Faculty

Joel D Kaufman

Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Professor, Medicine - General Internal Medicine

206-616-3501

Education

MD University of Michigan, 1986
MPH Environmental Health, University of Washington, 1990

Contact

206-616-3501

Box 354695
4225 Roosevelt Way NE
Suite 302
Seattle, WA 98105

Research Areas

Research Interests

Clean Air, Sustainable Communities, Environmental Health, Occupational Medicine, Pollution, Wildfires

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Air pollution and breast cancer incidence in a United States-wide prospective cohort study: Examining sensitive periods of exposure.
(2025 Dec)
Environ Int 206(): 109966
Ish JL, Ou JY, Rector-Houze AM, Niehoff NM, Bi J, Kaufman JD, Sandler DP, White AJ
Long-term air pollution exposure and gait speed decline among older Adults: A longitudinal analysis.
(2026 Jan 15)
Environ Res 289(): 123356
Kim B, Hajat A, Gassett AJ, Adam CE, Kaufman JD, Semmens EO, Leary CS, Fitzpatrick AL
Marginal structural models for quantifying the causal effects of exposure to ambient air pollution on progression of CT emphysema in the MESA Lung and MESA Air Studies.
(2025 Nov 17)
Am J Epidemiol
Malinsky D, Wang M, Heise R, Pistenmaa CL, Hoffman EA, Sheppard L, Szpiro AA, Laine A, Angelini E, Smith BM, Kaufman JD, Barr RG
Occupational Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution: At-Risk Worker Groups, Regulatory and Research Needs An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.
(2025 Nov)
Ann Am Thorac Soc 22(11): 1619-1632
MacMurdo MG, Maier LA, Balmes JR, Berg E, Brigham E, Cummings KJ, Dahlberg V, Evoy R, Ewart G, Guild A, Henneberger PK, Hines SE, Kaufman JD, Lee A, Liebman A, Magzamen S, Meza E, Neidell M, Schenker M, Spector JT, Sokas R, Sack C
Pre- and post-move exposure to air pollution and neighborhood socioeconomic status.
(2025 Nov 15)
Sci Total Environ 1004(): 180749
Liu C, Bennett EE, Lynch KM, Xu X, Park ES, Ying Q, Smith RL, Stewart JD, Whitsel EA, Kaufman JD, Stapp EK, Power MC
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