Faculty
      
      
      Joel D Kaufman
Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Professor, Medicine - General Internal Medicine
206-616-3501
                                joelk@uw.edu                                
Education
MD University of Michigan, 1986
MPH Environmental Health, University of Washington, 1990
Contact
206-616-3501
                                  joelk@uw.edu                                  
Box 354695
4225 Roosevelt Way NE
Suite 302
Seattle, WA 98105
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)
Pre- and post-move exposure to air pollution and neighborhood socioeconomic status.
(2025 Oct 28)
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
(2025 Oct 28)
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
Cross-Sectional Association of Ground-Level Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide With Cardiac Mechanics Using Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in the Cardiovascular Health Study.
(2025 Nov)
Echocardiography 42(11): e70330
Chang AY, Kaufman JD, Shah SJ, Tan AX, Patel RB, Margolis HG, Psaty BM, Gardin JM, Al-Kindi S, Austin TR, Bell ML, Chen K, Odden MC
(2025 Nov)
Echocardiography 42(11): e70330
Chang AY, Kaufman JD, Shah SJ, Tan AX, Patel RB, Margolis HG, Psaty BM, Gardin JM, Al-Kindi S, Austin TR, Bell ML, Chen K, Odden MC
Ambient air pollution exposure and lung cancer risk in a large prospective U.S. cohort.
(2025 Sep 29)
Sci Total Environ 1002(): 180490
Fisher JA, Liao LM, Graubard BI, Kaufman JD, Silverman DT, Jones RR
(2025 Sep 29)
Sci Total Environ 1002(): 180490
Fisher JA, Liao LM, Graubard BI, Kaufman JD, Silverman DT, Jones RR
Air Pollutants and Breast Cancer Risk: A Parallel Analysis of Five Large US Prospective Cohorts.
(2025 Sep 25)
Am J Public Health
White AJ, Hart JE, Quraishi SM, Bookwalter DB, Sweeney MR, Spalt EW, Hendryx MS, Irvin VL, Lane DS, Shadyab AH, Sealy-Jefferson S, Neuhouser ML, Whitsel EA, Kaufman JD, Laden F, Sandler DP
(2025 Sep 25)
Am J Public Health
White AJ, Hart JE, Quraishi SM, Bookwalter DB, Sweeney MR, Spalt EW, Hendryx MS, Irvin VL, Lane DS, Shadyab AH, Sealy-Jefferson S, Neuhouser ML, Whitsel EA, Kaufman JD, Laden F, Sandler DP
Long-term exposure to air pollution and cognitive aging: Findings from a United States cohort of older adults.
(2025 Sep 12)
J Alzheimers Dis
Ilango SD, Adam CE, Huang X, Leary CS, Semmens EO, Fitzpatrick AL, Crane PK, Kaufman JD, Hajat A
(2025 Sep 12)
J Alzheimers Dis
Ilango SD, Adam CE, Huang X, Leary CS, Semmens EO, Fitzpatrick AL, Crane PK, Kaufman JD, Hajat A
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