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)
Erratum to "Air pollution is linked to divergent cortical thickness patterns in brain regions vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease" [Neurotoxicology 115 (2026) 103495].
(2026 Aug 22)
Neurotoxicology
Salminen LE, Wang X, Petkus AJ, Fennema-Notestine C, Elman JA, Hagler DJ Jr, Kaufman JD, Millstein J, Braskie MN, Liu J, Cho HJ, Kothapalli D, Thompson PM, Beavers DP, Espeland MA, Gatz M, Resnick SM, Frahmand I, Rapp SR, Finch CE, Chen JC, Kremen WS, Franz CE
(2026 Aug 22)
Neurotoxicology
Salminen LE, Wang X, Petkus AJ, Fennema-Notestine C, Elman JA, Hagler DJ Jr, Kaufman JD, Millstein J, Braskie MN, Liu J, Cho HJ, Kothapalli D, Thompson PM, Beavers DP, Espeland MA, Gatz M, Resnick SM, Frahmand I, Rapp SR, Finch CE, Chen JC, Kremen WS, Franz CE
Residential aircraft and road noise exposure, cognition, and Alzheimer's dementia in a US cohort of older adults.
(2026 Aug)
Environ Epidemiol 10(4): e518
Grady ST, Andrews RM, Peters JL, Adar SD, Levy JI, Beck T, Dhana K, Desai P, Haupt BJ, Kaufman JD, Szpiro AA, Wilson RS, Rajan KB, Weuve J
(2026 Aug)
Environ Epidemiol 10(4): e518
Grady ST, Andrews RM, Peters JL, Adar SD, Levy JI, Beck T, Dhana K, Desai P, Haupt BJ, Kaufman JD, Szpiro AA, Wilson RS, Rajan KB, Weuve J
The Effects of Ambient Air Pollutants on Changes in Cardiac Structure and Function.
(2026 Aug 6)
JACC Adv 5(9): 103104
Leiser CL, Sotres-Alvarez D, Chang H, Spalt EW, Hurwitz BE, Daviglus ML, Talavera G, Kaplan R, Shook-Sa BE, Rodriguez CJ, Kaufman JD
(2026 Aug 6)
JACC Adv 5(9): 103104
Leiser CL, Sotres-Alvarez D, Chang H, Spalt EW, Hurwitz BE, Daviglus ML, Talavera G, Kaplan R, Shook-Sa BE, Rodriguez CJ, Kaufman JD
Air Pollution Exposure in Infancy and Incidence of Atopic Dermatitis in Preschool-Aged Children.
(2026 Jul 29)
Epidemiology
Racciatti M, Dearborn LC, Casey JA, Szpiro AA, Carroll KN, Kaufman JD, LeWinn KZ, Zhao Q, Derefinko K, Sathyanarayana S, Karr CJ, Loftus CT
(2026 Jul 29)
Epidemiology
Racciatti M, Dearborn LC, Casey JA, Szpiro AA, Carroll KN, Kaufman JD, LeWinn KZ, Zhao Q, Derefinko K, Sathyanarayana S, Karr CJ, Loftus CT
Spatial and neighborhood data in the collaborative cohort of cohorts for COVID-19 Research (C4R).
(2026)
PLoS One 21(7): e0352170
Hirsch JA, Besser LM, Pescador Jimenez M, Dickinson ST, Cornelius T, Francisco ST, Lawin K, Abdel Magid HS, Albrecht SS, Bai Allen N, Balte P, Barber S, Bateman LA, Beach LB, Block JP, Brown SC, Buhr RG, Chambers EC, Crooks JL, Diez Roux AV, Elkind MSV, Gallo LC, Gordon-Larsen P, Gutierrez J, Isasi CR, James P, Judd SE, Kanaya AM, Kandula NR, Kaufman JD, Kershaw KN, Kucharska-Newton AM, Kulick ER, Lee JS, Lovasi GS, Mauger D, McClure LA, Melly S, Merkin SS, Michael YL, Oates GR, Phillips BR, Reese JA, Regan EA, Reimer CJ, Rodriguez DA, Rundek T, Schembri M, Sims M, Spartano NL, Wilson C, Zhang Y, Oelsner EC
(2026)
PLoS One 21(7): e0352170
Hirsch JA, Besser LM, Pescador Jimenez M, Dickinson ST, Cornelius T, Francisco ST, Lawin K, Abdel Magid HS, Albrecht SS, Bai Allen N, Balte P, Barber S, Bateman LA, Beach LB, Block JP, Brown SC, Buhr RG, Chambers EC, Crooks JL, Diez Roux AV, Elkind MSV, Gallo LC, Gordon-Larsen P, Gutierrez J, Isasi CR, James P, Judd SE, Kanaya AM, Kandula NR, Kaufman JD, Kershaw KN, Kucharska-Newton AM, Kulick ER, Lee JS, Lovasi GS, Mauger D, McClure LA, Melly S, Merkin SS, Michael YL, Oates GR, Phillips BR, Reese JA, Regan EA, Reimer CJ, Rodriguez DA, Rundek T, Schembri M, Sims M, Spartano NL, Wilson C, Zhang Y, Oelsner EC
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