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)
Racial residential segregation is associated with ambient air pollution exposure after adjustment for multilevel sociodemographic factors: Evidence from eight US-based cohorts.
(2025 Feb)
Environ Epidemiol 9(1): e367
Zewdie HY, Fahey CA, Harrington AL, Hart JE, Biggs ML, McClure LA, Whitsel EA, Kaufman JD, Hajat A
(2025 Feb)
Environ Epidemiol 9(1): e367
Zewdie HY, Fahey CA, Harrington AL, Hart JE, Biggs ML, McClure LA, Whitsel EA, Kaufman JD, Hajat A
Integrated hepatic transcriptomics and metabolomics identify Pck1 as a key factor in the broad dysregulation induced by vehicle pollutants.
(2024 Dec 30)
Part Fibre Toxicol 21(1): 55
Ramanathan G, Zhao Y, Gupta R, Langmo S, Bhetraratana M, Yin F, Driscoll W, Ricks J, Louie A, Stewart JA, Gould TR, Larson TV, Kaufman J, Rosenfeld ME, Yang X, Araujo JA
(2024 Dec 30)
Part Fibre Toxicol 21(1): 55
Ramanathan G, Zhao Y, Gupta R, Langmo S, Bhetraratana M, Yin F, Driscoll W, Ricks J, Louie A, Stewart JA, Gould TR, Larson TV, Kaufman J, Rosenfeld ME, Yang X, Araujo JA
Fine particulate matter and nonaccidental and cause-specific mortality: Do associations vary by exposure assessment method?
(2025 Feb)
Environ Epidemiol 9(1): e357
Klompmaker JO, James P, Kaufman JD, Schwartz J, Yanosky JD, Hart JE, Laden F
(2025 Feb)
Environ Epidemiol 9(1): e357
Klompmaker JO, James P, Kaufman JD, Schwartz J, Yanosky JD, Hart JE, Laden F
Air pollution is associated with increased risk of venous thromboembolism: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
(2024 Dec 9)
Blood
Lutsey PL, Misialek JR, Young MT, Berman JD, Leiser C, Pope ZC, Cushman M, Folsom AR, Kaufman JD
(2024 Dec 9)
Blood
Lutsey PL, Misialek JR, Young MT, Berman JD, Leiser C, Pope ZC, Cushman M, Folsom AR, Kaufman JD
Association of Tailpipe-Related and Nontailpipe-Related Air Pollution Exposure with Cognitive Decline in the Chicago Health and Aging Project.
(2024 Dec)
Environ Health Perspect 132(12): 127002
Andrews RM, Adar SD, Szpiro AA, Kaufman JD, Christopher CN, Beck TL, Dhana K, Wilson RS, Rajan KB, Evans D, Weuve J
(2024 Dec)
Environ Health Perspect 132(12): 127002
Andrews RM, Adar SD, Szpiro AA, Kaufman JD, Christopher CN, Beck TL, Dhana K, Wilson RS, Rajan KB, Evans D, Weuve J
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