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)
Mixtures of key components of the external exposome in association with MRI biomarkers of brain structure: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
(2026 May)
Alzheimers Dement 22(5): e71459
Reimer CJ, Jenson TE, Tripodis Y, Shiba K, James P, Kirwa K, Heckbert SR, Hirsch JA, Besser L, Hughes T, Kaufman JD, Coull BA, Pescador Jimenez M
(2026 May)
Alzheimers Dement 22(5): e71459
Reimer CJ, Jenson TE, Tripodis Y, Shiba K, James P, Kirwa K, Heckbert SR, Hirsch JA, Besser L, Hughes T, Kaufman JD, Coull BA, Pescador Jimenez M
Outdoor air pollution and prostate cancer risk in the NIH-AARP diet and health study.
(2026 May 7)
J Natl Cancer Inst
Post LM, Hurwitz L, Fisher JA, Kaufman JD, Koutros S, Jones RR
(2026 May 7)
J Natl Cancer Inst
Post LM, Hurwitz L, Fisher JA, Kaufman JD, Koutros S, Jones RR
Mobile Monitoring and Land Use Regression Modeling of Ultrafine Particle Spatial Distribution in Beijing, China, during August 2022-July 2023.
(2026 May 19)
Environ Sci Technol 60(19): 13825-13836
Meng X, Xu M, Bi J, Gao Y, Jia S, Choi S, Wei Y, Zhang Y, Kaufman JD, Chen Q, Wu J, Jiang J, Liu Z, Hu M, Wang M, Gong J
(2026 May 19)
Environ Sci Technol 60(19): 13825-13836
Meng X, Xu M, Bi J, Gao Y, Jia S, Choi S, Wei Y, Zhang Y, Kaufman JD, Chen Q, Wu J, Jiang J, Liu Z, Hu M, Wang M, Gong J
Neighborhood Physical Disinvestment and Incident Diabetes between visits 1 and 2 of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).
(2026 Mar 16)
J Urban Health
Smith CM, Spalt EW, Gallo LC, Carlson JA, Allison M, Thyagarajan B, Chambers EC, Pirzada A, Daviglus M, Cordero C, Qi Q, Austin E, Fretts AM, Ornelas I, Kaplan R, Kaufman JD, Mooney SJ
(2026 Mar 16)
J Urban Health
Smith CM, Spalt EW, Gallo LC, Carlson JA, Allison M, Thyagarajan B, Chambers EC, Pirzada A, Daviglus M, Cordero C, Qi Q, Austin E, Fretts AM, Ornelas I, Kaplan R, Kaufman JD, Mooney SJ
Midlife exposure to neighborhood greenness and later-life cognitive decline: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
(2026 Mar 13)
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
Besser LM, Chang LC, Evenson KR, Galvin JE, Heckbert SR, Hirsch JA, James P, Jimenez MP, Kaufman J, Lockhart SN, Mitsova D, Moore KA, Sachs BC, Hughes T, Roux AVD
(2026 Mar 13)
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
Besser LM, Chang LC, Evenson KR, Galvin JE, Heckbert SR, Hirsch JA, James P, Jimenez MP, Kaufman J, Lockhart SN, Mitsova D, Moore KA, Sachs BC, Hughes T, Roux AVD
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