Joan Casey
Associate Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Hans Rosling Center
Box
3980 15th Avenue NortheastSeattle, WA 98105-
206-543-0408
jacasey@uw.edu
Research Interests
Sustainable Communities, Climate Change, Disaster resilience, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Health Equity, Heat, Wildfires
DEOHS Faculty Bio
Education
BS Biological Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 2008
MA Applied Physiology, Columbia University, 2009
PhD Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2014
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