Catherine Karr
Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
UW DEOHS, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite 301
Box
Seattle, WA 98105-
206-616-4355
ckarr@uw.edu
Research Interests
Children's environmental health
Education
PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2004
MD Medicine, University of Washington, 1999
MS Toxicology, University of Washington, 1989
BS Biology, University of Michigan, 1984
In the News
Young kids who breathe polluted air in high-poverty areas can fall behind in school, study finds
The Washington Post, 11/30/2022
Longer duration of exclusive breastfeeding has protective effect on childhood asthma
Science Daily, 05/25/2022
EPA allows continued use of pesticide linked to developmental issues in children
ABC News, 07/19/2019
Researchers explore a pesticide link to asthma in farmworkers' children.
WUNC: North Carolina Public Radio, 09/07/2018
Does Yakima Valley agriculture trigger asthma?
Yakima Herald, 06/29/2018
Dairy farms battle environmentalists over manure
KING5 News, 06/09/2018
Dairy farms battle environmentalists over manure.
King5 News, 06/07/2018
Catherine Karr: improving paediatric respiratory health.
The Lancet, 05/25/2018
Effort to combat lead in Washington is 'not adequately resourced.'
KIRO7-TV, 05/04/2018
Elementary schools testing positive for lead
KIRO 7, 05/03/2018