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Dr. Joel Kaufman

Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and School of Medicine

Air pollution, COVID-19, Public Health, Wildfires

206-616-3501 / joelk@uw.edu

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Expertise: Environmental and occupational epidemiology, health effects of diesel exhaust exposures, environmental factors in cardiovascular and respiratory disease, traffic-related air pollution, environmental health


DR. JOEL KAUFMAN'S RECENT MENTIONS IN THE NEWS

  • For the Methow Valley, wildfire smoke has created a 'fifth' season | KUOW
  • Discrimination is breaking people's hearts | Scientific American
  • AHA News: Exposure to some airborne chemicals found indoors may increase blood pressure | HealthDay
  • As pandemic cut air pollution, heart attacks declined | HealthDay
  • US heart attack rate dropped as COVID-19 lockdowns cut air pollution from driving, study says | UPI

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DR. JOEL KAUFMAN'S RECENTLY TAGGED POSTS

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  • Three UW faculty members elected to National Academy of Medicine; emeritus professor earns service award
  • Faculty/staff honors: Distinguished teaching honor, new editor for environmental health journal, overseeing education in Uganda, Allen School honors
  • Air pollution can accelerate lung disease as much as a pack a day of cigarettes

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