ProfessorEnvironmental and Occupational Health Sciences ProfessorMedicine ProfessorEpidemiology Related Links: Occupational and Environmental Medicine ResidencyEditor-in-Chief, Environmental Health PerspectivesFaculty Information Biography Education & Training: MDUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI1986 Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, Primary Care TrackBoston City HospitalBoston, MA1986–1988 Residency and Chief Residency in Occupational MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WA1988–1990 MPHUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WA1988–1990 Honors: Fellow, American College of Physicians2005 Fellow, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine2005 Outstanding Faculty Mentor, UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences2011 Borun Visiting Professor, UCLA Division of Cardiology2012 David Bates Lecturer, University of British Columbia2014 Outstanding Faculty Mentor, UW School of Public Health2015 Best Environmental Epidemiology Paper published in 2016, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology2016 Elected Member, Washington State Academy of Sciences2017 Richard M. Remington Memorial Methodology Lecturer, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention2018 Harold and Marilyn Menkes Memorial Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health2019–2020 Elected member, National Academy of Medicine2020 Contact Email: joelk@uw.edu Research & Clinical Interests Research Interests: Occupational and environmental epidemiologyPublic health surveillanceAirway reactivity due to irritant exposuresEnvironmental factors in cardiovascular diseaseHealth effects of diesel exhaust exposure Publications My NCBI: My NCBI Bibliography