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Harvey Checkoway, PhD, MPH, BA |
Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences (primary department)
Professor, Epidemiology
Director, UW Superfund Basic Research Program Project
Contact Information
University of Washington
Box 357234
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Health Sciences F-561F
Seattle, WA 98195-7234
Tel: 206-543-2052
Fax: 206-685-3990
checko@u.washington.edu
Research Interests
Harvey Checkoway, PhD is a Professor of Environmental Health and Epidemiology at the University of Washington (UW) School of Public Health & Community Medicine in Seattle, Washington, USA. His main areas of research and teaching are occupational and environmental risk factors for chronic diseases. Examples of research projects for which he is or has been or is principal investigator are studies of: silica, silicosis, and lung cancer among diatomaceous earth industry workers; semen quality among lead smelter workers; environmental and genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease; parkinsonism in relation to pesticide exposures among orchardists; and cancer risks among women textile workers in Shanghai. During the past 25 years, Dr. Checkoway has taught numerous courses in occupational and environmental epidemiology. He is currently Director of the UW Superfund Basic Research Program Project funded by the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Dr. Checkoway is lead author of "Research Methods in Occupational Epidemiology, 1st Edition (Oxford University Press, 1989) and 2nd Edition" (2004).
Teaching Interests
"Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology" (ENVH/EPI 570), Spring quarter
Education
PhD, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina 1978
MPH, Epidemiology, Yale University 1975
BA, Psychology, Boston University 1971
Projects
"Exposure to Bisphenol A and Reproductive Effects in Humans" 09/30/03-09/29/08 CDC/NIOSH
The major goals of this project are to assess potential adverse effects of occupational exposure to the chemical Bisphenol A on semen quality, fertility, and childhood development.
Role: Co-investigator
"Superfund Hazardous Substance Basic Research Program - Effects-Related Biomarkers of Toxic Exposures" 4/1/00 - 3/31/09 NIEHS
Roles: PI Overall P01, Administrative Core Director, Project 4 Director.
This is a competing renewal of Program Project-type grant consisting of 4 research projects and 3 cores, all focused on developing biomarker approaches to assessing human and ecological health effects at hazardous waste sites. Project #4 (project director) pertains to risks for parkinsonism related to environmental toxicants and genetic markers or susceptibility.
Role: PI
"Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health" 04/01/05-03/31/10 NIH/HIEHS
The goals of this HIEHS Center are to foster multi-disciplinary research into the biochemical, genetic, and environmental factors that influence the adverse effects of environmental toxicants.
Role: Co-investigator
"Textile Industry Exposures and Breast Cancer in Women" 06/01/04-06/30/07 CDC/NIOSH
The major goals of this project are to determine risks for breast cancer associated with occupational EMF exposure and shiftwork among women employed in the textile industry in Shanghai.
Role: PI
"Workplace exposures and biomarkers of parkinsonism in welders" 06/01/04-06/30/07 CDC/NIOSH
The major goals of this project are to characterize parkinsonism risks in relation to welders' exposure to manganese and other components of welding fumes.
Role: Co-investigator
"Epidemiology of parkinsonism in welders" 02/03/07-11/30/11 CDC/NIOSH
The major goals of this project are to characterize parkinsonism risks in relation to welders' exposure to manganese and other components of welding fumes.
Role: Co-investigator
Selected Publications
Li W, Ray RM, Gao DL, Fitzgibbons ED, Seixas NS, Camp JE, Wernli KJ, Astrakianakis G, Feng Z, Thomas DB, Checkoway H. Occupational risk factors for nasopharyngeal and sinonasal cancers among female textile workers in Shanghai, China. Occup Environ Med 2006; 63: 39-44.
Powers KM, Smith-Weller T, Franklin GM, Longstreth WT Jr., Swanson P, Checkoway H. Reduced risk of Parkinson's disease among diabetics. Parkinson relat Disord 2006; 12: 185-9.
Ton TG, Heckbert SR, Kukull WA, Longstreth WT JR., Franklin GM, Swanson PD, Smith-Weller T, Checkoway H. Aspirin, other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and risk of Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord 2006; 21: 964-9.
Wernli KJ, Fitzgibbons ED, Ray RM, Gao DL, Li W, Seixas NS, Camp JE, Astrakianakis G, Feng Z, Thomas DB, Checkoway H. Occupational risk factors for esophageal and stomach cancers among women textile workers in Shanghai, China. Am J Epidemiol 2006; 163: 717-25.
Chang C-K, Astrakianakis G, Thomas DB, Seixas NS, Ray R, Gao DL, Wernli KJ, Fitzgibbons ED, Vaughan TL, Checkoway H. Occupational exposures and risks of liver cancer among Shanghai female textile workers - a case-cohort study. Int J Epidemiol 2006; 35: 361-9.
Kelada SNP, Checkoway H, Kardia LR, et al. 5' and 3' Region variability in the dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3), pesticide exposure and Parkinson's disease risk: a hypothesis generating study. Hum Molec Genet 2006; 15: 3055-3062.
Astrakianakis G, Seixas NS, Ray R, Camp JE, Gao DL, Feng Z, Wernli K, Fitzgibbons ED, Thomas DB, Checkoway H. Reduced risk of lung cancer among female textile workers exposed to endotoxin. J Natl Cancer Inst 2007; 99: 357-364.
Ray R, Gao DL, Li W, Wernli KJ, Astrakianakis G, Seixas NS, Camp JE, Fitzgibbons ED, Feng Z, Thomas DB, Checkoway H. Breast cancer and occupational exposure among a cohort of women textile workers in Shanghai, China. Epidemiology 2007; 18: 383-392.