Harvey Checkoway, PhD
Professor of Environmental Health and Epidemiology
University of Washington SRP Program Director
Director, Project 2
Parkinsonism and Metal Exposures Among Welders

Contact

Phone: 206-543-2052
Fax: 206-685-3990
Email: checko@u.washington.edu

Mailing address:
University of Washington
Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Science
F-561F Health Sciences Bldg.
1705 NE Pacific St.
Seattle, WA 98105

Research interests

Environmental and genetic risk factors for Parkinson’s disease
Neurotoxicity of pesticides
Metals and parkinsonism in welders
Occupational exposure to endotoxin and cancer risks

Recent publications

Ritz B, Ascherio A, Checkoway H, et al. Pooled analysis of tobacco use and Parkinson’s disease. Arch Neurol 2007;64:990-7.

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;99:357-64.

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;18:383-92.

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;15:3055-62.

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.