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Katrin Burkart is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Washington, focusing on environmental and occupational health sciences. Her research primarily revolves around sustainable communities, climate change, environmental health, infectious diseases, and risk assessment. Dr. Burkart is actively involved in the Global Burden of Disease project at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), where she explores environmental risk factors and conducts studies on exposure to suboptimal temperatures. She is particularly interested in projecting future temperature-related mortality in the context of climate and population change scenarios. Dr. Burkart's research incorporates the dynamics of global change, including demographic and epidemiological shifts, as well as urbanization effects on health outcomes. Her collaborative projects include work with Dr. Jeremy Hess at the UW Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE).
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