Katrin Burkart, PhD, MSc
About
Dr. Burkhart is a geographer and climate scientist and is an Assistant Professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. In this role, she works on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) project, conducting research on environmental risks and methods to include exposure to suboptimal temperature. Dr. Burkart is also working on projections of future temperature-related mortality under climate and population change scenarios. In addition to accounting for rising temperatures, she is particularly interested in incorporating the dynamics of global change, especially demographic and epidemiological change as well as urbanization into her estimations and projections. Dr. Burkhart also has pursued collaborative projects with Dr. Jeremy Hess and others associated with the UW Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE).
Education
- Dr. rev. nat. (equivalent to PhD), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Diploma (equiv. to MSc), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Intermediate diploma (equiv. to BSc) Friedrich-Alexander Universiät
Affiliations
Research
Modeling non-optimal temperature exposure as a risk factor within the Global Burden of Disease study. Faculty lead for air pollution and occupational risk factors