Coralynn Sack

Assistant Professor

Email: cssack@uw.edu

Phone: 206-543-1520

Office: 303, Roosevelt One Building

Expertise: Clean Air, Sustainable Communities, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine, Pollution, Wildfires

MD, MPH

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About

Coralynn Sack joined the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences and the Department of Medicine in 2018. She is a physician-scientist with clinical and research expertise in environmental and occupational lung disease. She received her MD from the University of Buffalo and MPH in epidemiology from the UW. She is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care and occupational medicine. Her research activities integrate translational experimental design and epidemiologic studies to characterize environmental exposures, explore disease mechanisms and investigate health outcomes. Current research interests include the health effects of air pollution, occupational exposures in cannabis workers and the environmental causes of interstitial lung disease.

Affiliations

Division of General Internal Medicine

Education

BA, Princeton University
MD, University of Buffalo
MPH, University of Washington

MD, MPH

Acting Assistant Professor

cssack@uw.edu

Research Interests

Pulmonary and respiratory disease care. Health effects of air pollution. Occupational health and safety.

Mentorship

Available to mentor master's students for autumn 2022. Please follow the instructions on the How To Apply page.

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Research

Interests: Pulmonary and respiratory disease care. Health effects of air pollution. Occupational health and safety.

Publications

Recent publications

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In the news

Protecting the health of cannabis workers

January 20, 2022 | DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Coralynn Sack, Christopher D. Simpson, Debra Cherry | View

Our most-read stories of 2021

December 15, 2021 | DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Karen Levy, Elena Austin, Edmund Y. W. Seto, Timothy V. Larson, Kristie L. Ebi, Jeremy J Hess, Coralynn Sack, Howard Hu, Marissa Baker, Martin A. Cohen, John Meschke, Esther Min, Gerard A. Cangelosi, Nicole Errett, Tania M Busch Isaksen, Elizabeth Gribble (Walker) | View

Air pollution could be linked to higher rates of COVID-19, new study says

August 2, 2021 | KOMO News | Featured: Coralynn Sack | View

“The risk is real”

July 7, 2021 | DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Tania M Busch Isaksen, Nicole Errett, Coralynn Sack, Elizabeth Gribble (Walker) | View

Cadmium exposure and COVID-19

January 12, 2021 | DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Coralynn Sack, Howard Hu | View

Cadmium, found in cigarettes and some foods, linked to higher death rates in people with flu or pneumonia

December 17, 2020 | DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Coralynn Sack, Howard Hu | View

How wildfire smoke affects your lungs

September 23, 2020 | US News & World Report | Featured: Coralynn Sack | View

How to reduce your exposure to unhealthy air from Washington state’s wildfire smoke. That cloth mask won’t help

September 9, 2020 | The Seattle Times | Featured: Coralynn Sack | View

More research and consistent workplace rules are needed to protect worker health and safety in the cannabis industry

August 5, 2020 | DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Christopher D. Simpson, Noah S. Seixas, Tania M Busch Isaksen, Edmund Y. W. Seto, Coralynn Sack | View

You should probably stop vaping, well, eventually

October 10, 2019 | UW Daily | Featured: Coralynn Sack | View

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