Crocker Research Program
Dr. Crocker’s work focuses on how environmental exposures affect respiratory health, and how to use this knowledge to design real-world, equitable and practical interventions for children with asthma. Recent areas of study have included community health worker programs for asthma, use of videoconferencing in asthma programs and developing tools to help parents of kids with asthma deal with wildfire smoke.
Dr. Crocker’s research uses qualitative and mixed methods; implementation science strategies; and community-engaged approaches. We are proud to partner with community organizations, public health practitioners, and healthcare providers both in the Puget Sound region and across the state of Washington.
Mary Elizabeth Crocker, MD, MPH
Dr. Crocker is a physician-scientist with a passion for reducing health disparities in children with asthma and other respiratory diseases through the reduction of environmental exposures. She is a pediatric pulmonologist physician, with clinical expertise in the management of severe and difficult-to-control asthma, particularly in populations experiencing barriers to care. Her primary research interests include interventions to reduce wildfire smoke and other air pollution exposures for children with asthma and the role of community health worker-led programs in reducing environmental triggers of asthma. Dr. Crocker’s experience includes quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods research design; community-engaged research; behavior change intervention trials; conducting studies that include participants speaking languages other than English; and health program evaluation.