Responsibilities:

1. Provide fire service project guidance and oversight.

2. Identify additional sustainable funding.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop biological sample collection, processing, and analysis protocols.

2. Conduct pilot studies of epigenetic markers of carcinogen effect and risk.

Responsibilities:

1. Build on existing FF cohorts.

2. Develop research questions.

3. Provide uniform and secure data collection systems.

Responsibilities:

1. Identify or develop a self-reported exposure tracking system.

2. Evaluate carcinogen exposures.

3. Build job exposure matrix for carcinogens.

4. Provide improved occupational exposure data.

• Jeff Burgess, MD, MS, MPH

  • FFCCS Director

  • The University of Arizona

• Miriam Calkins, MS, PhD

  • EAC Co-Lead

  • NIOSH

• Melissa Furlong, PhD

  • DCC Co-Lead

  • The University of Arizona

• Jackie Goodrich, PhD

  • BAC Co-Lead

  • The University of Michigan

• Judith Graber, PhD

  • DCC Co-Lead

  • Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

• Casey Grant

  • OPB Co-Lead

  • DSRAE

• Sara Jahnke, PhD

  • DCC Co-Lead

  • NDRI

• Alex Mayer, MPH

  • EAC Co-Lead

  • NIOSH

• Russ Osgood

  • OPB Co-Lead

  • FCSN & Ogunquit Fire Department

• Sreeni Ranganathan, PhD, MS

  • OPB Co-Lead

  • FPRF

• Heather Stapleton, PhD

  • EAC Co-Lead

  • Duke University

• Shawn Beitel, MSc

  • Research Program Administration Officer, The University of Arizona

• Reagan Conner, MPH

  • FCRP Project Manager, The University of Arizona

• Olivia Healy, BS

  • IRB Coordinator, The University of Arizona

• Elisabeth Hoornaert, AS with concentration in Clinical Research Coordinating

  • Firefighter Sulforaphane Pilot Study Coordinator, The University of Arizona

• Krystal Kern, MA

  • FFCCS Data Manager, The University of Arizona

• Samantha Metlitz, MPH

  • CAPS Study Coordinator, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

• Cynthia Porter, MS

  • FFCCS Data Scientist & Analyst, Wildland, WUI, and Electric Battery Fire Study Coordinator, The University of Arizona

• Michelle Valenti, MPH

  • Women Firefighter Study Coordinator, The University of Arizona

• Candance Van Vleet, DHA, RN

  • North Carolina Program Coordinator, Duke University

OPB Steering Committee:

Captain John Gulotta, Tucson Fire Department

Casey Grant, OPB Co-Lead, DSRAE

Chief Frank Leeb, First Responder Center of Excellence

Russ Osgood, OPB Co-Lead, FCSN & Ogunquit Fire Department

Sreeni Ranganathan, PhD, MS, OPB Co-Lead, FPRF

OPB Membership List

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