FCI Publications
Find our full list of published work to date, from PFAS to firefighting foam and cancer risk to survivorship.
Cancer Screening, Prevention & Education
2022
Schaefer Solle, N., Legros, A., Jackson, R., Rangan, A., Beaver, C. C., Kling, H., Khan, F., Koru-Sengul, T., Penedo, F. J., Caban-Martinez, A. J., & Kobetz, E. N. (2022). Understanding Cancer Survivorship among Firefighters: A Mixed-Method Study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(1), 257. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010257
Snapp, H. A., Schaefer Solle, N., Millet, B., & Rajguru, S. M. (2022). Subclinical Hearing Deficits in Noise-Exposed Firefighters. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(17), 11028. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191711028
2018
Harrison, T. R., Muhamad, J. W., Yang, F., Morgan, S. E., Talavera, E., Caban-Martinez, A., & Kobetz, E. (2018). Firefighter attitudes, norms, beliefs, barriers, and behaviors toward post-fire decontamination processes in an era of increased cancer risk. Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene, 15(4), 279–284. https://doi.org/10.1080/15459624.2017.1416389
Harrison, T. R., Yang, F., Morgan, S. E., Wendorf Muhamad, J., Talavera, E., Eaton, S. A., Niemczyk, N., Sheppard, V., & Kobetz, E. (2018). The Invisible Danger of Transferring Toxins with Bunker Gear: A Theory-Based Intervention to Increase Postfire Decontamination to Reduce Cancer Risk in Firefighters. Journal of health communication, 23(12), 999–1007. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2018.1535633
2017
Anderson, D. A., Harrison, T. R., Yang, F., Wendorf Muhamad, J., & Morgan, S. E. (2017). Firefighter perceptions of cancer risk: Results of a qualitative study. American journal of industrial medicine, 60(7), 644–650. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22726
Harrison, T. R., Yang, F., Anderson, D., Morgan, S. E., Wendorf Muhamad, J., Talavera, E., Schaefer Solle, N., Lee, D., Caban-Martinez, A. J., & Kobetz, E. (2017). Resilience, culture change, and cancer risk reduction in a fire rescue organization: Clean gear as the new badge of honor. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 25(3), 171–181. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12182
Occupational and Environmental Carcinogen Exposure Assessment and Biomonitoring
2025
Testoff, A. C., Tulay Koru-Sengul, Solle, N. S., Vidot, D. C., Lee, D. J., Kobetz, E. N., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2025). Predictors of Ever Using Marijuana among U.S. First Responders. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000003310
Testoff, A. C., Louzado-Feliciano, P., Moore, K. J., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2025). First Responder Perceptions on Occupational Health and Safety Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Cleanup Operations: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000003336
2024
Testoff, A. C., Green, A. J., Garibaldi, J., Koru-Sengul, T., Schaefer Solle, N., Kobetz, E. N., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2024). Predictors of inflammation in firefighters based on machine learning models. Annals of Epidemiology, 97, 126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.07.021
Caban-Martinez, A., Feliciano, P. L., Green, A., Garibaldi, J., Lee, D., Solle, N. S., & Kobetz, E. (2024). O-185 EFFECTS OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) ON THE METABOLOME OF U.S. AIRPORT AND STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTERS: EVIDENCE FROM THE NATIONAL FIREFIGHTER CANCER INITIATIVE. Occupational Medicine, 74(Supplement_1). https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqae023.0948
Testoff, A. C., Pauley, J. L., Brewer, M., Weidlich, C. P., Tulay Koru-Sengul, Natasha Schaefer Solle, & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2024). Mental Health Disorders, Organizational Stigma, and Health Service Utilization among U.S. Fire Investigators: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000003173
Millet, B., Kobetz, E. N., Schaefer Solle, N., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2025). Perceptions of Cancer Risk and Gear Decontamination Among Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Firefighters: Insights from a Mixed Methods Study. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 67(1), 51–57. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000003257
2023
Kling, H. E., Koru-Sengul, T., Schaefer Solle, N., Louzado-Feliciano, P., Lee, D. J., Kobetz, E. N., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2023). Weight Status and Binge Drinking Among Male and Female Florida Firefighters. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 65(8), e565–e570. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002894
2022
Kling, H. E., Maldonado, L., St George, S. M., Brannan, D., Murphy, L. A., Schaefer Solle, N., Kobetz, E. N., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2022). Firefighter Well-Being Defined and Operationalized at the Organizational and Worker Level: A Qualitative Study. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 64(11), e736–e743. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002685
Fayne, R., Forouzandeh, M., De Bedout, V., Fox, J. D., Zarei, M., Rosen, A., Fernandez, L., Genaro, C., Miao, F., Koru-Sengul, T., Caban-Martinez, A., Kirsner, R. S., Solle, N. S., & Jaimes, N. (2022). Skin cancer screening using total body photography and digital dermoscopy: A pilot study among Florida firefighters. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 86(3), 700–703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2021.01.106
Testoff, A. C., Schaefer Solle, N., Shafazand, S., Louzado-Feliciano, P., Lee, D. J., Koru-Sengul, T., Kobetz, E. N., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2022). Sleep Latency and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Retired Career Florida Firefighters: Evidence From the Advancing Epidemiology of Retired Firefighters Aging Longitudinally Cohort. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 64(12), e851–e856. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002722
2021
Caban-Martinez, A. J., Silvera, C. A., Santiago, K. M., Louzado-Feliciano, P., Burgess, J. L., Smith, D. L., Jahnke, S., Horn, G. P., & Graber, J. M. (2021). COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability Among US Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 63(5), 369–373. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002152
Caban-Martinez, A. J., Hughes, J., & Bator, C. (2021). A Total Worker Health Approach to Skin Exposure Assessment: Experiences from the Firefighter Cancer Initiative. Annals of work exposures and health, 65(2), 143–147. https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxaa066
Graham, E. L., Khaja, S., Caban-Martinez, A. J., & Smith, D. L. (2021). Firefighters and COVID-19: An Occupational Health Perspective. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 63(8), e556–e563. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002297
Caban-Martinez, A.J., Bakali, U., Urwin, D., et al., Environmental/Occupational Exposures among First Responders of the Surfside Building Collapse. (2021). Annals of Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.08.009
2020
Kling, H., Santiago, K., Benitez, L., Schaefer Solle, N., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2020). Characterizing Objective and Self-Reported Levels of Physical Activity Among Florida Firefighters Across Weight Status Category: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study. Workplace health & safety, 68(11), 513–518. https://doi.org/10.1177/2165079920925505
Caban-Martinez, A. J., Schaefer-Solle, N., Santiago, K., Louzado-Feliciano, P., Brotons, A., Gonzalez, M., Issenberg, S. B., & Kobetz, E. (2020). Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among firefighters/paramedics of a US fire department: a cross-sectional study. Occupational and environmental medicine, 77(12), 857–861. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2020-106676
Louzado-Feliciano, P., Griffin, K. A., Santiago, K. M., Schaefer Solle, N., Koru-Sengul, T., Grant, C., Niemczyk, N., Lee, D. J., Kobetz, E. N., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2020). Fire Service Organizational-Level Characteristics Are Associated With Adherence to Contamination Control Practices in Florida Fire Departments: Evidence From the Firefighter Cancer Initiative. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 62(9), e508–e514. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001953
Marimon, M. O., Schaefer Solle, N., Santiago, K. M., Fonseca, M., Dietz, N., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2020). Diversity and Inclusion Leaders in US Fire Departments Impact the Type and Number of Diversity and Inclusion Programs Offered. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 62(1), e13–e16. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001780
2019
Caban-Martinez, A. J., Schaefer Solle, N., Santiago, K. M., Lee, D. J., Koru-Sengul, T., Bator, C. G., Babinec, F. A., Halas, J., & Kobetz, E. N. (2019). Impact of Organizational-level Factors on Cancer Screening Activities in Fire Departments: A Cross-sectional Study from the Sylvester Firefighter Cancer Initiative. Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 12(5), 335–342. https://doi.org/10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-18-0496
McClure, L. A., Koru-Sengul, T., Hernandez, M. N., Mackinnon, J. A., Schaefer Solle, N., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Lee, D. J., & Kobetz, E. (2019). Availability and accuracy of occupation in cancer registry data among Florida firefighters. PloS one, 14(4), e0215867. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215867
Caban-Martinez, A. J., Solle, N. S., Feliciano, P. L., Griffin, K., Santiago, K. M., Lee, D. J., Daunert, S., Deo, S. K., Fent, K., Calkins, M., Burgess, J. L., & Kobetz, E. N. (2019). Use of Aqueous Film-Forming Foams and Knowledge of Perfluorinated Compounds Among Florida Firefighters. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 61(5), e227–e231. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001566
2018
Moore, K. J., Koru-Sengul, T., Alvarez, A., Schaefer-Solle, N., Harrison, T. R., Kobetz, E. N., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2018). Safety Gear Decontamination Practices Among Florida Firefighters: Analysis of a Text-Based Survey Methodology. Workplace health & safety, 66(11), 522–529. https://doi.org/10.1177/2165079918754331
Moore, K. J., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Kirsner, R. S., Schaefer-Solle, N., Lee, D. J., Koru-Sengul, T., & Kobetz, E. N. (2018). Firefighter Skin Cancer and Sun Protection Practices. JAMA Dermatology, 154(2), 219. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.4254
Cancer Epidemiologic Surveillance Program
2025
Koru-Sengul, T., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Pinheiro, P., Hernandez, M. N., Solle, N. S., Kobetz, E. N., & Lee, D. J. (2025). Multiple Primary Cancers Among Florida Male Career Firefighters. J Occup Environ Med. https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000003398
2024
Ahn, S., McClure, L. A., Pinheiro, P. S., Hernandez, D., Boga, D. J., Ukani, H., Chavez, J. V., Quintela Fernandez, J. A., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Kobetz, E., & Lee, D. J. (2024). Methodological and Practical Challenges in Synthesizing Occupational Cancer Studies. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 21(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060742
Pinheiro, P. S., Koru-Sengul, T., Zhao, W., Hernandez, D. R., Hernandez, M. N., Kobetz, E. N., Caban-Martinez, A. J., & Lee, D. J. (2024). Distinct Prostate Cancer Survival Outcomes in Firefighters: A Population-Based Study. Cancers (Basel), 16(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16071305
2023
Ahn, S., Pinheiro, P. S., McClure, L. A., Hernandez, D. R., Caban-Martinez, A. J., & Lee, D. J. (2023). An examination of psychometric properties of study quality assessment scales in meta-analysis: Rasch measurement model applied to the firefighter cancer literature. PLoS One, 18(7), e0284469. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284469
Caban-Martinez, A. J., Koru-Sengul, T., McClure, L. A., Pinheiro, P. S., Hernandez, M. N., Kobetz, E. N., & Lee, D. J. (2024). Odds of Developing Cancer Among Male and Female Volunteer Firefighters in Florida: A Case-Control Study Design. J Occup Environ Med, 66(10), e442-e445. https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000003178
Koru-Sengul, T., Pinheiro, P. S., Zhao, W., Hernandez, M. N., Hernandez, D. R., Maggioni, A., Kobetz, E. N., Caban-Martinez, A. J., & Lee, D. J. (2023). Lung cancer survival among Florida male firefighters. Front Oncol, 13, 1155650. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1155650
Lee, D. J., Ahn, S., McClure, L. A., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Kobetz, E. N., Ukani, H., Boga, D. J., Hernandez, D., & Pinheiro, P. S. (2023). Cancer risk and mortality among firefighters: a meta-analytic review. Front Oncol, 13, 1130754. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1130754
2022
Ogunsina K, Koru-Sengul T, Rodriguez V, et al. A comparative analysis of histologic types of thyroid cancer between career firefighters and other occupational groups in Florida. BMC Endocr Disord. 2022;22(1):222. Published 2022 Sep 2. doi:10.1186/s12902-022-01104-5 PMID: 36056343
Ogunsina K, Koru-Sengul T, Rodriguez V, et al. Correlates of Positive Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies Among Firefighters: A Cross-Sectional-Study. J Endocr Soc. 2022;6(10):bvac125. Published 2022 Aug 23. doi:10.1210/jendso/bvac125 PMID: 36111276
2021
Millet, B (2021). Integrating User-Centered Design Into the Sylvester Firefighter Cancer Initiative's Personal Exposure Reporter. Ergonomics in Design. 32(2), 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/10648046211051196
McClure, L. A., Koru-Sengul, T., Hernandez, M. N., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Kobetz, E. N., & Lee, D. J. (2021). Comparing cancer risk estimates using occupational record linkage approaches in male Florida firefighters. Am J Ind Med, 64(2), 78-83. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23205
2020
Lee, D. J., Koru-Sengul, T., Hernandez, M. N., Caban-Martinez, A. J., McClure, L. A., Mackinnon, J. A., & Kobetz, E. N. (2020). Cancer risk among career male and female Florida firefighters: Evidence from the Florida Firefighter Cancer Registry (1981-2014). Am J Ind Med, 63(4), 285-299. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23086
2019
McClure, L. A., Koru-Sengul, T., Hernandez, M. N., Mackinnon, J. A., Schaefer Solle, N., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Lee, D. J., & Kobetz, E. (2019). Availability and accuracy of occupation in cancer registry data among Florida firefighters. PLoS One, 14(4), e0215867. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215867
2018
Schaefer Solle N, Caban-Martinez AJ, Levy RA, et al. Perceptions of health and cancer risk among newly recruited firefighters in South Florida. Am J Ind Med. 2018;61(1):77-84. doi:10.1002/ajim.22785 PMID: 29090827
Environmental Sampling Program
2024
Testoff, A.C. & Stewart, A. & Gallimore-Wilson, D. & Gray, A.J. & Louzado-Feliciano, Paola & Bakali, Umer & Koru-Sengul, T. & Solle, N & Kobetz, E.N. & Caban-Martinez, Alberto. (2024). Blood serum PFAS levels in a sample of U.S. firefighters. Annals of Epidemiology. 97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.07.079
Bakali, U., Baum, J. L. R., Louzado-Feliciano, P., Killawala, C., Santiago, K. M., Pauley, J. L., Dikici, E., Schaefer Solle, N., Kobetz, E. N., Bachas, L. G., Deo, S. K., Caban-Martinez, A. J., & Daunert, S. (2024). Characterization of fire investigators' polyaromatic hydrocarbon exposures using silicone wristbands. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 278, 116349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116349
2022
Kafkoutsou, A. L., Yang, Y. P., Zeynaloo, E., Deo, S. K., Solle, N. S., Kobetz, E. N., Daunert, S., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2022). Impact of Firefighting Aqueous Film-Forming Foams on Human Cell Proliferation and Cellular Mortality. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 64(5), e340–e344. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002527
Kafkoutsou, Alexia & Bakali, Umer & Santiago, Katerina & Dikici, Emre & Solle, Natasha & Kobetz, Erin & Deo, Sapna & Daunert, Sylvia & Caban-Martinez, Alberto. (2022). Rapid bioanalytical screening for the assessment of internalized exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in clinical samples of Florida Firefighters. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1289/isee.2022.P-088
2021
Bakali, U., Baum, J. L. R., Killawala, C., Kobetz, E. N., Solle, N. S., Deo, S. K., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Bachas, L. G., & Daunert, S. (2021). Mapping carcinogen exposure across urban fire incident response arenas using passive silicone-based samplers. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 228, 112929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112929
2020
Caban-Martinez, A. J., Louzado-Feliciano, P., Santiago, K. M., Baum, J., Schaefer Solle, N., Rivera, G., Miric, M., Perez-Then, E., Kobetz-Kerman, E. N., & Daunert, S. (2020). Objective Measurement of Carcinogens Among Dominican Republic Firefighters Using Silicone-Based Wristbands. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 62(11), e611–e615. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002006
Baum, J. L. R., Bakali, U., Killawala, C., Santiago, K. M., Dikici, E., Kobetz, E. N., Solle, N. S., Deo, S., Bachas, L., & Daunert, S. (2020). Evaluation of silicone-based wristbands as passive sampling systems using PAHs as an exposure proxy for carcinogen monitoring in firefighters: Evidence from the firefighter cancer initiative. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 205, 111100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111100
2018
Caban-Martinez, A. J., Kropa, B., Niemczyk, N., Moore, K. J., Baum, J., Solle, N. S., Sterling, D. A., & Kobetz, E. N. (2018). The "Warm Zone" Cases: Environmental Monitoring Immediately Outside the Fire Incident Response Arena by Firefighters. Safety and health at work, 9(3), 352–355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2017.12.003
Affiliated Projects
2025
Goodrich, J. M., Furlong, M. A., Urwin, D. J., Gabriel, J., Hughes, J., Jung, A. M., Calkins, M. M., DuBose, K. N., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Solle, N. S., Beitel, S. C., & Burgess, J. L. (2025). Epigenetic Modifications Associated With Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Firefighting. Environmental and molecular mutagenesis, 66(1-2), 22–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/em.70002
2024
Valenti, M. A., Farland, L. V., Huang, K., Liu, Y., Beitel, S. C., Jahnke, S. A., Hollerbach, B., St Clair, C. C., Gulotta, J. J., Kolar, J. J., Urwin, D. J., Louzado-Feliciano, P., Baker, J. B., Jack, K. L., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Goodrich, J. M., & Burgess, J. L. (2025). Evaluating the Effect of Depression, Anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder on Anti-Müllerian Hormone Levels Among Women Firefighters. Journal of women's health (2002), 34(3), 354–361. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2024.0534
Shah, N. N., Wackowski, O. A., Jahnke, S. A., Roy, J., Hollerbach, B. S., Edwards, D. L., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Calkins, M. M., Austin, E., Black, T. M., Awadalla, J., Grant, C. C., Kubiel, B. S., & Graber, J. M. (2024). Firefighter- and Fire Department-Level Barriers and Promoters of Physical Activity and Fitness Among Volunteer Firefighters: A Qualitative Study Using Semistructured Interviews. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 66(12), e653–e660. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000003222
2023
Nwanaji-Enwerem, J. C., Cardenas, A., Goodrich, J. M., Furlong, M. A., Jung, A. M., Collender, P. A., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Grant, C., Beitel, S. C., Littau, S., Urwin, D. J., Gabriel, J. J., Hughes, J., Gulotta, J., Wallentine, D., & Burgess, J. L. (2023). Occupational Years of Service and Leukocyte Epigenetic Aging. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 65(5), e312–e318. https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000002817
Williams, E. C., Ma, Y., Loo, D. M., Schaefer Solle, N., Millet, B., Harris, K., Snapp, H. A., & Rajguru, S. M. (2023). Monitoring Occupational Noise Exposure in Firefighters Using the Apple Watch. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 2315. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032315
2022
Tyner, H. L., Burgess, J. L., Grant, L., Gaglani, M., Kuntz, J. L., Naleway, A. L., Thornburg, N. J., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Yoon, S. K., Herring, M. K., Beitel, S. C., Blanton, L., Nikolich-Zugich, J., Thiese, M. S., Pleasants, J. F., Fowlkes, A. L., Lutrick, K., Dunnigan, K., Yoo, Y. M., Rose, S., …Thompson, M. G. (2022). Neutralizing Antibody Response to Pseudotype Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Differs Between mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccines and by History of SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 75(1), e827–e837. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab1038
Yoon, S. K., Hegmann, K. T., Thiese, M. S., Burgess, J. L., Ellingson, K., Lutrick, K., Olsho, L. E. W., Edwards, L. J., Sokol, B., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Schaefer-Solle, N., Jones, J. M., Tyner, H., Hunt, A., Respet, K., Gaglani, M., Dunnigan, K., Rose, S., Naleway, A., Groom, H., …HEROES-RECOVER Network Investigators (2022). Protection with a Third Dose of mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Frontline Workers. The New England journal of medicine, 386(19), 1855–1857. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2201821
Burgess, J. L., Fisher, J. M., Nematollahi, A., Jung, A. M., Calkins, M. M., Graber, J. M., Grant, C. C., Beitel, S. C., Littau, S. R., Gulotta, J. J., Wallentine, D. D., Hughes, R. J., Popp, C., Calafat, A. M., Botelho, J. C., Coleman, A. D., Schaefer-Solle, N., Louzado-Feliciano, P., Oduwole, S. O., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2023). Serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance concentrations in four municipal US fire departments. American journal of industrial medicine, 66(5), 411–423. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23413
2021
Caban-Martinez, A. J., Gaglani, M., Olsho, L. E. W., Grant, L., Schaefer-Solle, N., Thompson, M. G., & Burgess, J. L. (2022). COVID-19 Vaccination Perspectives and Illnesses Among Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and Other First Responders in the US, January to September 2021. JAMA network open, 5(7), e2222640. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.22640
Naleway, A. L., Grant, L., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Wesley, M. G., Burgess, J. L., Groover, K., Gaglani, M., Yoon, S. K., Tyner, H. L., Meece, J., Kuntz, J. L., Yoo, Y. M., Schaefer-Solle, N., Olsho, L. E. W., Gerald, J. K., Rose, S., Thiese, M. S., Lundgren, J., Groom, H. C., Mak, J., …Fowlkes, A. L. (2022). Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among COVID-19 vaccinated and unvaccinated healthcare personnel, first responders, and other essential and frontline workers: Eight US locations, January-September 2021. Influenza and other respiratory viruses, 16(3), 585–593. https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12956
Edwards, L. J., Fowlkes, A. L., Wesley, M. G., Kuntz, J. L., Odean, M. J., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Dunnigan, K., Phillips, A. L., Grant, L., Herring, M. K., Groom, H. C., Respet, K., Beitel, S., Zunie, T., Hegmann, K. T., Kumar, A., Joseph, G., Poe, B., Louzado-Feliciano, P., Smith, M. E., …Thompson, M. G. (2021). Research on the Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Essential Response Personnel (RECOVER): Protocol for a Multisite Longitudinal Cohort Study. JMIR research protocols, 10(12), e31574. https://doi.org/10.2196/31574
Thompson, M. G., Burgess, J. L., Naleway, A. L., Tyner, H., Yoon, S. K., Meece, J., Olsho, L. E. W., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Fowlkes, A. L., Lutrick, K., Groom, H. C., Dunnigan, K., Odean, M. J., Hegmann, K., Stefanski, E., Edwards, L. J., Schaefer-Solle, N., Grant, L., Ellingson, K., Kuntz, J. L., …Gaglani, M. (2021). Prevention and Attenuation of Covid-19 with the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines. The New England journal of medicine, 385(4), 320–329. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2107058
Thompson, M. G., Burgess, J. L., Naleway, A. L., Tyner, H. L., Yoon, S. K., Meece, J., Olsho, L. E. W., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Fowlkes, A., Lutrick, K., Kuntz, J. L., Dunnigan, K., Odean, M. J., Hegmann, K. T., Stefanski, E., Edwards, L. J., Schaefer-Solle, N., Grant, L., Ellingson, K., Groom, H. C., …Gaglani, M. (2021). Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers - Eight U.S. Locations, December 2020-March 2021. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 70(13), 495–500. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7013e3
Kadiwar, P., Shah, N., Black, T., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Steinberg, M., Black, K., Sackey, J., & Graber, J. (2021). Dietary Intake Among Members of a Volunteer Fire Department Compared With US Daily Dietary Recommendations. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 63(2), 147–150. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002102
Solle, N. S., Santiago, K. M., Louzado Feliciano, P., Calkins, M. M., Fent, K., Jahnke, S., Parks, N., Buren, H., Grant, C., Burgess, J. L., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2021). Perceptions of Work-Related Health and Cancer Risks Among Women Firefighters: A Qualitative Study. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 63(12), e846–e852. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002386
Goodrich, J. M., Calkins, M. M., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Stueckle, T., Grant, C., Calafat, A. M., Nematollahi, A., Jung, A. M., Graber, J. M., Jenkins, T., Slitt, A. L., Dewald, A., Cook Botelho, J., Beitel, S., Littau, S., Gulotta, J., Wallentine, D., Hughes, J., Popp, C., & Burgess, J. L. (2021). Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, epigenetic age and DNA methylation: a cross-sectional study of firefighters. Epigenomics, 13(20), 1619–1636. https://doi.org/10.2217/epi-2021-0225
Graber, J. M., Black, T. M., Shah, N. N., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Lu, S. E., Brancard, T., Yu, C. H., Turyk, M. E., Black, K., Steinberg, M. B., Fan, Z., & Burgess, J. L. (2021). Prevalence and Predictors of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Serum Levels among Members of a Suburban US Volunteer Fire Department. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(7), 3730. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073730
Goodrich, J. M., Furlong, M. A., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Jung, A. M., Batai, K., Jenkins, T., Beitel, S., Littau, S., Gulotta, J., Wallentine, D., Hughes, J., Popp, C., Calkins, M. M., & Burgess, J. L. (2021). Differential DNA Methylation by Hispanic Ethnicity Among Firefighters in the United States. Epigenetics insights, 14, 25168657211006159. https://doi.org/10.1177/25168657211006159
Additional Publications
Demers, P. A., DeMarini, D. M., Fent, K. W., Glass, D. C., Hansen, J., Adetona, O., Andersen, M. H., Freeman, L. E. B., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Daniels, R. D., Driscoll, T. R., Goodrich, J. M., Graber, J. M., Kirkham, T. L., Kjaerheim, K., Kriebel, D., Long, A. S., Main, L. C., Oliveira, M., Peters, S., …Schubauer-Berigan, M. K. (2022). Carcinogenicity of occupational exposure as a firefighter. The Lancet. Oncology, 23(8), 985–986. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(22)00390-4
Louzado-Feliciano, P., Santiago, K. M., Paule, L., Rivera, G., Schaefer Solle, N., Miric, M., Perez-Then, E., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2022). Perceptions of Occupational Cancer Risk and Prevention Among Dominican Republic Firefighters: A Qualitative Study. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 64(3), e131–e135. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002466
Moore, K. J., Koru-Sengul, T., Alvarez, A., Schaefer-Solle, N., Harrison, T. R., Kobetz, E. N., & Caban-Martinez, A. J. (2018). Safety Gear Decontamination Practices Among Florida Firefighters: Analysis of a Text-Based Survey Methodology. Workplace health & safety, 66(11), 522–529. https://doi.org/10.1177/2165079918754331