May 2023 Welcome to the May issue of The Dispatch!
This month, we celebrate Dr. Jennifer Keir (University of Ottawa) who successfully defended her PhD thesis on firefighters' occupational exposures; and Temitope Osifeso (Western University) who received an Ontario Graduate Scholarship to support her PhD work on firefighters' shoulder health! This issue also highlights a National Firefighter Registry for Cancer and a new hub that provides free online resources for public safety personnel families. Keep scrolling to read about other scientists' new research on occupational exposures and cancer in female firefighters, cardiovascular health, and reproductive health. Thank you for reading and supporting FIREWELL. Feel free to share this newsletter with everyone you know! What's New at FIREWELL Research by Other Scientists Cancer
Cardiovascular Health
Reproductive Health
National Firefighter Registry for Cancer [U.S. Firefighters] It's been a long time coming,..the National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer which was developed to study cancer among U.S. firefighters is now open!
All active, former, and retired U.S. firefighters are encouraged to join the NFR as part of a collective effort to understand and reduce cancer in the diverse fire service. For more info: click here. Free Online Resources for Families of Public Safety Personnel PSPNET Families is an online wellbeing hub designed to support the specific, yet diverse challenges faced by those who are connected to public safety personnel (PSP), like firefighters.
PSPNET Families offers:
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Upcoming Events Families Matter Research Group Interactive Series: What I wish I had known: Reflections on Family Life After Public Safety Service
Date: Thursday, May 25 at 11am-12pm CST, 1pm-2pm EDST
Location: Virtual
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