$1.5 million FEMA award to fund first-of-its-kind study of health effects on wildland firefighters

(University of Maryland) With a $1.5 million award from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, University of Maryland (UMD) Associate Professor Michael Gollner will co-lead a first-of-its-kind research effort to quantify the pulmonary and cardiovascular health consequences to firefighters exposed to wildland fire smoke.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science https://ift.tt/2CPHntU