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1:00pm - 1:15pm Welcome to the 2021 National
Firefighter Cancer Symposium

Erin Kobetz, PhD, MPH, Vice Provost for Research + Scholarship, University of Miami; Associate Director, Population Sciences and Cancer Disparity, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center; Professor, Medicine and Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Ed Klima, Managing Director, First Responder Center for Excellence

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1:15pm - 3:00pm Refocusing on Firefighter Cancer: Advocacy/Research

Diane Cotter, Advocate/Citizen Activist

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Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell, President and CEO, International Public Safety Data Institute

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Kenny Fent, PhD, CIH, Research Industrial Hygienist and Head of the National Firefighter Registry, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Miriam Siegel, DrPH, Research Industrial Hygienist and Head of the National Firefighter Registry, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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Jeff Burgess, MD, MS, MPH, Associate Dean for Research and Professor, University of Arizona, Zuckerman College of Public Health

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3:00pm - 3:25pm Break
3:25pm - 3:35pm NIOSH Research on Firefighters

Dr. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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3:35pm - 4:00pm Total Worker Health (TWH) and Cancer in the Fire Service

Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, DO, PhD, MPH, CPH, Associate Professor, Division of Environment & Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences; Deputy Director, Firefighter Cancer Initiative at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

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4:00pm - 5:00pm Diet, Nutrition, and Exercise as Agents of Cancer Control and Prevention: Examples from the Field

Judith Graber, PhD, Associate Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Paul McCullough, Co-founder, O2X Human Performance

Brice Long, Director, Human Performance Experience O2X

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Jonathan Tate, Founder of Food on the Stove

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8:30am - 8:45am Welcome to NFCS Day 2

Pat Morrison, Assistant to the General President, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) in the Division of Occupational Health, Safety, and Medicine

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8:45am - 9:05am International Agency for Research on Cancer Monographs Programme – Firefighters and Cancer

Dr. Mary Schubauer-Berigan, Head of the Monographs Programme, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

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9:05am - 9:35am IARC Panel Discussion View Presentation
9:35am - 10:00am Break
10:00am - 11:30am Cell to Community: The Nexus of Basic Sciences and Population Health

Dr. David Prezant, Chief Medical Officer, Office of Medical Affairs, Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY)

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Dr. Angela Slitt, Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island

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Engineer Derek Urwin from LA County, Chief Randy Krause from Port of Seattle, Deputy Chief Darin Wallentine from Tucson

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11:30am - 12:30pm Lunch
(Virtual Networking Session 12:00pm-12:25pm OPTIONAL)
12:30pm - 2:30pm

Track Presentations and Real-World Scenarios - Research/Best Practices

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A) Wildland and Wildland Urban Interface Firefighters

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B) Arson and Fire Investigators

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C) Structural Firefighting (Career & Volunteer)

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D) Fire Trainers and Instructors

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2:30pm - 3:00pm Break  
3:00pm - 4:30pm Panel Discussion w/Q&A View Presentation

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Track A: Wildland and Wildland Urban Interface Firefighters

Kathleen Navarro, PhD, MPH, Research Industrial Hygienist, CDC/NIOSH

Ilias Kavouras, PhD, Professor, City University of New York

Darren Warburton, PhD, MSc, Full Professor, University of British Columbia

Ann Gibson, PhD, FACSM, Professor, Exercise Science, University of New Mexico

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Real-World Scenario - Research/Best Practices

Kelly Kane, USDA Forest Service

Molly West, USDA Forest Service

Track B: Arson and Fire Investigators

Jeff Pauley, IAAI-CFI and CI, CFEI, MIFireE Chairman, Health & Safety Committee International Association of Arson Investigators, Inc.

Umer Bakali, Doctoral Student, University of Miami

R. Bryan Ormond, PhD, Assistant Professor, NC State University, Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC)

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Real-World Scenario - Research/Best Practices Brian Gordon, Fire Investigator, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue
Track C: Structural Firefighting (Career & Volunteer)

Sam Eaton, Retired Battalion Chief for Palm Beach County Fire Rescue; State-Regional Co-Coordinator, F.A.C.E Team; Director, Florida Firefighters Safety & Health Collaborative

Gina Hudson, State-Regional Co-Coordinator, F.A.C.E Team, Florida Firefighters Safety & Health Collaborative

Jacqueline Moline, MD, Professor and Chair, Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention, Northwell Health and Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Anne Golden, PhD, Research Epidemiologist and Assistant Professor, Northwell Health and Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

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Real-World Scenario - Research/Best Practices Ed Mann, Fire Chief and Financial Secretary of the East Derry Volunteer Fire Company; Director of Training and Education for Provident
Track D: Fire Trainers and Instructors

Gavin Horn, PhD, Research Engineer, UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute

Natasha Schaefer Solle, PhD, RN, Research Assistant Professor; Deputy Director, Firefighter Cancer Initiative at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Richard Kesler, Deputy Director of Research Programs

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Real-World Scenario - Research/Best Practices Frank Leeb, Deputy Assistant Chief (Chief of the Fire Academy), New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

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8:30am - 8:45am Welcome to NFCS Day 3 Director Julius Halas, Division Director, Florida State Fire Marshal, Division Office
8:45am - 9:30am Firefighter Cancer Survivorship/ Mental Wellness

Brian Frieders, President, Firefighter Cancer Support Network

Dr. Deborah Beidel, Trustee Chair and Pegasus Professor of Psychology and Medical Education, University of Central Florida

9:30am - 10:00am Funding: How to? Casey Grant, P.E., Executive Director of DSRAE, LLC.
10:00am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 10:45am Risk Assessment of Occupational Health Problems in Firefighters Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, International Consultant in Occupational and Environmental Health
10:45am - 11:45am Bringing It All Together

Battalion Chief Christopher Bator, President and Co-founder of the Florida Firefighters Safety and Health Collaborative (FFSHC), Safety Officer, Instructor, and Chair of the Safety and Health Committee for the Coral Springs Fire Department

Lieutenant Paramedic Jeff Orrange, Orlando Fire, Statewide Peer Coordinator Florida Firefighters Safety and Health Collaborative

Chief Mike Tucker, Bureau Chief/Superintendent, Florida State Fire Marshal/Florida State Fire College

11:45am - 12:00pm Closing
12:00m -1:00pm Lunch
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