Jen Keir

PhDone!!! Congrats on the incredible award-nominated thesis Dr ⁦@jkeirrr⁩! Signing the cup of knowledge and celebrating her important accomplishments in advancing understanding of the health risks of firefighting.🤩

Just so grateful for the support I've received from the firefighting community over the years. I'm so lucky to have been given the opportunity to do this research. Thank you all! It's been an honor!

New 20yr study of Scottish #firefighters found⬆️mortality for: Overall cancers Several specific cancers such as malignant neoplasms (3x) & neoplasms of unknown behaviour (>6x) Several non-cancer conditions including heart diseases, stroke, & renal failure academic.oup.com/occmed/article…

We are seeking ONE more participant to join our #Firefighter Cancer Survivorship study! We want to help provide you with the tools to improve your quality of life. ✅ Must be an active or retired firefighter cancer survivor and 21+ Check eligibility: miami.edu/FCIsurvivorship

New #FIREWELLResearch Opportunity: Career and volunteer firefighters wanted for a 30-minute online interview on their experiences in treatment and recovery for an acute cardiac event.

Great interview right now by @chiefmcmullen on the Rob Snow Show, discussing issues Canadian firefighters are facing 👏

A huge thank you to @OttFire for their on-going collaboration in our research and to all the participants in this study! ♥️

DOES THIS MEAN WE SHOULD STOP DOING POST-FIRE DECON? NO but post-fire skin decon is not a magic bullet solution. Proper use of PPE and other exposure-reduction protocols are also imperative.

Our study on the effectiveness of post-fire dermal cleaning interventions (i.e., skin decon) for reducing #firefighters' exposures to PAHs and genotoxins is now published! doi.org/10.1080/154596… Let me summarize it for you in a thread 🧵

How’s the PhD going? All on track! The track:

when the rules of literally any card game are explained to me

You can't get far in a COVID discussion without someone claiming the vaccines don't "stop" transmission. So for reference, here's a non-exhaustive list of published studies & preprints that show being vaccinated against COVID reduces the likelihood of COVID transmission. 🧵

Canadian thanksgiving is a tier one holiday. No gifting stress, no pressure to have fun like NYE, excellent food, feels "alt" vs the bloated American version, no religious stuff or pilgrims just a vague "harvest" theme, stuffing, 10/10

As instance & severity of wildland fires⬆️ w climate change, these kinds of studies will be even more relevant: 'In 2018, lead was >40x ⬆️on smoke days on av. at the Point Reyes monitoring station, due mostly to the Camp Fire, burning approx 200 km away' pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…