Thursday, November 1, 2018

UMD researcher part of team investigating health risks among wildfire fighters

A University of Maryland researcher is part of a team that landed a $1.5 million award through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to investigate health effects among firefighters who battle wildland blazes. Michael Gollner, a UMD associate professor with the Department of Fire Protection Engineering, will co-lead a research effort to quantify the pulmonary and cardiovascular health consequences to firefighters exposed to wildland fire smoke. The effort comes after a heavy summer wildfires.…



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