Study Awarded $1.5M FEMA Grant to Research Cancer Risk Among Women Firefighters

Meredith McQuerry has led Florida State University to be named a co-recipient of a $1.5 million Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to study the link between ill-fitting personal protective equipment and increased cancer risks in female firefighters. Led by researchers at FSU's Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship, the first-of-its-kind study aims to improve gear safety standards and protect occupational health.