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Susanne D™Isabel

Visiting Assistant Professor

Office: Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences
Phone: 518-580-5360
Email: sdisabel@skidmore.edu

Education:

• B.A., Villanova University, 1993
• M.P.H., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997
• Dr. P.H, Columbia University, 2009

Courses taught:

• HP 131 Introduction to Public Health
• HP 355 Research Methods
• HP 371 Contemporary Issues in Public Health

Background:

Professor D™Isabel has been teaching public health courses at 91´«Ã½ for over 15 years. Her background spans the CDC to State Health Departments, where she mainly focused on chronic disease prevention. Most recently, Professor D™Isabel concluded work focused on firefighter health and safety as both a technical writer and a PI/Project Manager with HHPS First Responder Health and Safety Laboratory.

Recent publications:

• D™Isabel S, Judah L, Smith DL. A Framework to Address Health and Safety in the Fire Service. International Fire Service Journal of Leadership and Management. 2024;18: 49-58.
• Graham EL, D™Isabel S, Lofrano-Porto A, Smith DL. Musculoskeletal, Pulmonary, and Cardiovascular COVID-19 Sequelae in the Context of Firefighter Occupational Health: A Narrative Review.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024; 21(10):1383.
• Lofrano-Porto A, D'Isabel S, Smith DL. Developing a Clinical-pathological Framework of Long COVID-related Fatigue Applied to Public Safety Workers. Front Med (Lausanne). 2024;11:1387499.
• Saint-Martin DRF, Barreto KA, Soares EMKVK, Machado MS, Morais CSDS, Barbosa AMB, Nogueira RM, D'Isabel S, Smith DL, Molina GE, Grossi Porto LG. A 7-Month Multidisciplinary Healthy Lifestyle Intervention Effectively Improved Cardiometabolic Risk Profile of Firefighters. J Occup Environ Med. 2024;66(8):605-614.
• D'Isabel S, Berny LM, Frost A, Thongphok C, Jack K, Chaudhry S, Arena R, Smith DL. The Effect of Mild to Moderate COVID-19 Infection on the Cardiorespiratory Fitness of Firefighters. Front Public Health. 2023;11:1308605.
• First Responder Health and Safety Lab, 91´«Ã½. BETTER HEART Final Report. May 2023.
• Smith DL, D™Isabel S. The Perfect Storm: Firefighting, Cardiovascular Health Risk and COVID-19. International Fire Service Journal of Leadership and Management. 2023;17:31-37.
• Frost A, Tryon C, D™Isabel S, Smith DL. Long COVID: A Smoldering Problem in the Fire Service.  Fire Engineering. 2023;176(6).
• Haigh CA, D™Isabel S, Smith DL. Long COVID: A Need for Full Situational Awareness. IAFC “ On Scene blog. April 10, 2023.

*italics denotes undergraduate student