The Multi-Site PFAS Health Study (MSS), a national health study, examined the role per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may play in various health outcomes. The MSS began data collection in the City of Newburg and in the Hoosick Falls area in the winter of 2021. Study visits took place at local study clinics from the Winter of 2021 through Fall of 2023. A total of 523 adults and children in the City of Newburgh and in the Hoosick Falls area participated in the study. The success of the study would not have been possible without input and assistance from our Community Advisory Panel (CAP) and numerous community members and groups.
The study was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). New York’s effort was led by researchers at the University at Albany and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH).
Study Investigators
Dr. Erin Bell, PhD
Dr. Bell is a Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University at Albany College of Integrated Health Sciences. Her research interests include examining the association of environmental exposures and adverse birth and child health outcomes, including neurodevelopment. She is particularly interested in the relationship between social factors and environmental exposures and their combined impact on child development. For more information, please visit Dr. Bell's faculty page.
Steven Forand, MS
Mr. Steven Forand is the Section Chief, Research Scientist IV in the Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology (NYSDOH). Mr. Forand has extensive experience working on environmental health studies and surveillance projects and community health investigations related to environmental exposures. He holds a MA in Biology from Binghamton University and a MS in Epidemiology from the University at Albany.
Dr. Elizabeth L. Lewis-Michl (former NYSDOH Co-Principal investigator)
Dr. Lewis-Michl was the Director of the Division of the Environmental Health Assessment within the Center for Environmental Health at the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). Dr. Lewis-Michl has extensive experience conducting wide variety of health outcome and biomonitoring investigations including applied epidemiological research in communities with unusual environmental exposures. She holds a PhD in Socio-medical Sciences from Columbia University.
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