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Firefighters traveled from across the region to Iona McGregor Fire District in Fort Myers, FL, for our women's seminar. Big thank you to Fire Marshal Jackielou Mozes, who shared her own personal experience with cancer.

For us, research is driven by community need, and the fire service community needs our help to reduce their occupational cancer risk. Advocacy plays a big role, so talk about the cancer epidemic in the fire service. Research starts with you. #NationalCancerResearchMonth

Another day of cancer prevention and firefighter-focused care in the books! ✅️ Our wonderful clinic team pictured at @Hialeahfd after conducting labs and physicals for firefighters last week. #cancerprevention @Sylvestercancer

Every survivor has a different story, but each one is Living Proof that the fight is worth it. On #NationalCancerSurvivorsDay we celebrate their strength and resilience 💪

Multiple Primary Cancer (MPC) in Firefighters: a new study by Sylvester's FCI! 📝 Swipe to read more about what MPC means, what our research found, and next steps for firefighters. #firefighterhealth Check it out: 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40165529/

That's a wrap on our third women's seminar this spring! Thank you to Seminole State College for giving us the opportunity to speak with women firefighters about their unique cancer risk. 🫡 👩‍🚒

Firefighters face exposure to heavy metals on the job, including cadmium. Through basic research, we have uncovered an important negative impact on metabolism, and a potential therapy to treat cadmium poisoning. Join us on 6/24 at 1 PM EST to learn more: bit.ly/fciseminars2024.

Our team recently visited Ocala Fire Rescue, where we presented our cancer prevention and educational curriculum to all 3 shifts. We want to thank all the firefighters for your attention. We hope you learned something new about your safety on the job!

Meet Brittany Kava, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, and the newest member of Sylvester's FCI clinic team. You'll see Brittany out in the field, providing clinical care and cancer prevention education as well as participating at research initiatives. Welcome to the team, Brittany! #FacesofFCI

📸 Sylvester's FCI Co-Deputy Director, Dr. Natasha Schaefer Solle, at the 2025 Joint Conference of the the 37th Annual Florida Association of Fire and Life Safety Educators and The 80th Annual Florida Arson Seminar. Great to speak with you all! 🔥🧑‍🚒

Big thanks to the Tampa Firefighters of Local 754, who provided the @sylvestercancer Firefighter Cancer Initiative with a donation at the Florida Professional Firefighters Convention in Palm Beach Gardens. Dr. Angelos Fotiadis accepted this donation on FCI's behalf.

This year’s Firefighter #SafetyStandDownWeek focus is about mental health. Firefighters face an extraordinary amount of risk, from carcinogenic exposure to high-stress fire scenes. Managing stress is critical for your wellbeing. Stay tuned for tips this week!

It’s #SafetyStandDownWeek2025 and the focus is mental health. When you’re stressed, how do you cope? Not all coping strategies are considered healthy or helpful. Here are some strategies we recommend vs strategies you can leave in the past.

For #FirefighterSafetyStandDownWeek, we put our top tips for maintaining your #mentalhealth more effectively. How do you manage your stress? Remember: you don’t have to suffer in silence. Know when you need to change up your coping strategy. Know when you need help.

Same service, new destination. Last week, we sent our mobile clinics to Highland Beach Fire Rescue for labs and physicals. This service is meant to make it easier for firefighters to make those routine appts. Plus, the care is more tailored to the firefighter experience.🔥

Congratulations to Dr. Justin Taylor on receiving a prestigious Stanley J. Glaser Foundation Research Award to advance his work on a potential new approach to treating colorectal cancer. 🙌 The study reveals how targeting the XPO1 gene mutation with selinexor, combined with

In the field: our team was in St. Augustine, FL, to collect data for our THERMAL study. This work took place during live fire training. 🔥 Bonus, we got to meet another station pup. We look forward to sharing what we learned!

Your carotenoid level says a lot about your nutrition, including how many fruits and veggies you're consuming. Carotenoids are associated with cancer reduction and fire service members can find out their #carotenoid levels in our nutrition study. 📸 @miamidadefire

This week, we attended the 2025 @NEHAorg Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference theme focused on resiliency despite challenges in the field of environmental health. Our team had the opportunity to share more about the FCI toolkit app.

Cynthia Campos Beaver, Research Support Manager at Sylvester's FCI, with NEHA president, CDR Anna Khan at the 2025 Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition in Phoenix, Arizona. Thanks for representing SFCI, Cynthia! #fcifightscancer