- How does a summer morning spent simulating on-scene firefighter tasks in high heat and humidity with 30+ pounds of fire gear feel? That just what Denise Smith, professor of health and human physiological sciences, along with Skidmore students, alumni, and several first responders wanted to find out.
- Skidmore celebrated the high points, reflected on the low, and came together over the ones in between in 2016.
- The top danger to firefighters is the physical rigor of their work; nearly half of all line-of-duty deaths are due to sudden cardiac events. Skidmore's expert in this field just won a new Homeland Security research grant.
- Denise Smith, professor of health and exercise sciences at Skidmore College, has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to continue her research developing tools that may save firefighters lives.
- Professor Denise Smith to lead largest national study investigating precise medical cause of cardiac death in the fire service.
- The professors will collaborate with researchers at UCLA in a project funded by the federal Department of Homeland Security. (Left: Pat Fehling)
- Lefferts was recognized for helping to determine what types of base-layer clothing reduce firefighters' thermal or cardiovascular strain.