Jefferey Burgess

Professor, BIO5 Institute | Professor, Public Health | Adjunct Professor, Mining and Geological Engineering | Member of the Graduate Faculty

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About

Dr. Jefferey L. Burgess is an occupational medicine specialist in Tucson, Arizona. He received his medical degree from University of Washington School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years.

Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Exposures, Effects, and Interventions: A Collaborative Research-to-Action Partnership With Firefighters
Active·2024·$417K / $758.2K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
wildfires, urban planning, firefighter safety, risk assessment, community resilience
Training in Environmental Toxicology of Human Disease
Active·2024·$0 / $671.6K·
External
environmental toxicology, human disease, training, environmental health, medical education
Translational Approaches to Health Disparities in Lung, Sleep, and Pandemics
Active·2024·$0 / $341.5K·
External
health disparities, translational research, lung health, sleep disorders, pandemic response
Longitudinal Inquiry Into Fire and EMS
Active·2024·$71.7K / $35.8K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
firefighting, emergency response, public safety, healthcare, data analysis
Fiscal Year 2022 Fire Prevention & Safety
Active·2024·$34.9K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
fire prevention, safety measures, government funding, emergency preparedness, risk assessment

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Recent

Excretion of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and AhR activation in breastmilk among firefighters

2023

excretion, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, ahr activation, breastmilk, firefighters

Disease and social factors associated with healthcare utilization for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infections in a longitudinal cohort of essential workers in Arizona

2023

infectious diseases, healthcare utilization, social factors, longitudinal cohort, essential workers

Measured and modeled comparisons of chemical and microbial contaminants in tap, bottled and vended water in a U.S.Mexico Border community

2022

water quality, microbial contaminants, chemical contaminants, comparative analysis, public health

COVID-19 Vaccination Perspectives and Illnesses Among Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and Other First Responders in the US, January to September 2021

2022

covid-19 vaccination, illnesses, first responders, law enforcement, firefighters

Serum Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Four Municipal US Fire Departments

2022

firefighters, water contamination, chemical exposure, health effects, environmental pollution

Prevalence and predictors of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among volunteer firefighters October 2020 August 2021)

2022

covid-19, seroprevalence, volunteer firefighters, predictors, infection

Cutting Edge: T Cell Responses to B.1.1.529 Omicron) SARS-CoV-2 Variant Induced by COVID-19 Infection and/or mRNA Vaccination Are Largely Preserved

2022

t cell response, omicron variant, covid-19 infection, mrna vaccination, sars-cov-2

Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers Eight U.S. Locations, December 2020-March 2021.

2021

vaccine effectiveness, covid-19, sars-cov-2 infection, health care personnel, frontline workers

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances PFAS) and non-fasting total cholesterol serum levels among New Jersey volunteer firefighters

2021

pfas exposure, firefighters health, cholesterol levels, environmental exposure, health effects

Evaluation of CBRN Respirator Protection in Simulated Fire Overhaul Settings.

2021

cbrn protection, respirator evaluation, fire overhaul, simulated settings, respirator performance

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Public Health Preparedness I
Public Health Preparedness
Thesis
General and Systems Toxicology
Toxicology and Chemical Exposure

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Jefferey Burgess

About

Research Area

Grants(68)

Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Exposures, Effects, and Interventions: A Collaborative Research-to-Action Partnership With Firefighters

Training in Environmental Toxicology of Human Disease

Translational Approaches to Health Disparities in Lung, Sleep, and Pandemics

Longitudinal Inquiry Into Fire and EMS

Fiscal Year 2022 Fire Prevention & Safety

Publications(141)

Excretion of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and AhR activation in breastmilk among firefighters

Disease and social factors associated with healthcare utilization for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infections in a longitudinal cohort of essential workers in Arizona

Measured and modeled comparisons of chemical and microbial contaminants in tap, bottled and vended water in a U.S.Mexico Border community

COVID-19 Vaccination Perspectives and Illnesses Among Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and Other First Responders in the US, January to September 2021

Serum Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Four Municipal US Fire Departments

Prevalence and predictors of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among volunteer firefighters October 2020 August 2021)

Cutting Edge: T Cell Responses to B.1.1.529 Omicron) SARS-CoV-2 Variant Induced by COVID-19 Infection and/or mRNA Vaccination Are Largely Preserved

Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers Eight U.S. Locations, December 2020-March 2021.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances PFAS) and non-fasting total cholesterol serum levels among New Jersey volunteer firefighters

Evaluation of CBRN Respirator Protection in Simulated Fire Overhaul Settings.

Collaborations(102)

Thaddeus Pace

Walter Klimecki

H-H. Sherry Chow

Cynthia Thomson

Judith Gordon

News(29)

UArizona named No. 1 producer of Fulbright Scholars

Research collaboration informs international classification of firefighting as carcinogenic

AZ HEROES study awarded $22M to continue evaluation of COVID-19 immunity, vaccine effectiveness

AZ HEROES Research Study Awarded $15M to Continue, Expand Evaluation of COVID-19 Immunity, Vaccine Effectiveness

COVID-19 Vaccine Reduces Severity, Length, Viral Load for Those Who Still Get Infected

Courses(8)

Public Health Preparedness I

Public Health Preparedness

Thesis

General and Systems Toxicology

Toxicology and Chemical Exposure