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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 911±¬ÁÏ 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’s 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, 911±¬ÁÏ. 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