The New York workforce is incredibly diverse, ranging across sectors such as educational and health services, professional and building services, hospitality, construction, utilities, and others. Workers in a variety of occupations may encounter chemicals, physical hazards, as well as mental stressors that may cause health problems.
We are studying workers’ health to better understand the impacts on the health of the workers who responded to the World Trade Center disaster as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. To find out if you are eligible to participate in the study, begin the survey below:
Welcome to the New York Area Workers Cohort website!
Meet the Research Team
Susan L Teitelbaum, PhD, MPH
Principal Investigator
Dr. Susan Teitelbaum is Professor and Director, Division of Environment Epidemiology, in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Teitelbaum earned her MPH and PhD in Epidemiology, from Columbia University.
She is a classically trained environmental and cancer epidemiologist with extensive experience in conducting epidemiologic field studies. Her research focuses on several areas of the impact of environmental exposures: in World Trade Center responder health, in childhood growth and development and in breast cancer.
As Deputy Director of the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program General Responder Data Center that manages and analyzes the “big data” repository of exposure and health related data for more than 30,000 WTC responders, she has authored several important publications related to the health of the WTC responders.
Carolina Valle, MPH
Research Coordinator
Carolina earned her Masters of Public Health in Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. In the past, she worked as a Research Assistant for clinical trials studying Alzheimer's disease for the Yale Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit. She has also interned at the Centers for Disease Control studying hypertension in Hispanic adults.
Who is eligible to join the study?
Employed or retired workers (including temporary job loss as a result of the pandemic) in the New York City tri-state area who are currently at least 18 years or older.
Workers or volunteers who DID NOT provide rescue, recovery, debris cleanup, or related support services in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC)
What do I have to do if I join the study?
Step #2
Complete our remote consent electronically (hosted by the Mount Sinai Hospital) for participation into the study.
Step #3
Complete our online surveys every year or two that collects information about you, your workplace exposures, and health. There is no clinic visit required.
What do you offer cohort members?