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ArticleCurrent environmental health reports2019

Developing Large-Scale Research in Response to an Oil Spill Disaster: a Case Study.

Richard K Kwok, Aubrey K Miller, Kaitlyn B Gam, Matthew D Curry, Steven K Ramsey, Aaron Blair, Lawrence S Engel, Dale P Sandler

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Article in Current environmental health reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Toxicological Effects of Inhaled Crude Oil Vapor.Current environmental health reports · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Richard K KwokEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. Richard.Kwok@nih.gov.
Aubrey K MillerOffice of the Director, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Kaitlyn B GamEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Matthew D CurrySocial & Scientific Systems, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Steven K RamseySocial & Scientific Systems, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Aaron BlairOccupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Lawrence S EngelEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Dale P SandlerEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.

Funding

UNC-CH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH &SUSCEPTIBILITYP30ES010126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Stephanie Engel · 2001 to 2026
$36.3M
Gulf Longitudinal Follow-up (GuLF) Worker StudyZIAES102945 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SANDLER, DALE P · 2010 to 2025
$15.3M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES102945NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES010126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research conducted in the wake of a disaster can provide information to help mitigate health consequences, support future recovery efforts, and improve resilience. However, a number of barriers have prevented time-sensitive research responses following previous disasters. Furthermore, large-scale disasters present their own special challenges due to the number of people exposed to disaster conditions, the number of groups engaged in disaster response, and the logistical challenges of rapidly planning and implementing a large study. In this case study, we illustrate the challenges in planning and conducting a large-scale post-disaster research study by drawing on our experience in establishing the Gulf Long-term Follow-up (GuLF) Study following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. We describe considerations in identifying at-risk populations and appropriate comparison groups, garnering support for the study from different stakeholders, obtaining timely scientific and ethics review, measuring and characterizing complex exposures, and addressing evolving community health concerns and unmet medical needs. We also describe the NIH Disaster Research Response (DR2) Program, which provides a suite of resources, including data collection tools, research protocols, institutional review board guidance, and training materials to enable the development and implementation of time-critical studies following disasters and public health emergencies. In describing our experiences related to the GuLF Study and the ongoing efforts through the NIH DR2 Program, we aim to help improve the timeliness, quality, and value of future disaster-related data collection and research studies.

Indexed as

Disaster PlanningDisastersEnvironmental Restoration and RemediationHumansOrganizational Case StudiesPetroleum PollutionPublic HealthCohort studiesDeepwater HorizonDisastersEpidemiologic research designOil spillResearch strategy

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PMID31376082
PMCPMC6699641

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