Devon Payne-Sturges, principal investigator for the RESPIRAR Project, shares insights on new research in a Q&A with the University of Michigan School of Public Health. 

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, migrant and seasonal workers were deemed essential to maintaining the country's food supply, despite facing heightened risks. New research from the RESPIRAR Project sheds light on how well certain policies worked to protect them.  

As wildfire smoke drifts down from Canada, we revisited our indoor air quality analysis from the June 2023 wildfire episode. Here’s what we found and why it matters now.

We recently facilitated a workshop in Salisbury, Maryland, to examine the impact of state regulations on farmworkers’ health.

Our research reveals how real-world challenges threaten worker safety as Maryland carries out its landmark heat stress standard. 

The RESPIRAR Project attended the 2024 APHA Annual Meeting, sharing insights on farmworker health, racial capitalism, and structural barriers. Highlights included Devon Payne-Sturges' keynote on systems thinking, groundbreaking research on COVID-19 interventions, and engaging discussions on public health ethics.

Divya Aikat reflects on her experience as a research assistant working with farmworkers over the summer.

Devon Payne-Sturges, co-director of the RESPIRAR Project, has won the 2024 Homer Calver Award, a prestigious honor recognizing nationally renowned environmental health experts.

The RESPIRAR Project was highlighted at this year’s Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science conference, held in St. Louis, Missouri, from Sept. 11 – 13, 2024.  

Our data analysis reveals new insights on indoor air quality and farmworker safety during last summer's Canadian wildfire. The findings underscore the severity and far-reaching effects of wildfire smoke — especially when compounded by a preexisting poor baseline of indoor air quality.