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.  

RESPIRAR community advisor announces efforts to intervene on a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Labor to stop the new Farmworker Protection Rule from going into effect

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Chevron doctrine has raised questions about the future of federal regulatory authority and worker safety.

RESPIRAR is grateful to all our participants and is pleased to share some highlights from 2023.

The RESPIRAR team submitted a guest opinion letter to The Washington Post in response to Anthony S. Fauci’s recent appearance before Congress and The Post’s coverage.

The RESPIRAR outreach team begins working with the farmworker community throughout the Eastern Shore to engage with the study.