Biographical Info

Research Areas

My chief area of interest is health effects of World Trade Center exposures, including aerodigestive medical effects, as well as the interaction of both physical and mental health effects and exposure to toxins. I am also interested in health issues in health care workers, laboratory workers, teachers, police officers, and fire fighters. I am interested in occupational and environmental asthma and other respiratory conditions.

Research Highlights

• Principal investigator World trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program Longitudinal study
• Influenza vaccine decisions
• Effect of training to prevent work place violence

Scholarly Activities

I serve on the steering committee for World trade Center medical monitoring and treatment program. I have presented grand rounds concerning World Trade Center in statewide, national, and international forums. I serve as Director of employee health and have spoken nationally at several physician meetings.

Recent Publications

1. Maloney, SR, Udasin, IG, Black, TM, Shah, NN, Steinberg, MB, Pratt, ME, Graber, JM. Perceived Health Risks Among Firefighters; The New Jersey Firefighter Health Survey. J Occup Environ Med. 2021;63 (4):317-321. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002125. PubMed PMID:33769397
2. Bover Manderski, MT, Black, K, Udasin, IG, Black, TM, Steinberg, MB, Giuliano, AR, Luft, BJ, Harrison, D, Crane, MA, Moline, J et al.. Retrospective Assessment of Risk Factors for Head and Neck Cancer Among World Trade Center General Responders. Front Public Health. 2020;8 :488057. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.488057. PubMed PMID:33330296 PubMed Central PMC7734028
3. Karasick, AS, Udasin, IG, Gusmano, MK, Dasaro, CR, Graber, JM. An Assessment of Healthcare Access and Utilization in the World Trade Center Health Program. J Occup Environ Med. 2021;63 (2):166-171. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002110. PubMed PMID:33323873
4. Sloan, NL, Shapiro, MZ, Sabra, A, Dasaro, CR, Crane, MA, Harrison, DJ, Luft, BJ, Moline, JM, Udasin, IG, Todd, AC et al.. Cardiovascular disease in the World Trade Center Health Program General Responder Cohort. Am J Ind Med. 2021;64 (2):97-107. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23207. PubMed PMID:33315266
5. DePierro, J, Lowe, SM, Haugen, PT, Cancelmo, L, Schaffer, J, Schechter, CB, Dasaro, CR, Todd, AC, Crane, M, Luft, BJ et al.. Mental health stigma and barriers to care in World Trade Center responders: Results from a large, population-based health monitoring cohort. Am J Ind Med. 2021;64 (3):208-216. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23204. PubMed PMID:33241583 PubMed Central PMC8099036
6. Sunderram, J, Ayappa, I, Lu, SE, Wang, H, Black, K, Twumasi, A, Sanders, H, Harrison, D, Udasin, I, Chitkara, N et al.. PAP Adherence and Nasal Resistance. A Randomized Controlled Trial of CPAPflex versus CPAP in World Trade Center Responders. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021;18 (4):668-677. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202009-1161OC. PubMed PMID:33202147 PubMed Central PMC8009001
7. Stein, Y, Udasin, IG. Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS, microwave syndrome) – Review of mechanisms. Environ Res. 2020;186 :109445. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109445. PubMed PMID:32289567
8. Chen, C, Salim, R, Rodriguez, J, Singh, R, Schechter, C, Dasaro, CR, Todd, AC, Crane, M, Moline, JM, Udasin, IG et al.. The Burden of Subthreshold Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in World Trade Center Responders in the Second Decade After 9/11. J Clin Psychiatry. 2020;81 (1):. doi: 10.4088/JCP.19m12881. PubMed PMID:31967749
9. Diab, O, DePierro, J, Cancelmo, L, Schaffer, J, Schechter, C, Dasaro, CR, Todd, A, Crane, M, Udasin, I, Harrison, D et al.. Mental Healthcare Needs in World Trade Center Responders: Results from a Large, Population-Based Health Monitoring Cohort. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2020;47 (3):427-434. doi: 10.1007/s10488-019-00998-z. PubMed PMID:31776767 PubMed Central PMC7159995
10. Bover Manderski, MT, Black, K, Udasin, IG, Giuliano, AR, Steinberg, MB, Ohman Strickland, P, Black, TM, Dasaro, CR, Crane, M, Harrison, D et al.. Risk factors for head and neck cancer in the World Trade Center Health Program General Responder Cohort: results from a nested case-control study. Occup Environ Med. 2019;76 (11):854-860. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2019-105890. PubMed PMID:31515248