Candace Burns, PhD, has extensive experience in occupational safety and health leadership for the project. She will provide expertise in curriculum evaluation, innovative instructional methodologies, interdisciplinary education and training, and program administration.

Ann Joyce, PhD, has extensive experience conducting needs assessments, curriculum design, and formative and summative assessments. In her role on this project, Dr. Joyce will help develop a robust formative information-gathering plan, that may include focus groups, observations, assessments, and hands-on activities, and she will oversee the Lifelong Learning Academy.

Leomar White, BS, is an MPH student in the epidemiology concentration at the USF College of Public Health. His research interests are centered around disease surveillance and injury prevention. He’s previously served as a research assistant for the Center for Global Health and Interdisciplinary Research, the Florida Violent Death Reporting System, and the Harrell Center. He will coordinate the outreach of responders in emergency departments across the US and contribute towards research findings on the program. 

Haylie Corcho is an MSPH student in the College of Public Health with a concentration in Occupational Exposure Science. She graduates in August 2024  and will pursue a career in environmental and occupational health.  Her contributions to ICER have consisted of assisting on a research project regarding the potential contamination of law enforcement patrol vehicles with biological agents. This pilot project will document the need for an intervention to protect law enforcement officers from these potential occupational exposures.

Dr. Jill Ireland completed her residency at the University of South Florida Occupational Medicine Residency Training Program and a USF COPH student, Masters of Science in Public Health – Occupational and Environmental Concentration in May 2024. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Central Florida and served in the Navy as a physician for nearly six years. In the summer of 2022, Dr. Ireland completed a four-year tour as a Naval Flight surgeon and Occupational Medicine provider for Naval Air Station Key West where she served as a primary care provider for the active duty population as well as conducted annual comprehensive examinations, surveillance evaluations and injury prevention for civilian employees including firefighters from NAS Key West Fire Department.  In her work with ICER and her thesis project, Dr. Ireland examined workers compensation data for law enforcement, corrections, and fire rescue for a large county in Florida, identified trends for bloodborne pathogen exposure, and developed recommendations to improve exposure response.  

Shane Skibba, BS, is employed at a private ambulance transport company, where he works on both BLS and ALS crews. Shane graduated from USF in the Spring of 2023 with a bachelor of science in Biomedical Sciences and a minor in Public Health and Biomedical Physics. His undergraduate thesis through USF's Honors College, conducted with the cooperation of Tampa General Hospital, was titled "How COVID-19 Has Changed Emergency Medical Services Perspectives of Personal Protective Equipment: A Qualitative Study". Shane is currently enrolled in medical school in south Florida.