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Rachel Zeig-Owens, Dr.P.H.

Rachel Zeig-Owens

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health (Epidemiology)

Area of Research: Cancer Epidemiology, Occupational Health, Longitudinal Studies

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Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467

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Professional Interests

Dr. Zeig-Owens is the Director of Epidemiology and the lead Epidemiologist for the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program at the Fire Department of the City of New York. Dr. Zeig-Owens is Principal Investigator/Co-investigator on multiple Cooperative Agreements funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health that examine cancer, respiratory disease and mortality in WTC rescue/recovery workers. She  has helped to lead other research on the health effects of the WTC exposure; these outcomes have included autoimmune conditions, cardiovascular disease and hearing loss.


Selected Publications

  • Zeig-Owens R, Webber MP, Hall CB, Schwartz T, Jaber N, Weakley J, Rohan TE, Cohen HW, Derman O, Aldrich TK, Kelly K, Prezant DJ. Early assessment of cancer outcomes in New York City firefighters after the 9/11 attacks: an observational cohort study. Lancet. 2011;378(9794):898-905. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60989-6. PubMed PMID: 21890054; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5525140.
  • Landgren O, Zeig-Owens R, Giricz O, Goldfarb D, Murata K, Thoren K, Ramanathan L, Hultcrantz M, Dogan A, Nwankwo G, Steidl U, Pradhan K, Hall CB, Cohen HW, Jaber N, Schwartz T, Crowley L, Crane M, Irby S, Webber MP, Verma A, Prezant DJ. Multiple Myeloma and Its Precursor Disease Among Firefighters Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster. JAMA oncology. 2018;4(6):821-7. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.0509. PubMed PMID: 29710195; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6145680.
  • Cohen HW, Zeig-Owens R, Joe C, Hall CB, Webber MP, Weiden MD, Cleven KL, Jaber N, Skerker M, Yip J, Schwartz T, Prezant DJ. Long-term Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Firefighters After the World Trade Center Disaster. JAMA network open. 2019;2(9):e199775. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.9775. PubMed PMID: 31490535; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6735414.

Complete list of published work can be found here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1jiMfu-uhfVAK/bibliography/public/

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In the News

  • Health Effects of 9/11 Still Plague Responders and Survivors

    Scientific American - September 10, 2021

    Rachel Zeig-Owens, Dr.P.H., discusses her research on FDNY first responders to the 9/11 terrorist attack, including findings that those who arrived at the World Trade Center site earliest have the highest rates of respiratory disease. Dr. Zeig-Owens is assistant professor of epidemiology & population health at Einstein and director of epidemiology and the lead epidemiologist for the World Trade Center Health Program at the Fire Department of the City of New York.

    Additional Coverage includes The Scientist, NPR

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