Alberto J Caban-Martinez, DO, PhD, MPH, CPH, is Associate Provost of Research Integrity, Regulatory Affairs and Assessment, a Deputy Director of the MD-MPH Program, a Vice-Chair of Research and an Associate Professor (tenured) at the University of Miami. He is a board-certified osteopathic physician, environmental/occupational epidemiologist and member of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is also a former Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences’ Gulf Research Program. Following graduation from medical and graduate school, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical orthopedics and occupational medicine at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2014. His research primarily examines cancer burden and risk factors in the first responder workforce. He serves as the deputy director of the Sylvester Firefighter Cancer Initiative and Principal Investigator of the FEMA-funded National Fire Fighter Cancer Cohort Study Expansion, including fire investigators, fire trainers, volunteers, and wildland-urban interface firefighters.