Penn Nursing > Nursing Research > News and Events
NRSA award to Victoria Pak 
 
Contact: Office of Nursing Research 
Telephone: 215-898-3151 
Email: research@nursing.upenn.edu 
Victoria Pak, MS, has been awarded a NIH NRSA F31 fellowship for her project, “Assessing Workplace Phthalate Exposures Among Massage Therapy Students,” from NINR. The overarching goal of this research study is to explore the extent of phthalate exposure related to skincare products such as lotions, oils, and creams used in therapeutic massage. This work will be conducted in partnership with two large therapeutic massage schools in the Philadelphia area. This knowledge will be useful for understanding further the sources and extent of exposures among massage therapists and can inform the development of public health guidelines to reduce occupational levels of exposure to substances that have the potential to be harmful to reproductive health.