Dr. Amanda (Mandy) Roome is a research scientist at the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Mandy works with commercial fishermen to determine ways to improve the health and safety of the industry. She has worked on a lifejacket initiative, working with commercial lobstermen in the Northeast to identify lifejackets that are both comfortable and feasible for them to work in. She has also studied the effects of sleep deprivation on health in commercial fishermen in Massachusetts, Oregon and Alaska. Mandy has teamed up with the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association and Man Therapy to develop mental health resources geared towards commercial fishermen, and has been working to develop a wellness program in Downeast Maine focusing on fishermen wellbeing.