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Committees

Institutional Biosafety Committee

Chair

Bertram Jacobs, Life Sciences and Biodesign

The committee is advisory to the Executive Vice President for Knowledge Enterprise (KE) on policies and procedures relating to the use of infectious micro-organisms in research and teaching; the handling of infectious waste disposal; and the certification of university compliance with the National Institutes of Health "Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules" for all projects involving recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules  and/or gene splicing techniques. The committee is responsible to the Vice President for Research for Knowledge Enterprise who has appointed the Director, KE Operations as the Institutional Official.

  • Michae Anderson, Enterprise Risk and Resilience
  • Giorgio Scarpellini, Environmental Health and Safety
  • Hugh Mason, Life Sciences
  • Mitch Magee, Life Sciences
  • Christopher Plaisier, Biological and Health Systems Engineering
  • Yixin Shi, Life Sciences
  • Alan Jensen (Community Member)
  • Valerie Stout, Emeritus Professor, Life Sciences
  • Matthew Scotch, MD, Health Solutions
  • Kathleen Kennedy (Community Member)

Alternate Member

  • Gregory Powell, Environmental Health and Safety

 Ex officio

  • Debra Murphy, Director, Knowledge Enterprise Operations (Institutional Official)