7:15 – 8:00 Registration and Breakfast
8:15 – 8:30 ABSA Update Melissa Moreland, MS, CBSP, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
8:30 – 9:15 Assessing Biosafety Professional’s Evaluation and Control of Risks Associated with Field Collection of Specimens Shalaka Kotkar, PhD, MPH Environmental Health & Safety - Biological Safety at the University of TX Health Science Center, Houston, TX
9:15 – 9:45 An E. coli 0157:H7 Case Study at the USDA ARS Eastern Regional Center Joe Kozlovac, MS, RBP, CBSP, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD
10:20 – 10:50 Biosafety Challenges of Running a Mobile Ebola Diagnostic Lab in a Remote Area of Sierra Leone John Bagnoli
10:50 – 11:20 CLSI M29-A4 – A Tool for Addressing the Challenges of a Clinical Laboratory Biosafety Program. Donald Callihan PhD, D(ABMM)
11:20 – 11:50 Clinical Meets Containment Meets Camping: Biological Safety in a US Ebola Treatment Unit for Healthcare Workers in Monrovia, Liberia. CAPT Bruce Bernard, MD USPHS; CDR Thomas Janisko, P.A, USPHS; and LCDR Jennifer Danieley, MS, USPHS.
1:00 – 1:30 Business Meeting and Corporate Member Recognition
1:30 – 2:15 Key Note Address: Putting Occupational Safety and Health Research into Practice Frank Hearl, PE, Chief of Staff, NIOSH
2:15 – 2:45 Ampoule Opening Device: Lessons Learned from Gaithersburg Safety, Health and Environment Incident Study of Sharps Injuries Kimberly DiGiandomenico, MS, RBP, Safety, Health and Environment, MedImmune, LLC; and Anastasia Shutov, MS, Safety Specialist-Biosafety, Atrium Environmental Health and Safety Services, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD
3:15 – 3:45 Aerosol Monitoring of ABSL-4 Suites Housing Non-Human Primates Challenged with Ebola Virus David E. Harbourt, Ph.D., SM (NRCM), RBP, and Bill Dorman, Ph.D., U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Ft. Detrick, MD
3:45- 4:15 Team Based Incident Investigation and the Art of Letting Go Karen Kelley, MS, CIH, CLSO, Manager, Laboratory Safety and Industrial Hygiene, Department of Environmental Safety, University of Maryland
4:15– 4:45 Open Forum Discussions & Grand Prize Raffle Drawing
4:45 – 5:00 Closing Remarks and Adjournment
*Speakers, Topics, and Times subject to change
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Pre-Symposium Workshops: June 16, 2015
Scientific Symposium: June 17, 2015
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