The Chesapeake Area Biological Safety Association (ChABSA), is an incorporated, non-profit organization that is an affiliate of the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA). ChABSA was established in 1987 by local area members of ABSA with a similar interest in the safety of research using microorganisms and recombinant DNA.
ChABSA Technical Seminar Announcement
Dr. Karen R. Lips of
University of Maryland, College Park
Will Present on:
“Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife: A Biosecurity Threat”
Dr. Karen Lips is Professor of Biology at the University of Maryland. She has a B.S. in Zoology from the University of South Florida, and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Miami. She is a field ecologist who studies how global change affects biodiversity. She is interested in how the loss of biodiversity affects communities and ecosystems, and how human activities contribute to the spread of disease and loss of biodiversity. Dr. Lips was a Jefferson Science Fellow at the Department of State, where she worked in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, in the Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, and where she served as an Embassy Science Fellow in Colombia. Dr. Lips is a Research Associate at the US Museum of Natural History, an AAAS Leshner Leadership Public Engagement Fellow, an AAAS Fellow, an ESA Fellow, and an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow. She was awarded the President's Award of the Chicago Zoological Society, a Bay and Paul Biodiversity Leadership Award, the Sabin Amphibian Conservation Award in 2012, and the inaugural UMD Impact Communicator Award. Dr. Lips is interested in increasing engagement on environmental issues, promoting scientific leadership, and fostering international scientific collaborations.
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(remote viewing is available during the registration process)
Date and Time: May 15, 2019
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Talk begins between 7:00 PM and 7:15 PM EST
Locations and Fees:
Speaker Location: MedImmune Main Building, 1 MedImmune Way, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Fees include dinner
ChABSA members: $30 if RSVP and Check or Payment Received by 5/1/19, $35 after 5/1/19
ChABSA non-members: $35 if RSVP and Check or Payment Received by 5/1/19, $40 after 5/1/19.
Individual Remote Viewing via Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (AHMP) Cyber Chapter (webinar with real time interaction with speaker)
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