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    Contact & Membership Information

    For information or assistance with research activities, contact:

    • IBC Specialist (for routine questions regarding federal regulations, registration process from submission to expiration,  and scientific aspects of research projects)
    • Institutional Biological Safety Officer (for questions about the scientific elements of your project)
    • IBC Chairperson

    Tekechia Hester, MSc.

    IBC Program Specialist
    Telephone: (860) 486-1838
    Fax:  (860) 486-1106
    tekechia.hester@uconn.edu

    David Cavallaro, MS, CBSP

    Institutional Biosafety Officer &
    EHS/Manager of Biological Health & Safety
    Phone:  (860) 486-3180
    Fax: (860) 486-1106
    david.cavallaro@uconn.edu

    IBC Chair: Paulo Verardi, Ph.D.

    Pathobiology & Veterinary Science
    Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee
    Phone: (860) 486-3420
    Fax: (860) 486-1044
    paulo.verardi@uconn.edu

     

    IBCMembership

    The IBC consist of University faculty and community representatives. The individual members contribute the professional competency necessary to review specific research activities representing a broad range of disciplines through experience and expertise in their fields.

    The fully convened IBC meets at least quarterly on the Storrs campus and is made up of the following members:

    IBC Chair: Paulo Verardi, Ph.D.
    Pathobiology & Veterinary Science
    Chair, Institutional Biosafety  Committee
    Phone: (860) 486-3420
    Fax: (860) 486-1044 paulo.verardi@uconn.edu

     

    Brian Aneskievich, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

    Ashis  Basu, Ph.D. Professor, Chemistry

    David Cavallaro, MS, CBSP (ex officio) Institutional Biosafety Officer, Environmental Health & Safety

    Eric Germain Non-Affiliated Community Member, Eastern Connecticut State University

    David Johnson Non-Affiliated Community MemberConnecticut State Dept. of Health

    Ji-Young Lee, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences

    Terence Monahan, CSP ( ex officio ) Director, Environmental Health & Safety

    IBC Vice Chair: Akiko Nishiyama,  Ph.D. Professor, Physiology and Neurobiology

    Alice Payton,  D.V.M. ( ex officio ) Associate Director, Office of Animal Research

    Nancy Wallach,  B.A., CIP ( ex officio ) Director, Office of Research Compliance

    Huan-Zhong Wang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Plant Molecular Biology