Save the Date - CDC Grand Rounds Presents “Strengthening a Culture of Laboratory Safety,” on Tuesday, December 15, 2015, at 1 p.m. (ET).

Save the Date

CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents:

“Strengthening a Culture of Laboratory Safety”

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET

Global Communications Center (Building 19)

Alexander D. Langmuir Auditorium

Roybal Campus

Presented By:

Stephan Monroe, PhD

Associate Director for Laboratory Science and Safety

Office of the Associate Director for Laboratory Science and Safety, CDC

“Evolution of Laboratory Safety Standards” 

Conrad P. Quinn, PhD

Chief, Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC

“Quality, Safety and Public Health Impact of Lab Science: A Case Study”

Joseph Kanabrocki, PhD, CBSP

Associate Vice President of Research Safety

Professor of Microbiology

University of Chicago

“Establishing a Culture of Safety in an Academic Research Institution: Teaching Safety to Scientists”

     

Facilitated By:

John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

For CDC staff unable to attend the event:

The session will be available on IPTV and Envision.  To join by Envision, reserve a conference room and make the Envision request or use your local room scheduling process to schedule Envision.

For non-CDC staff interested in viewing the session:

A live external webcast will be available.  For individuals who are unable to view the session during the scheduled time, the archived presentation will be posted 48 hours after each session. 

For non-CDC staff who wish to attend in person:

Due to security measures at CDC’s Roybal campus, non-CDC staff who wish to attend these sessions in person must have prior clearance and a U.S. state-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s license, US passport).

Names of non-CDC staff (both domestic and international) should be submitted to the Grand Rounds Team.  Please note that all information for international visitors must be submitted at least 10 days in advance.

For individuals requiring reasonable accommodations:

It is the policy of CDC to provide reasonable accommodations (RA) for qualified individuals with disabilities to ensure their full inclusion in CDC-sponsored events. Employees are asked to submit RA requests at least 5 business days prior to the event. Please e-mail the request to grandrounds@cdc.gov.

For questions about this Grand Rounds topic: Feel free to e-mail your questions before or during the session.