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Southern Biosafety Association
Fall Symposium 2015
The University of Texas at El Paso, Union Services Building
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
8:15-8:50
Sign-In and Continental Breakfast
8:50-9:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Scott Patlovich, SBA President, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Mr. Emilio Rodriguez, Local Arrangements, The University of Texas at El Paso
Biosafety and Infection Control for Ebola at the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit
Dr. Shawn Gibbs, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
9:00-9:40
9:40-10:20
Risk Assessment for Ebola Laboratory Testing
Dr. Shawn Gibbs, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
10:20-10:35
Break
10:35-11:15
ABSA Update
Marian Downing, ABSA President
11:15-12:00
Ebola Virus Disease: Managing the Deceased
Dr. Shawn Gibbs, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
12:00-12:45
Lunch
12:30-12:45
SBA Update
Dr. Scott Patlovich, SBA President, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
12:45-1:30
Sharps Injury Prevention and the Exposure Prevention Information Network (EPINet)
Dr. Amber Hogan Mitchell, International Safety Center
1:30:-2:00
DURC Considerations
Tim Muller, University of New Mexico
2:00-2:30
Mentoring Biorisk Management Professionals: The International Twinning Program
Eric Cook, Sandia National Laboratory
2:30-2:45
Break
2:45-3:15
Reusable Tote Program for Regulated Medical Waste Collection
Ms. Chavaun LeBlanc, MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:15-4:00
Chikungunya and arbovirus surveillance along the border and Biosafety Issues Encountered
during International Research on an Infectious Disease Vaccine
Dr. Douglas Watts, The University of Texas at El Paso
This event is made possible, in part, through the efforts of
The Officers and Members of the Southern Biosafety Association,
The University of Texas at El Paso, and
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health