65th Annual Biosafety and Biosecurity Hybrid Conference

Poster Presenters

Professional Development Courses
Scientific Program | Posters

Informational Poster Award

Sivarchana Mareedu Boada, National Institutes of Health
THE DRIVERS OF BIOSAFETY CLIMATE PERCEPTIONS AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE USA – ID #15(PDF, 295KB)

Scientific Poster Award

Bryan Shelby, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
UNITED STATES TRANSFERS OF POLIOVIRUS INFECTED MATERIALS, 2018‐2022 – ID #6(PDF, 501KB)

CONSIDERING SAFETY: EVALUATING COMPREHENSIVE BIODECONTAMINATION OF SENSITIVE EQUIPMENT – ID #1(PDF, 837KB)
Kara Held, BAKER, Sanford, ME; Aleah Cutshall, CURIS System, Oviedo, FL

AN EXPANDED EVIDENCE‐BASED RISK MODEL TO HELP PREVENT A FACILITY‐ASSOCIATED RELEASE OF POLIOVIRUS: THE MITIGATION POWER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS – ID #2(PDF, 2MB)
Ryan Ritterson, Gryphon Scientiic, Takoma Park, MD

DEVELOPMENT OF A PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT POLICY FOR POLIOVIRUS LABORATORIES – ID #3(PDF, 1MB)
Kortney Gustin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

EVALUATION OF DEGREE OF MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION AND HAZARD REDUCTION IN SELECTED LABORATORY FACILITIES IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA – ID #4(PDF, 570KB)
Confidence Kinikanwo Wachukwu, Chidimma Anthonia Azike, and Ollor Amba Ollor, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

ENVIRONNEMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF RECOMBINANT VIRAL VECTOR VACCINES AGAINST SARS‐COV‐2 – ID #5(PDF, 588KB)
Aline Anne Baldo, Amaya Leunda, Nicolas Willemarck, and Katia Pauwels, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium

THE PROCESS OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CAMPUS STAKEHOLDERS FOR PROJECTS INVOLVING REMODELING OF LABORATORY SPACES – ID #7(PDF, 3MB)
Karen Demick, Stephanie Kutz, and Andrea N. Ladd, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI

ELEVATING BIOSAFETY WITH LESSONS LEARNED FROM AVIATION INDUSTRY – ID #8(PDF, 531KB)
David M. Ndegwa and Melissa McCullough, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

TRANSFORMING THE APPROACH OF THE TRADITIONAL BIOSAFETY TRAINING AND THE BIOSAFETY PROFESSION – ID #9(PDF, 747KB)
Luis Alberto Ochoa Carrera, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

CATCH THEM YOUNG—THE JOURNEY TO INTEGRATE BIOLOGICAL RISK MANAGEMENT (BRM) KNOWLEDGE IN THE NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM – ID #10(PDF, 454KB)
Michael Agbaje, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Abeokuta, Nigeria; Asabe Dzikwi-Emennaa, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria; Conidence Wachukwu, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria; Fatimah Biade Abdulkareem, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria; Nkem Torimiro, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria; George Wudiri, Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

HOW LUBN HAS SUCCEEDED IN CREATING BIORISK FRAMEWORK IN LIBYA (ID #11)
Adel Mohamed, The Libyan Universities Biosafety Network, Al-Baida, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

IMPROVING THE BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL REVIEW PROCESS AT UW MADISON – ID #12(PDF, 14MB)
Stephanie Kutz and Andrea Ladd, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM UPDATE – ID #13(PDF, 474KB)
Ray Scheetz, Penn State University College of Medicine, Palmyra, PA

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY BSL‐2 RECOGNITION PROGRAM PROCESS EVALUATION – ID #14(PDF, 719KB)
Iwona S. Spath, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND VALIDATION OF A NOVEL SEALED WASTE CONTAINER WHICH AUTOMATICALLY UNSEALS DURING THE AUTOCLAVE DECONTAMINATION PROCESS – ID #16(PDF, 2MB)
Rachel Smith, Wendy Kilthau, and Bobby Parchuri, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Orient Point, NY

PATHOGEN PERSISTENCE IN THE LABORATORY—DO YOU KNOW YOUR ENVIRONMENT? – ID #17(PDF, 601KB)
Ryan C. Joachim, Merrick & Company, Arlington, VA; Kristina M. Peterman, Merrick & Company, Manassas, VA; and
Rachel Gamble, Merrick & Company, Houston, TX

ADDRESSING UNIQUE CHALLENGES INFLUENCING CONTAMINATION CONTROL OF COMMON BIOCONTAINMENT ENCLOSURES – ID #18(PDF, 1MB)
Frances Grinstead and Tabor Grindrod, CURIS System, Oviedo, FL

EXPANDING BIOSAFETY PRINCIPLES TO NEW FRONTIERS: DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING PANDEMIC SAFETY PRACTICES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MUSIC (ID #19)
Torsten A. Hopp, Krista B. Wallace-Boaz, and Glen H. Todd, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

IMPLEMENTING BIOSECURITY AND BIOSAFETY DURING COVID‐19: MIXED METHODS SURVEY OF PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD AND THEIR CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS – ID #20(PDF, 716KB)
Alessandro Regio, CRDF Global, Arlington, VA

PROTECTING OUR HEROES FROM COVID‐19, A STUDY TO DECONTAMINATE POLICE VEHICLES USING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE VAPOR – ID #21(PDF, 2MB)
Saumik Panja and Malachy Donohue, University of California—Merced, Merced, CA; Aparupa Sengupta, The Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington, DC

VIRTUAL CL3 LICENSING WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA DURING THE PANDEMIC – ID #22(PDF, 781KB)
Aurel Tamburri, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Ryan Gregory, Merrick Canada, Kanata, Ontario, Canada

EXPLORING GAP ANALYSIS TO PROMOTE BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY‐OUR EXPERIENCE AT THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA, NIGERIA – ID #23(PDF, 683KB)
Michael Agbaje and Olajoju J. Awoyomi, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Abeokuta, Nigeria

TOXIN BEST PRACTICES FOR A NON‐TOXIC WORKPLACE – ID #24(PDF, 495KB)
Michelle Frondelli, Katlyn Montalbano, Michiyori Wakabayashi, and Richard Baumann, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD

AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY IN IRAQ SITUATION AND PROGRESS – ID #25(PDF, 6MB)
Ayad M. Almamoori and Falah H. Hussein, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq