Responsible Research with Biological Select Agents and Toxins (2009)
Chapter: Appendix B: Information on Briefings and Site Visits
Appendix B
Information on Briefings and Site Visits
As part of its information gathering, the committee held in-person briefings at two committee meetings and engaged in site visits at several institutions. Information about these meetings and site visits is contained below.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
MEETING #1 AGENDA
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009
OPEN SESSION
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11:00 a.m. |
Representatives of project sponsor and interagency Working Group |
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• H. Clifford Lane, Director, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health |
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• Ben Petro, Director for Biological Threat Reduction and Counterterrorism Policy, Office of the Coordinator for WMD Prevention, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President |
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• Carol D. Linden, Principal Deputy Director, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services |
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12:00 p.m. |
Overview of Select Agent Program (lunch will be available) |
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• Robbin Weyant, Director, Division of Select Agents and Toxins, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Respondents |
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• LouAnn C. Burnett, Assistant Director and Biological Safety Officer, Vanderbilt Environmental Health & Safety, Vanderbilt University |
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• Dennis W. Metzger, Professor and Theopold Smith Alumni Chair; Director, Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College [by teleconference] |
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1:45 p.m. |
Research and lessons from other sectors |
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• Kelley Krokos, Senior Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research |
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2:30 p.m. |
Break |
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2:45 p.m. |
Laboratory security |
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• Overview of biosafety, biosurety, and biosecurity: Robert J. Hawley (committee member), Senior Advisor, Science, Mid-Atlantic Operations, Midwest Research Institute |
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• Implementation of biosurety: Jeffrey Adamovicz, Principal Science Advisor, Center for Biological Safety and Security, Mid-Atlantic Operations, Midwest Research Institute |
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• Physical and operational security solutions: Paul Langevin (committee member), Director of Laboratory Design, Merrick and Company |
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3:45 p.m. |
Personnel reliability |
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• Lessons from polygraph testing: Kevin R. Murphy, Professor of Psychology, Penn State University; Member, Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph, National Research Council |
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• Establishing a culture of trust: Mary P. Rowe, Ombudsperson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Adjunct Professor of Negotiation and Conflict Management, MIT Sloan School of Management [by videoconference]; Linda Wilcox, Ombudsperson, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Dental School, and Harvard School of Public Health [by videoconference] |
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4:45 p.m. |
General Discussion and Public Comment |
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5:30 p.m. |
End of open session |
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009
OPEN SESSION
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9:00 a.m. |
Lessons from the nuclear community: Richard A. Meserve, President, Carnegie Institution for Science; Former Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
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9:45 a.m. |
Lessons from workplace violence |
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• Robert A. Fein, Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School |
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• Bryan Vossekuil, National Violence Prevention and Study Center; Former Executive Director, National Threat Assessment Center, U.S. Secret Service (retired) |
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10:30 a.m. |
End of open session |
MEETING #2 AGENDA
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2009
OPEN SESSION
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8:30 a.m. |
Introduction and overview of open session (Breakfast will be available) |
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• Rita R. Colwell (Committee Chair), Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; President and CEO, CosmosID, Inc. |
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8:45 a.m. |
Briefings on relevant issues from the aviation industry |
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• Diane L. Damos, President, Damos Aviation Services, Inc. |
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• Bruce Landry, Safety and Certification Specialist, Airport Safety and Operations Division, Federal Aviation Administration |
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10:00 a.m. |
Briefings on Security Risk Assessments in the broader security clearance context |
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• M. Colleen Crowley, Executive Program Director, Policy, Research, and Agency Support Program, Federal Investigative Services Division, U.S. Office of Personnel Management |
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• J. William Leonard, Principal, The Leonard Consulting Group, LLC |
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• Sheldon I. Cohen, Sheldon I. Cohen & Assoc., Attorneys At Law |
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11:15 a.m. |
General discussion (Lunch will be available) |
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12:30 p.m. |
Van transportation to site visit locations |
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1:30 p.m. |
Site visits to select agent laboratories |
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• George Mason University: National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, Manassas, VA |
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• U.S. Department of Agriculture: National Plant Germplasm and Biotechnology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD |
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5:30 p.m. |
End of open session; van transportation back to Keck Center |
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2009
CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF ONLY
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2009
OPEN SESSION
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9:00 a.m. |
Discussion of report from Executive Order Working Group (Breakfast available) |
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• Carol D. Linden, Principal Deputy Director, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services |
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10:00 a.m. |
End of open session |
SITE VISITS
Members of the committee and staff conducted site visits and on-site conversations with individuals affiliated with select agent laboratories and other secure facilities at several institutions. Participants at the site visit locations are listed.
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New England Regional Center of Excellence (NERCE) for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; visited August 4, 2009
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Gerald Beltz, Associate Director for Research, NERCE
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Christine Anderson, Assistant Director, BSL-3 Animal and Tissue Culture Core Laboratory, NERCE
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Mary Corrigan, Associate Director, Environmental Health and Safety, Harvard University
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Robert A. Dickson, Associate Director of Operations, Harvard Medical School
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Sarah Heninger, Assistant Director, Microbiology & Animal Resources Core Laboratory, NERCE
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Jeff M. Seo, Director of Research Compliance, Harvard Medical School
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MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory (NRL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA; visited August 4, 2009
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John Bernard, Director of Reactor Operations, NRL
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David Carpenter, Doctoral Student in Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT
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Patricia Drooff, Officer, Reactor-Radiation Protection Program, Environment, Health and Safety Office, MIT
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Edward S. Lau, Superintendent, NRL
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William B. McCarthy, Deputy Director, Reaction Radiation Protection Program, Environment, Health and Safety Office, MIT
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Thomas H. Newton, Jr., Associate Director for Engineering, NRL
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Kathleen A. O’Connell, Senior Administrative Assistant, NRL
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MIT Environment, Health and Safety Office, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; visited August 4, 2009
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Claudia A. Mickelson, Deputy Director, Biosafety Program
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National Plant Germplasm and Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Plant Health, Science, and Technology, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD; visited August 10, 2009
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Laurene Levy, Laboratory Director
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Wayne P. Claus, Facility Manager
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Renee DeVries, Quality Manager
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Joseph P. Kozlovac, Agency Biosafety Officer, Animal Production & Protection, Agricultural Research Service
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National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases (NCBID), George Mason University (GMU), Manassas, VA; visited August 10, 2009
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Charles Bailey, Distinguished Professor of Biology; Laboratory Director, Biomedical Research Laboratory; Executive Director, NCBID
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Saira Ahmad, Doctoral Student
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Lilian S. Amer, Masters Student
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John H. Blacksten, Director, GMU Office of Media & Public Relations
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Calvin Carpenter, Deputy Director and Chief of Contract Services, Biomedical Research Laboratory, NCBID
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Jessica H. Chertow, Doctoral Student
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Myung-Chul Chung, Research Associate Professor, NCBID
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Meghan W. Durham-Colleran, Doctoral Student
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Suhua Han, Laboratory and Research Specialist, NCBID
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Jessica Kidd, Laboratory and Research Specialist, NCBID
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Nathan Manes, Postdoctoral Research, NCBID
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Beth McKenney, Masters Student
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Marjorie Z. Musick, Manager, GMU Office of Media & Public Relations
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Tony Pierson, Doctoral Student
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Kathleen Powell, Administrative Specialist, NCBID
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Meena Rajan, HR Operations Coordinator, GMU Human Resources & Payroll
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Ian Reynolds, Human Resources Consultant, GMU Human Resources & Payroll
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Diann Stedman, Director, Laboratory Safety, GMU Environmental Health & Safety Office
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Anne Taylor, Technical Operations Manager, NCBID
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Patty Theimer, Senior Fiscal Technician, GMU Life Sciences
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Monique L. van Hoek, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Microbiology
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Anne B. Verhoeven, Doctoral Student
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Paul R. Wieber, Security Manager, Prince William Campus, GMU Police
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James D. Willett, Professor of Molecular and Microbiology
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Ronald Witt, Director of Maintenance and Operations, Biomedical Research Laboratory, NCBID
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