Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

Purpose

The Biosafety Committee's purpose is:

1. to review and approve research and education using gene engineering procedures.
2. to establish policies for safe use of biohazardous material.
3. to establish policies for other biological and health-related issues (for example, procedure to follow in case of needle sticks).

Current Biosafety Committee Members:

• Dr. Cynthia Crawford, IBC Chair,  Professor - Department of Psychology
• Dr. Laura Newcomb, IBC Member, Professor - Department of Biology
• Dr. David Rhoads, IBC Member, Professor - Department of Biology
• Dr. Yu Jung Kim, IBC Member, Professor - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Dr. Richelle Marracino Ghazal, IBC Member, Student Health Center
• Ms. Kathy Pierson, IBC Member, Environmental Health and Safety
• Two non-affiliated community members.
• Dr. Timothy Akers, Ex-Officio, Associate Provost for Research, Office of Academic Research
• Mr. Michael Gillespie, IBC Member, Sr. Research Compliance Officer, Office of Academic Research

Applications to Use Biological Specimens for Research or Teaching

• IBC Application Form
• IBC Protocol Amendment Form
• IBC Protocol Renewal Form 

   

Biosafety Information

• Principal Investigator Responsibilities
• Biosafety Levels
• Recommended Biosafety Levels
• NIH Guidelines 
• CDC Biosafety in Microbiological & Laboratory Laboratories 5th Edition

For questions regarding these issues, please contact:

Dr. Cynthia Crawford, Interim Associate Provost for Research and Professor of Psychology at ccrawfor@csusb.edu 909-537-7416