Researching the Future

The Senior Vice President and Provost sponsored a Symposium on Research Safety. The symposium was coordinated by the Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) in collaboration with the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Office of the Vice President for Research, and Ames Laboratory. The purpose of the symposium was; to provide a briefing on the national outlook on research safety and facilitate collaborative conversations about safety culture at Iowa State University.

There were 120 attendees comprising of research faculty, post-doctoral researchers, and graduate students.  Specific areas of discussion included, fire safety, punctures and lacerations, general safety, and proper management of potentially hazardous materials.

It is our hope that this symposium becomes the spring board for future discussions on research safety and safety culture on campus.


Featured Speakers included:

  • Dr. Mark McLellan, Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies, Utah State University 
  • Dr. Robert Emery, Vice President for Safety, Health, Environment, and  Risk Management and Associate Professor of Occupational Health at  the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 
  • Dr. Lisa Nolan, Dr. Stephen G. Juelsgaard Dean’s Chair in Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University
  • Dr. Steven Martin, Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University.
  • Dr. Thomas Lograsso, Director, Materials Science and Engineering and Ames Laboratory of US DOE
     

For more information visit Symposium on Research Safety web page.