Vice President for Research

Infection Policy and Education Committee

 
Membership Category Department

Terms expire August 31, 2012:
*Crawford, George E. Medical Infectious Disease
Leach, Charles T.  Medical Pediatrics
Saikumar, Pothana Graduate Pathology

Terms expire August 31, 2013:
Beardon, Douglas Health Professions Clinical Sciences
**Becker, Heidi Medical Ophthalmology
Beckmann-Mendez, Diana Nursing Family & Community HS
Bose, Santanu Graduate Microbiology & Immunology
Parma, Rita Dental Comprehensive Dentistry

Terms expire August 31, 2014:
Heyl, Betty HSC Employee Research Imaging Center
Kendall-Gallagher, Deborah Nursing Health Rest & Care System Mgt.
Acosta, Martha Health Professions Physical Therapy
Norling, Barry Dental Comprehensive Dentistry

Students (voting)
Ayyash, Noora Dental Dentistry
Ruppel, Karen Nursing Undergraduate Nursing
Eskander, Michael Graduate Integrated Multidisciplinary GP
Real, Elizabeth Health Professions Respiratory Care
Sheets, Daniel Medical Medicine

Ex Officio (voting)
Gillis, Bonny Carter Medicine Anesthesiology
Hacker, Sander Director Lab Animal Resources
Novak, Julie Director, StudentHealth Center Office of the Dean, School of Nursing

Ex Officio (non-voting)
Borrego, James Worker’s Compensation Coordinator Environmental Health & Safety
Charlton, Michael A. Assistant Vice President Environmental Health & Safety

 

CHARGE:
To serve in an advisory and consultative capacity to the President and the Executive Vice President for Facilities Planning and Operations, and to work with the Institutional Safety Office in matters pertaining to heightened awareness by students, faculty, and staff of the risks, prevention, and treatment of illness caused by exposure to transmissible agents in the workplace and outside the Health Science Center. To develop policies about the responsibilities of students, faculty, and staff of the Health Science Center for risk management, prevention, and treatment of illness caused by exposure to transmissible agents within the Health Science Center and to recommend these policies for implementation to the Executive Committee of the Health Science Center. To develop policies about the responsibilities of the Health Science Center to students, faculty, and staff regarding protection from exposure to blood borne pathogens or potentially infectious agents in the workplace or classroom and to recommend these policies for implementation to the Executive Committee of the Health Science Center. To maintain a panel of expert advisors from the Health Science Center to address ad hoc infectious disease-related personnel issues of the Health Science Center and to offer recommendations for their resolution. To recommend policies within the Health Science Center to reflect new knowledge or changes in the understanding of infectious disease risk, etiology, prevention, and treatment. Recognizing that infectious diseases are not predictable, it may be necessary for the Committee to draw upon disease specific and educational expertise as the need arises.


Term of membership: Three years


Additional Information: None


* Chair
** Vice Chair