Safety, Security & Management

OFFICE OF THE DEAN Rutgers-NJMS

Accordion Content

• Safety & Health Oversight

  • Rutgers Responsible Official
  • Rutgers Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
  • Rutgers Environmental Health and Safety
  • ICPH BSL3 Risk Assessment Committee
  • PHRI BSL3 SOP Committee
  • NJMS Occupational Medicine Services
  • NJMS Student Health & Wellness Service
  • Rutgers-NJMS Board of Concerned Citizens
  • Newark Fire Department

• Executive Director

  • Eternal Advisory Board
  • Internal Advisory Board
  • Deputy Director
  • Manager & Director of Cores

• Security & Operations Oversight

  • Rutgers Physical Plant
  • Rutgers Department of Public Safety (Campus Law Enforcement)
  • NJMS Facilities Planning & Construction
  • ICPH Building Manager
  • PHRI Laboratory Engineer
  • Local, State & Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
  • US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  • USDA
  • National Institutes of Health

• Animal Care and Use Regulation & Oversight

  • ICPH Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC)
  • ICPH Animal Research Specialist Team
  • NJMS Facility Veterinarians
  • Research Animal Facility Supervisor
  • Senior Animal Caretakers
  • Animal Caretakers

Public Health Support

• The RBL will provide laboratory surge support (facilities and trained technical expertise) to aid public health agencies in the event of a national emergency
• Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) are pending with the NJDHSS and the NYCDHMH
• >45 trained BSL3 researchers
• PHRI worked with NYCDOHMS during anthrax outbreak to provide lab support; served as CDC outbreak center for molecular characterization of MDR TB in New York Metro region