The Fall 2024 ACS hosted a Division of Chemical Health and Safety symposium titled Raising Safety in Research. Links to the powerpoint files are listed below.

Session 1 – Engaging Graduate Students in Laboratory Safety: Opportunities for Empowerment, Collaboration and Professional Development

Empowering Student Safety: Integrating Hands-On Demonstrations, Audits, and Community Moments for Enhanced Laboratory Safety Awareness at the University of Arkansas with Graduate and Undergraduate Engagement. Anelisse Claros

Creating a Collaborative Safety Culture: Incorporating EH&S into Safety Initiatives and Departmental Discourse. Rena Kramer

Student lead Safety Initiatives: Good for Students, Good for Institutions, Good for Science. Anna M. SantaMaria

Developing The Safety Culture at Michigan State University. Josalyne Beringer & Trenton Vogt

ExxonMobil PALS: Strengthening Academic Lab Safety Culture. Sam Tallury

Session 2 – Scaling Up Safety in Individual Research Projects

Shifting Safety Culture from Rules to Risk-Based at a Research-Focused Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI). Krysti L. Knoche Gupta

Advances in Student-Led Safety at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Emily Robinson

Safety and regulatory concerns in Psychedelic research.Elliott Hulley & Veronica Shuger

Implementation of Lab Safety Teams at Colorado State University to increase graduate student participation in developing a safety culture. Drew M Schlink

The Importance of Fire Extinguisher Training Among Graduate Student Laboratory Teaching Assistants: A General Chemistry Laboratory Fire Incident. Casandra “Clover” Moisanu

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Our safety culture and practices. Donivan Porterfield

Safety in an Undergraduate/Graduate Laboratory, Working at the Interface of Biological Chemistry. Vincent Conrad Oppenheimer & Vi Tho Vy Nguyen

Safety improvements for the synthesis of menaquinone derivatives. Skyler A. Markham

Symposium Organizers:
Caroline Donaghy, Graduate Student, University of Connecticut
Emily Robinson, Graduate Student, University of Minnesota
Amanda Chung, Ph.D., Chemical Hygiene Officer, UNC Chapel Hill
Carolina Vigil Hernandez, Graduate Student, University of Texas, Austin
Rachel Nixon, Graduate Student, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Debbie Crans, Ph.D., Professor, Colorado State University
Skyler Markham, Graduate Student, Colorado State University
Drew Schlink, Graduate Student, Colorado State University