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CHAS Workshops 2023

April 6, 2023 Ralph Stuart

CHAS no longer holds in-person workshops in conjunction with the ACS National Meetings due to the costs associated with the meeting rooms and attendee travel costs. We now have online workshops via zoom covering the same variety of topics. These are held twice a year, usually 2-4 weeks after national meetings. For the Spring 2023 session, we are experimenting with half-day sessions, but may return to full-day for the Fall depending on attendance and enthusiasm for the half-day sessions.

Below are links to registration for the Spring sessions to be held the first week of May. All sessions begin at 1PM EDST and the cost is $195 per session. Please let me know if you have any questions!

If you are interested in arranging any of these trainings for your company or local section meetings, contact us at membership@dchas.org

Ongoing

The ACS Youtube channel hosts chemical safety related videos on a variety of topics and styles for specific audiences. They are all available for Creative Commons use in classes with attribution.

This extensive 15 hour course on chemical safety in the laboratory is designed for undergraduate STEM students and others with a need to review the fundamentals of chemical safety in the laboratory. Register at https://institute.acs.org/courses/foundations-chemical-safety.html

**ACS Essentials of Lab Safety for General Chemistry**
On line, registration fee required.

If you have any questions about these workshops, contact us at membership@dchas.org or complete the form below.

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History of the Peer-Led Workshops

December 22, 2022 Ralph Stuart Leave a comment

The 1^st Peer-Led Workshop

In 2018, Dr. Kali A. Miller, at the time a graduate researcher at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign and involved in the laboratory safety team there, developed a workshop called “Developing Graduate Student Leadership Skills in Laboratory Safety.” Initially supported by the ACS Committee on Chemical Safety, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety, ACS Safety Programs, and the ACS Office of Graduate Education, the workshop was first held at the ACS National Meeting in Spring 2018. A paper was published describing this pilot workshop and initial survey analysis that can be found here. The workshop continued to be held at ACS National Meetings with different graduate researcher facilitators.

Jessica A. Martin began working closely with Dr. Miller to coordinate, and eventually take over general management of the workshop. They also interviewed graduate researcher leaders of LST teams as a means of learning more about the movement and improving the offerings of the workshop. This resulted in a publication about LSTs that can be found here.

As 2020 approached, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a rapid shift to a virtual world. Starting with the Spring 2020 ACS National Meeting, Jessica worked with the Facilitators for that workshop to rapidly convert the workshop to a virtual format. Additionally, graduate researchers representing 12 different LSTs came together to write another peer-reviewed publication that can be found here discussing how the teams have survived the stress test introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As interest in the workshop continued to blossom in the academic community, it was recognized that the virtual version could reach a wider audience and be held independent of conferences. Jessica recruited known and active advocates in the ACS safety community to constitute a Mentorship Team to continue to improve the workshop. Graduate researchers involved in the LST leadership at their own institutions were also regularly recruited to serve as Facilitators and Moderators to share their experiences and improve their own professional skills. The workshop was renamed “Empowering Academic Researchers to Strengthen Safety Culture” in recognition of the changes made to it.

The 2^nd Peer-Led Workshop

In 2021, Taysir Bader, Catherine Wilhelm, Kerry Betz, Whitney Hess, Haim Weizman, and Ralph Stuartdeveloped a second workshop called “RAMP Risk Management in the Research Lab”. with funding from an ACS Innovative Project Grant. The goal of the grant was to identify how to use the RAMP paradigm as both an educational and operational tool for chemists in higher education.

The workshop used the same peer-led structure developed in the first workshop, recruiting graduate researchers to help run the workshops as Workshop Leaders, Facilitators, and Moderators. This workshop is also supported by the Mentorship Team. This workshop has been successfully delivered virtually and in-person to both general audiences and specific universities.

2023 Peer-Led Workshops

For 2022 and 2023, Monica Nyansa of the Michigan Technological University is serving as the Workshop Leader for “Empowering Academic Researchers to Strengthen Safety Culture”. She has described her experience with the workshop as part of her professional development in a posting for the ACS Chemistry Grad and Postdoc blog.

For 2022 and 2023, Brady Bresnahan of the University of Minnesota is serving as the Workshop Leader for “RAMP Risk Management in the Research Lab”.

Listed below are all of the individuals who have helped run the workshops as Workshop Leaders, Facilitators, and Moderators. Below that is a list of the fantastic Mentorship Team members!

Please check our workshop schedule for information and registration for the latest workshops!

Workshop date (year, month)	Role	Name	Institution	Team name
2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP	Leader	Brady Bresnahan	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP	Facilitator	Kris Elbein	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP	Facilitator	Aishanee Sur	Texas A & M Univerity	Chemistry Student Safety Committee
2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Gretchen Burke	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Kyle Seabourn	University of Idaho
2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Maya Butler	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Rain Talosig	University of California, Irvine	Graduate Safety Team
2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Sofia Estela Ramirez Lopez	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Yuri Lee	The Ohio State University
2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Eleni Spanolios	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Qaisar Maqbool	University of South Florida
2023. 03 (Virtual) LST	Leader	Monica Nyansa	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2023. 03 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Adelina Oronova	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2023. 03 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Christy Dyer	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2023. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Jamiu Oyetoro	University of Ibadan
2023. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Srijana Pandey	Ohio University
2023. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Babatunde Samuel Obadawo	The University of Toledo
2023. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Popoola Olamilekan Emmanuel	University of Ibadan
2023. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Prosenjit Ray	Auburn University
2023. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Caroline Donaghy	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2023. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Qaisar Maqbool	University of South Florida
2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP	Leader	Brady Bresnahan	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP	Facilitator	Hossain Shadman	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP	Facilitator	Kris Elbein	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Murphi Williams	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Rain Talosig	University of California, Irvine	Graduate Safety Team
2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Calla McCulley	Mentorship Team Member
2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Amanda Chung	Mentorship Team Member
2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Ralph Stuart	Mentorship Team Member
2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP	Moderator	Samuella Sigmann	Mentorship Team Member
2022. 10 (Virtual) LST	Leader	Monica Nyansa	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2022. 10 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Omar Leon Ruiz	University of California, Los Angeles	Joint Research Safety Initiative (JRSI)
2022. 10 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Adelina Oronova	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2022. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Saghar Gomrok	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2022. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Jamiu Oyetoro	University of Ibadan
2022. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Popoola Olamilekan Emmanuel	University of Ibadan
2022. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Christy Dyer	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2022. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Srijana Pandey	Ohio University
2022. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Babatunde Obadawo	The University of Toledo	ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND RADIATION SAFETY
2022. 07 (In Person) RAMP	Facilitator	Taysir Bader	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2022. 07 (In Person) RAMP	Facilitator	Brady Bresnahan	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2022. 06 (Virtual) LST	Leader	Monica Nyansa	Michigan Technological University
2022. 06 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Hossain Shadman	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2022. 06 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Amanda Chung	University of California, Irvine	Graduate Safety Team
2022. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Dinesh Gautam	Ohio University
2022. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Christy Dyer	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2022. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Brady Bresnahan	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2022. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Ashan Wettasinghe	University of Texas at Dallas
2022. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Melissa Alfonso	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2022. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Adelina Oronova	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2022. 03 (Virtual) LST	Leader	Monica Nyansa	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2022. 03 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Rachel Wiley	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2022. 03 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Omar Leon Ruiz	University of California, Los Angeles	Joint Research Safety Initiative (JRSI)
2022. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Hossain Shadman	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2022. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Amanda Chung	University of California, Irvine	Graduate Safety Team
2022. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Abhijeet Patil	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2022. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Saghar Gomrok	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2022. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Hemanta Timsina	University of Arkansas	Engineering Safety Club
2022. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Farouq Busari	University of Ibadan (Nigeria)
2022. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Jessica Martin	Mentorship Team Member
2022. 03 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Tammy Lutz-Rechtin	Mentorship Team Member
2022. 01 (In Person) RAMP	Facilitator	Taysir Bader	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2022. 01 (In Person) RAMP	Facilitator	Catherine Wilhelm	University of Michigan
2021. 11 (Virtual) RAMP	Facilitator	Taysir Bader	University of Minnesota	Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team
2021. 11 (Virtual) RAMP	Facilitator	Catherine Wilhelm	University of Michigan
2021. 10 (Virtual) LST	Leader	Jessica Martin	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2021. 10 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Monica Nyansa	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2021. 10 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Calla McCulley	University of Texas at Austin	Chemistry Student Safety Organization (CSSO)
2021. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Austin Moyle	Washington University in St. Louis	Chemistry Peer Review Safety Group (CPRSG)
2021. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Abhijeet Patil	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2021. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Rachel Wiley	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2021. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Maggi Braasch-Turi	Colorado State University
2021. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Melissa Alfonso	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2021. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Hemanta Timsina	University of Arkansas	Engineering Safety Club
2021. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Adelina Oronova	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2021. 10 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Farouq Busari	University of Ibadan (Nigeria)
2021. 06 (Virtual) LST	Leader	Jessica Martin	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2021. 06 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Lindsey Applegate	University of Iowa	Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS)
2021. 06 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Jessica DeYoung	University of Iowa	Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS)
2021. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Taysir Bader	University of Minnesota	Joint Safety Team
2021. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Abhijeet Patil	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2021. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Monica Nyansa	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2021. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Calla McCulley	University of Texas at Austin	Chemistry Student Safety Organization (CSSO)
2021. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Rachel Wiley	The University of Memphis	University of Memphis Graduate Safety Team
2021. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Austin Moyle	Washington University in St. Louis	Chemistry Peer Review Safety Group (CPRSG)
2021. 06 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Maggi Braasch-Turi	Colorado State University
2021. 02 (Virtual) LST	Leader	Jessica Martin	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2021. 02 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Omar Leon Ruiz	UCLA	Joint Research Safety Initiative
2021. 02 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Dagen Hughes	University of Iowa	Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS)
2021. 02 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Lindsey Applegate	University of Iowa	Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS)
2021. 02 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Jessica DeYoung	University of Iowa	Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS)
2021. 02 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Cristian Aviles-Martin	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2021. 02 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Taysir Bader	University of Minnesota	Joint Safety Team
2021. 02 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Melissa Alfonso	University of Memphis	University of Memphis Joint Safety Team
2021. 02 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Abhijeet Patil	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2021. 02 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Monica Nyansa	Michigan Technological University	MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC)
2021. 02 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Calla McCulley	University of Texas at Austin	Chemistry Student Safety Organization (CSSO)
2020. 11 (Virtual) LST	Leader	Jessica Martin	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2020. 11 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Sarah Zinn	University of Chicago	The Joint Research Safety Initiative
2020. 11 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Jessica DeYoung	University of Iowa	Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS)
2020. 11 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Marta Gmurczyk	Mentorship Team Member
2020. 11 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Mary Beth Koza	Mentorship Team Member
2020. 11 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Lindsey Applegate	University of Iowa	Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS)
2020. 11 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Dagen Hughes	University of Iowa	Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS)
2020. 11 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Kali Miller	Mentorship Team Member
2020. 11 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	David Finster	Mentorship Team Member
2020. 11 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Cristian Aviles-Martin	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2020. 11 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Omar Leon Ruiz	UCLA	Joint Research Safety Initiative
2020. 08 (Virtual) LST	Leader	Jessica Martin	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2020. 08 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Cristian Aviles-Martin	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2020. 08 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Omar Leon Ruiz	UCLA	Joint Research Safety Initiative
2020. 08 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Sarah Zinn	University of Chicago	The Joint Research Safety Initiative
2020. 08 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Jessica DeYoung	University of Iowa	Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS)
2020. 08 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Kali Miller	Mentorship Team Member
2020. 08 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Marta Gmurczyk	Mentorship Team Member
2020. 08 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Sammye Sigmann	Mentorship Team Member
2020. 08 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	David Finster	Mentorship Team Member
2020. 08 (Virtual) LST	Moderator	Ralph Stuart	Mentorship Team Member
2020. 03 (Virtual) LST	Leader	Jessica Martin	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2020. 03 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Victor Beaumont	Yale University	Chemistry Joint Safety Team
2020. 03 (Virtual) LST	Facilitator	Veronica Hayes	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2019. 08 (In Person) LST	Leader	Kali Miller	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Chemistry Joint Safety Team
2019. 08 (In Person) LST	Facilitator	Jessica Martin	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2019. 08 (In Person) LST	Facilitator	Chandra Karki	The University of South Dakota
2019. 06 (In Person) LST	Leader	Kali Miller	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Chemistry Joint Safety Team
2019. 06 (In Person) LST	Facilitator	Jessica Martin	University of Connecticut	Joint Safety Team
2019. 06 (In Person) LST	Facilitator	David Finster	Mentorship Team Member
2019. 03 (In Person) LST	Leader	Kali Miller	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Chemistry Joint Safety Team
2019. 03 (In Person) LST	Facilitator	Kendra Denlinger	Xavier University
2018. 08 (In Person) LST	Leader	Kali Miller	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Chemistry Joint Safety Team
2018. 08 (In Person) LST	Facilitator	Kaitlin Tyler	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Chemistry Joint Safety Team
2018. 03 (In Person) LST	Leader	Kali Miller	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Chemistry Joint Safety Team
2018. 03 (In Person) LST	Facilitator	Michail Vlysidis	University of Minnesota	Joint Safety Team

Description of Roles:

Leader: Recruits and trains Facilitators and Moderators; manages updates to workshop content; organizes logistics; communicates with participants before and after workshop as needed; manages technology during the workshop; leads pre-workshop practice and post-workshop review sessions for Facilitators with the Mentorship Team

Facilitator: Student researchers who have previously attended the workshop and served as Moderators, participate in updates to workshop content through pre-workshop practice and post-workshop review sessions with the Leader and Mentorship Team; delivers workshop content to live audience; facilitates small group and large group activities and discussion during the workshop.

Moderator (Position created for virtual workshops): Student researchers who have previously attended the workshop who now serve in the practice audience for pre-workshop practice sessions and participate in post-workshop review sessions; contribute to updates to workshop content; monitor Breakout Room activities during the workshop.

Mentorship Team: This team is a group of senior CHAS members and other safety professionals who support the workshop leaders with content review and advice and who also serve as back-up moderators for virtual workshops.

2021 Mentorship Team

Kali A. Miller
David Finster
Marta Gmurczyk
Mary Beth Koza
Ralph Stuart
Samuella Sigmann

2023 Mentorship Team

Amanda Chung
Calla McCulley
Catherine Wilhelm
Dwayne Henry
Jessica Martin
Kali Miller
Marta Gmurczyk
Mary Beth Koza
Sammye Sigmann
Sara Johnson
Sarah Zinn
Tammy Lutz-Rechtin
Taysir Bader
Tilak Chandra
Ken Kretchman

Please check our workshop schedule for information and registration for the latest workshop!

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ACS Webinar: Navigating Questions About Reproductive Health When in the Lab

October 4, 2022 Ralph Stuart

October 6, 2022 @ 2:00 PM EDT

A recent analysis of the current guidance from more than 100 academic institutions’ Chemical Hygiene Plans (CHPs) indicates that the burden to implement laboratory reproductive health and safety practices is often placed on those already pregnant or planning conception. This report also found inconsistencies in the classification of potential reproductive toxins by resources generally considered to be authoritative, adding further confusion.

The publication can be found in JACS at
A Call for Increased Focus on Reproductive Health within Lab Safety Culture
Catherine P. McGeough,† Sarah Jane Mear,† and Timothy F. Jamison*

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c03725?ref=PDF

Other recent peer reviewed publications on the topic are
What to Expect When Expecting in Lab: A Review of Unique Risks and Resources for Pregnant Researchers in the Chemical Laboratory

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.1c00380?ref=PDF

Nature Comment on Pregnancy in the lab Feb 2022.pdf

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41570-022-00362-0

Presenters were Robin M. Izzo, Assistant Vice President of Environmental Health and Safety at Princeton University, Dr. Rich Wittman, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stanford Health Care, and Dr. Katie McGeough, a Graduate Student at Boston College School of Social Work, as they discuss the findings reported in the Journal of American Chemical Society and provide both environmental health and safety and medical perspectives on risks to fertility, pregnancy, and other reproductive health concerns to all people working in the laboratory.

What You Will Learn

Understand the current state of knowledge relative to the potential reproductive health impacts of laboratory work, including chemical, biological and physical concerns
Identify questions that people considering pregnancy or currently pregnant should ask about their work in the laboratory
How to find and evaluate literature resources related to reproductive health issues in the lab

Webinar Presentation

The recording of this webinar is available to ACS members at http://www.acs.org/webinars
You can download the presentation file here:

2022-10-06-reproductive-health-chas3-final Download

The audience poll responses were:

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Indicators of Success in Laboratory Safety Cultures and General Papers

September 28, 2022 Ralph Stuart

Over the past decade, there has been increasing interest in improving the safety culture of laboratory settings. How do we identify and implement indicators of success of these efforts? When are quantitative cultural measurements available and when do we need to rely on qualitative indicators of movement forward? Both theoretical ideas and concrete examples of the use of this approach are welcome in this symposium.

3745133 – Indicators of success in a safety culture, Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO, Presenter

Stuart Models for safety culture indicators Download

3733703 – What’s in a name? Mapping the variability in lab safety representative positions, Sarah Zinn, Presenter; Imke Schroeder; Dr. Craig Merlic

Zinn Whats in a Name Download

3755577 – Factors for improving a laboratory safety coordinator (LSC) program, Kali Miller, Presenter

Miller Stanford LSC Download

3754791 – Empowering student-led organizations to create effective safety policies, Angie Tse, Presenter

Tse Student Orgs at Columbia Download

3738023 – Quantitative and qualitative indicators of safety culture evolution by the joint safety team, Demetra Adrahtas, Presenter; Polly Lynch; Sofia Ramirez; Brady Bresnahan; Taysir Bader

Adrahtas UMN JST Success Download

Division of Chemical Health & Safety General Papers

3752873 – Case studies and chemical safety improvements, Sandra Keyser, Presenter

Keyser Storytelling Download

3737640 – Storytelling is an art in building a “safety first” culture, Irene Cesa, Presenter; Dr. Kenneth P Fivizzani; Michael Koehler

Cesa Safety First Presentation Download

3728705 – Vertical safety engagement through new community connections committee of the UMN joint safety team, Vilma Brandao, Presenter; Zoe Maxwell, Presenter; Jeffrey Buenaflor, Presenter; Gretchen Burke, Presenter; Steven Butler, Presenter; Xin Dong, Presenter; Nyema Harmon, Presenter; Erin Maines, Presenter; Taysir Bader; Brady Bresnahan

UMN JST_Community Outreach Download

3752771 – Health and safety information integration: GHS 2021 version 9 in PubChem, Jian Zhang, Presenter; Evan Bolton

3754174 – Laboratory databases: Applications in safety programming, Magdalena Andrzejewska, Presenter

Andrzejewska Laboratory databases Download

3748086 – Boundary Conditions- designing and operating laboratory access controls for safety, Joseph Pickel, Presenter

Pickel Boundary Conditions Download

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Safety Across the Chemical Disciplines and CHAS Awards Symposium

September 25, 2022 Ralph Stuart

3741150 – Safety in the catalysis research lab, Mark Bachrach, Presenter

Safety in the Catalysis Research Lab Download

3754630 – Risk, safety, and troublesome territoriality: Bridging interdisciplinary divides, John G Palmer, PhD, Presenter; Brenda Palmer

Palmer_Working_Across_Disciplines Download

3751492 – Risk-based safety education fosters sustainable chemistry education, Georgia Arbuckle-Keil, Presenter; David Finster; Ms. Samuella Sigmann, MS, CCHO; Weslene Tallmadge; Rachel Bocwinski; Marta Gmurczyk

Risk-based Safety Education Download

02:00pm – 04:05pm CDT

Division of Chemical Health & Safety Awards Symposium

Brandon Chance, Organizer, Presider

3754798 – Interdepartmental initiatives to improving campus chemical safety, Luis Barthel Rosa, Presenter

Interdepartmental Initiatives to Improve Campus Safety Download

3738511 – Building and sustaining a culture of safety via ground-up approaches, Quinton Bruch, Presenter

Bruch Building and Sustaining a Culture of Safety Download

3750224 – Safety net: Lessons in sharing safe laboratory practices, Alexander Miller, Presenter

Miller_The_Safety_Net_2022 Download

3740645 – Governing green labs: Assembling safety at the lab bench, Susan Silbey, Presenter.

Silbey-Why-is-Regulatory-Compliance-So-Difficult Download

Dr. Silbey’s presentation covered laboratory safety management ideas from her recent publications:

Rank Has Its Privileges: Explaining Why Laboratory Safety Is a Persistent Challenge; Gokce Basbug, Ayn Cavicchi, Susan S. Silbey from Journal of Business Ethics 19 June 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05169-z
Joelle Evans, Susan S. Silbey (2021) Co-Opting Regulation: Professional Control Through Discretionary Mobilization of Legal Prescriptions and Expert Knowledge. Organization Science in Articles in Advance 10 Dec 2021 . https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2021.1525
To protect from lab leaks, we need ‘banal’ safety rules, not anti-terrorism measures; Ruthanne Huising and Susan S. Silbey Aug. 13, 2021 https://www.statnews.com/2021/08/13/banal-lab-safety-rules-keep-us-safe/

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The Nomination Process for CHAS Awards

September 24, 2022 Ralph Stuart

The Division of Chemical Health and Safety, Inc. of the American Chemical Society (CHAS), is currently soliciting nominations for several awards recognizing outstanding leadership and service in the area of chemical health and safety. The deadline for all 2023 award nominations is December 1, 2022. You can download the complete guidelines for CHAS Award Nominations here.

https://dchas.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Awards-Nomination-Timeline-Grahic-1024x231.jpg

Information about each of the CHAS awards including nomination applications and a list of past recipients can be found at the links below:

The CHAS Graduate Student Safety Leadership Award is given to recognize a graduate student researcher or recent graduate (within 3 years of latest degree) who demonstrates outstanding leadership in the area of chemical health and safety in their laboratory, research group, or department. Each year the award is dedicated to a different historical figure in chemical safety. The award consists of $2000 as an honorarium and to support travel to the fall national meeting. An optional, additional $500 will be provided to support a new or ongoing project that promotes graduate student safety at the home school.

The Howard Fawcett Chemical Health and Safety Award recognizes outstanding individual contributions to the field of Chemical Health and Safety. The award consists of a commemorative plaque and a $500 prize for expenses so that the recipient can present at an award symposium at the fall ACS national meeting.

The Tillmanns-Skolnik Award was established in 1984 to recognize and honor outstanding, long-term service to the Division of Chemical Health and Safety. The award consists of a commemorative plaque and a $500 prize for expenses so that the recipient can present at an award symposium at the fall ACS national meeting.

The Laboratory Safety Institute Graduate Research Faculty Safety Award recognizes graduate-level academic research faculty who demonstrate outstanding commitment to chemical health and safety in their laboratories. The award consists of an engraved plaque and a $1,000 prize for expenses so that the recipient can present at an award symposium at the fall ACS national meeting.

The SafetyStratus College and University Health and Safety Award is given to recognize the most comprehensive laboratory safety program in higher education (undergraduate study only). The College and University award consists of a commemorative plaque and a $1000 prize for expenses so that the recipient can present at an award symposium at the fall ACS national meeting.

The CHAS Student Registration Award is given to encourage student participation in CHAS programming at ACS national meetings. The award provides reimbursement in the amount of full-conference registration fee (undergraduate, graduate, or pre-college teacher student rate, as applicable). Two student registration awards are given for each ACS national meeting.

Nominations are also solicited for special service and fellow awards:

The CHAS Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a lifetime of dedication and service to the American Chemical Society, the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety, and the field of chemical health and safety. The awardee gives a 20 – 30 minute keynote presentation at the Awards Symposium at the fall ACS national meeting.

The Fellows Awards recognize CHAS members in good standing who have provided continuous service. Nominees who meet the criteria will receive a certificate.

A Service Award is given to the immediate past division Chair at the end of their term. The chair receives an ACS past chair’s pin and plaque.

Please contact the CHAS Awards Committee Chair, Brandon Chance for more information. Mr. Chance can be reached at 214-768-2430 or awards@dchas.org

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Service Awards

September 5, 2022 Ralph Stuart

Statement of Award Purpose

Service Awards are given to the immediate past Division Chair at the end of their term. The chair receives an ACS past chair’s pin and plaque.

Award Amount and Recognition

An ACS Past Chair’s pin and an appropriate plaque of appreciation to be presented at an Awards Symposium during the fall ACS national meeting following the chair’s term.

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CHAS Fellows Award

September 3, 2022 Ralph Stuart

Download the Nomination Application Form for this Award Here: [Click to Download CHAS Fellows Nomination Form]

Statement of Award Purpose

Fellows Awards recognize CHAS members in good standing who have provided continuous, active service to CHAS and who have made significant contributions to the Division during their active service.

Award Recognition

Certificate and lapel pin presented at the Awards Symposium during the Fall ACS national meeting.

Description of Eligible Nominees

An eligible nominee must be current members of the division who has been a member for at least fifteen years or has been a member for at least seven years (continuous membership) and has been active in CHAS activities for at least three years. Active membership is defined below.

CHAS Fellows have shown support for the goals and activities of CHAS, and has through personal effort, helped CHAS achieve those goals. The following activities designate a member as “active”:

Division volunteer service including holding office in the division, chairing division committees, etc.
Organization of symposia, major presentations, or other programming at national/international meetings
Contributions to safety in ACS Publications
Leadership of or other contributions to Division outreach activities

There is no limit to the number of CHAS Fellows named each year.

Eligible Sources of Nominations

Self-nomination
Any CHAS division member

Roster of CHAS Fellows

(Those listed in bold are also ACS Fellows)

Robert Alaimo
Peter Ashbrook
W. Emmett Barkley
Janet Baum
Ernest I. Becker
Leslie Bretherick
Brandon Chance
Daniel A. Crowl
Debbie Decker
Lou DiBerardinis
Laurence J. Doemeny
Harry J. Elston
Howard Fawcett
Barbara Foster
David Finster
Kenneth Fivizzani
Bill Galdenzi
Lawrence M. Gibbs
Marta Gmurczyk
Ruth Hathaway
Donald Hedberg
Dennis C. Hendershot
Robert H. Hill Jr.
Chris Incarvito
Robin Izzo
James Kaufmann
Kimberly B. Jeskie
Jyllian Kemsley
Sheila Kennedy
Warren Kingsley
Mary Beth Koza
Ken Kretchman

Daniel Kuespert
Neal Langerman
Mark Lassiter
Po-Yung Lu
Sung Moon
John Palmer
Joe Pickel
Lyle H. Phifer
Russ Phifer
Stanley Pine
Pat Redden
Malcolm Renfrew
Peter Reinhardt
Monona Rossol
Eileen Segal
Stephen Sichek, Sr.
Diane G. Schmidt
Sammye Sigmann
Mary Ann Solstad
Ralph Stuart
Ellen Sweet
Stephen Szabo
Erik A. Talley
Robert Toreki
George Wahl
Douglas B. Walters
Stefan Wawzyniecki
Elizabeth Weisburger
Frankie Wood-Black
I. J. Wilk
Kenyon D. Yoder
Jay Young

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CHAS Graduate Student Safety Leadership Award

August 30, 2022 Ralph Stuart

Download the Nomination Application Form for this Award Here: [Click to Download GRADUATE STUDENT SAFETY LEADERSHIP AWARD in Word format]

Statement of Award Purpose

This award is given to recognize a graduate student researcher or recent graduate (within 3 years of latest degree) who demonstrates outstanding leadership in the area of chemical health and safety in their laboratory, research group, or department.

Each year the award is dedicated to a different historical figure in chemical safety.

Award Amount and Recognition

Award Amount and Recognition

This award is made possible by the generosity of an anonymous donor.

The award consists of:

A $500 honorarium will be payable directly to the award recipient
A certificate that includes information about that year’s dedicatee
An invitation to deliver a 15 – 20-minute presentation at the CHAS Awards Symposium. The presentation should describe the work recognized by the award.
An optional additional $2,000 will be made available to support a project that promotes graduate student safety at the home school and/or for travel expenses to the CHAS Awards Symposium at an ACS national meeting, as applicable

This award is made possible by the generosity of an anonymous donor.

The recipient of this award is expected to deliver a 15 – 20-minute presentation at the CHAS Awards Symposium at the ACS Fall national meeting in the year that they receive the award. The presentation should describe the work recognized by the award.

Description of Eligible Nominees

Eligible nominees are current master’s or Ph.D. candidates in research fields or those who have graduated within the past three years who demonstrate values and behaviors consistent with the criteria of this award. The researcher may be a member of any academic department at their institution provided that chemical use is a significant part of their research. Non-ACS and CHAS members are eligible for this award.

Award Criteria

The primary criterion for this award is demonstrated leadership of specific project(s) that support a proactive safety culture in the laboratory, research group, and/or department where the student’s research or teaching responsibilities take place. Such projects empower their peers and students to address technical and cultural safety concerns related to chemical usage, in either the teaching or research environment.

Examples of work that calls on other safety leadership skills (e.g. participation in extramural safety conferences and organizations, publication of safety related information in research papers, development of new approaches to safety education in the lab) will support the award application, but not replace the need for a specific example of project-based leadership.

Required support for nomination

Cover letter from the nominator describing why the nominee is deserving of this award.
Two letter(s) of support from institution’s Environmental Health and Safety Office, Senior Administration or Departmental leadership.
Descriptions of or samples of research safety projects or initiatives lead by nominee

Eligible Sources of Nominations

Self-nomination
Teammate (fellow student or lab member)
Department chair
EH&S Department
Vice Provost for Research or another Senior Administrator
Peer

Additional Information about this Award

This award was proposed in 2020 by an anonymous donor and was developed by the CHAS Awards committee in collaboration with the donor. The award was first given in 2021.

Previous Awardees:

2022, given in honor of the Radium Girls

Quinton Bruch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2021, given in honor of Sheharbano “Sheri” Sangji

Graduate Student Team Leaders:
- Jessica De Young, University of Iowa
- Omar Leon Ruiz, University of California, Los Angeles
- Sarah Zinn,University of Chicago
- Cristan Aviles-Martin, University of Connecticut

Monday, May 1, 2023: How to create a better lab safety program

Tuesday, May 2, 2023: Careers in environmental health & safety

Wednesday, May 3, 2023: Laboratory Waste Management

Thursday, May 4, 2023: How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer

Ongoing

The 1st Peer-Led Workshop

The 2nd Peer-Led Workshop

2023 Peer-Led Workshops

Description of Roles:

What You Will Learn

Webinar Presentation

The audience poll responses were:

Division of Chemical Health & Safety General Papers

3741150 – Safety in the catalysis research lab, Mark Bachrach, Presenter

02:00pm – 04:05pm CDT

Division of Chemical Health & Safety Awards Symposium

Brandon Chance, Organizer, Presider

Remember: No matter where you go, there you are. Samuella Sigmann

Statement of Award Purpose

Award Amount and Recognition

Statement of Award Purpose

Award Recognition

Description of Eligible Nominees

Eligible Sources of Nominations

Roster of CHAS Fellows

Statement of Award Purpose

Award Amount and Recognition

Description of Eligible Nominees

Award Criteria

Required support for nomination

Eligible Sources of Nominations

Additional Information about this Award

Previous Awardees:

2022, given in honor of the Radium Girls

2021, given in honor of Sheharbano “Sheri” Sangji

Connecting Chemistry & Safety

Monday, May 1, 2023:
How to create a better lab safety program

Tuesday, May 2, 2023:
Careers in environmental health & safety

Wednesday, May 3, 2023:
Laboratory Waste Management

Thursday, May 4, 2023:
How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer

The 1^st Peer-Led Workshop

The 2^nd Peer-Led Workshop