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2025 SBA Virtual Symposium
Southern Biosafety Association
Summer Symposium 2025
Navigating Biosafety in the Modern Era
Wednesday June 25, 2025
Virtual (Zoom)
1 CM Point
| 8:00-8:30 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Zack Becker, MPH, CBSP(ABSA) – SBA President (UTHealth Houston) |
| 8:30-9:15 | “Navigating Safety in a Multi-Generational Workforce: Creating Lasting Change for the Greater Good” Malissa Mayer-Diaz, MS, MSPH – Houston Methodist |
| 9:15-10:00 | “Practicing Biosafety in a World of Uncertainty” Patrick Conley, MS, CBSP(ABSA) – Merrick & Company |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-11:00 | “Working safely with bats – field hygiene guidelines from the IUCN SSC Bat Specialist Group and factors affecting adoption” Professor Tigga Kingston, PhD – Texas Tech University |
| 11:00-11:45 | Title TBD Bill Greer – Biosafety Administrators Association |
| 11:45-12:45 | Lunch Break |
| 12:45-1:30 | “Applications of Phage Therapy and Biosafety Considerations” and “Emerging trends in biomedical research and biosafety: human genomes, microbiomes, and precision medicine” Daniel Eisenman, PhD, RBP(ABSA), SM(NRCM), CBSP(ABSA) – Advarra |
| 1:30-2:15 | “Nanoparticles an emerging platform for drug delivery – relevance to biosafety” Maya Nair, PhD, RBP(ABSA) – The University of North Texas Health Science Center |
| 2:15-2:30 | Break |
| 2:30-3:30 | “Collaborative Biological Risk Assessment: A Diversified and Inclusive Team-Based Approach to Risk Mitigation” and Update on changes to ABSA credentials applicant requirements Rachel Gamble, DrPH, CBSP (ABSA), RBP (ABSA) – Pond & Company |
| 3:30-3:50 | ABSA Updates Sherry Bohn, PhD, MSL, CBSP(ABSA) – ABSA President |
| 3:50-4:00 | SBA update and closing remarks Zack Becker, MPH, CBSP(ABSA) – SBA President (UTHealth Houston) |
Zoom meeting invitations will be sent to the registered emails a few days prior to the meeting.
REGISTRATION ENDS FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2025
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