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Institutional Biosafety Committee

​The NIH Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) provides recommendations to the Director of the NIH or his designee, in matters pertaining to the control of hazards associated with the intramural use of microbiological agents, their vectors, and recombinant DNA. The committee serves as an advisory body to the Division of Safety (DS), Office of Research Services (ORS).

Recombinant DNA and Pathogen Registration submissions are submitted electronically through theElectronic Registration System (ERS). Please check the  NIH: IBC Meeting and Deadline Dates for Bethesda campus and RML IBC Meeting and Deadline Dates for Rocky Mountain Lab (RML) campus. Membership roster for RML IBC Committee: RML IBC Membership.

Read more from the external linksCharter for the NIH Institutional Biosafety Committee. 

​​View Public Posting of Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Minutes

Membership Roster​

Name​ Committee Role
Harry L. Malech Chairperson, Clinican
Richard G. Baumann Biological Safety Officer, Voting Contact
​Robert Craigie Committee Member, Clinician
​Alicia Alexion Local Non-Affiliated
Jocelyn Dunford-Weissman ​Senior Research Associate
Avijeet( and Ishveen) Chopra ​Scientific Technical Writers
Althea Treacy Associate Biological Safety Officer, QPSO Lead
Lauren Reoma Committee Member, Clinician
Jeanne Billioux Committee Member, Clinician
​Michael Kujawa ​Commmittee Member, IBC Coordinator
​Stephen L. Denny ​Animal Expert, Animal Program Director
Clevetta Drew Local Non-Affiliated
Stephanie M. Goff Committee Member
​Steve S. Whitehead ​Committee Member, Virologist