The IBC is actively recruiting new committee members!
If you are interested in joining an exciting committee that oversees biological research at UConn, email ibc@uconn.edu or the IBC Program Director at danielle.delage@uconn.edu.
Compliance with the NIH Guidelines is a requirement for every institution that conducts rsNA activities and receives NIH funding. Since UConn receives NIH funding, compliance is a term and condition of funding for all labs handling rsNA constructs at UConn. It should be noted that the NIH Guidelines may be applicable to experimental activities, regardless of the project’s funding source.
Section IV-B-2-a of the Guidelines requires an institution to maintain an IBC that comprises of no fewer than five members, two of which must include community members unaffiliated with the institution. The UConn IBC consists of faculty, staff, and community representatives, all of whom contribute to the professional competency necessary to review the broad scope of research and teaching activities at the university.
Current IBC Members
NIH Contact: Danielle Delage, CPBCA IBC Program Director, Environmental Health & Safety
IBC Chair: Mary Anne Amalaradjou, PhD, DVM Associate Professor, Animal Science
IBC Vice Chair: Steven Szczepanek, PhD Associate Professor, Pathobiology
James Brennan, MS Administrative Program Manager (Facility Operations & Technical Training), Animal Care Services
David Cavallaro, MS, CBSP (voting ex officio) Institutional Biosafety Officer, Environmental Health & Safety
Brent Lewchik, MS, CHMM (ex officio) Director, Environmental Health & Safety
Bobbie Macierowski, MS Non-Affiliated Community Member, Biosafety Outreach Officer / State Training Coordinator / Microbiologist 2, Connecticut Department of Public Health
Michele Maltz-Matyschsyk Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
Robert Miller, MPH, RS Non-Affiliated Community Member, Director of Health, Eastern Highlands Health District
Curtis Schondelmeyer, DVM, CPIA, DACLAM (voting ex officio) Director and Attending Veterinarian, Animal Care Services
Ad-Hoc Plant Expert Consultant: Yaowu Yuan, PhD Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology