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Applied Biosafety

Applied Biosafety

The Official Journal of: ABSA International
Journal of ABSA International

eISSN: 24701246 | ISSN: 15356760 | Current volume: 25 | Current issue: 4 Frequency: Quarterly
This peer-reviewed, scientific journal promotes global biosafety awareness and best practices to prevent occupational exposures and adverse environmental impacts related to biohazardous releases. The journal provides a forum for exchanging sound biosafety and biosecurity initiatives by publishing original articles, review articles, letters to the editors, commentaries, and brief reviews. It informs scientists, safety professionals, policymakers, engineers, architects, and governmental organizations. The journal is committed to publishing on topics significant in well-resourced countries as well as information relevant to underserved regions, engaging and cultivating the development of biosafety professionals globally.

Applied Biosafety (APB) is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal committed to promoting global biosafety awareness and best practices to prevent occupational exposures and adverse environmental impacts related to biohazardous releases. APB provides a forum for exchanging sound biosafety and biosecurity initiatives by publishing original articles, review articles, letters to the editors, commentaries, and brief reviews. APB informs scientists, safety professionals, policymakers, engineers, architects, and governmental organizations. The Journal is committed to publishing on topics significant in well-resourced countries as well as information relevant to underserved regions, engaging and cultivating the development of biosafety professionals globally.

Applied Biosafety is under the editorial leadership of Coeditors-in-Chief Karen B. Byers, MS, CBSP(ABSA), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Barbara Johnson, PhD, Biosafety Biosecurity International, and other leading investigators. 

Co-Editors-in-Chief
Karen B. Byers, MS, CBSP Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Barbara Johnson, PhD Biosafety Biosecurity International, Merritt Island, FL, USA
Associate Editors
David Gillum, PhD, MS University Of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA
Scott J. Patlovich, DrPH, CIH, CSP, CBSP, CHMM, CPH The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Managing Editor
Karen D. Savage, BA ABSA International, Mundelein, IL, USA
Editorial Board Members
Randy A. Albrecht, PhD, RBP(ABSA) Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Aline A. Baldo, DMV, PhD Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium
Cary R. Binder, BA Nsf International, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Stuart D. Blacksell, MPH, PhD Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand
Sherry S. Bohn, PhD, MSL, CBSP University Of Maryland, Baltimore, DC, USA
Christopher Overend C, PhD University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Daniel Eisenman, PhD, CBSP Apex, NC, USA
Richard C. Fink, CBSP Biosafety Consultant, Andover, MA, USA
Rene Flores, PhD Uthealth Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Rachel Gamble, MS, DRPH, RBP, CBSP Pond & Company, Houston, TX, USA
Sumit Ghosh, PhD, ASP, RBP, CSP, CBSP, CHMM Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
Nicole Mh Greeson, MS, CIH Duke University, Hillsborough, NC, USA
Miguel A. Grimaldo, PhD, MENG University Of Texas Medical Branch, New Rochelle, NY, USA
Gigi K Gronvall, PhD Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Baltimore, MD, USA
Juliette Hanson, DVM, MPH, DACVM Usda Ars, Manhattan, KS, USA
David Harbourt, PhD, CBSP, RBP, SM(NRCM) U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, USA
Robert J. Hawley, PhD, CBSP Independent, Frederick, MD, USA
Paul Kivistik, MD Institution University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
Thomas A. Kost, PhD Biosafety Consultant, Golden, CO, USA
Shalaka A. Kotkar, PhD, MPH, CPH, CBSP Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Joseph P. Kozlovac, MS, CBSP Usda Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA
Jay Krishnan, MSc, CBSP Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Daniel Kumin, PhD Agroscope, Posieux, Switzerland
Cristine C. Lawson, PhD, CBSP Department of Defense, Fort Detrick, MD, USA
Paul J. Meechan, PhD, MPH, CBSP Biosafety Consultant Catonsville Md, Catonsville, MD, USA
Farhad Memarzadeh, PhD, PE National Institutes Of Health, New Rochelle, NY, USA
Esmeralda L. Meyer, MD Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Ted Myatt, SCD Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
Luis Alberto Ochoa Carrera, MSC Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, USA
Jill C. Owens, BA, CBSP National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures, Frederick, MD, USA
Michael T. Parker, PhD Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
Michael A. Pentella, PhD, D(ABMM), SM(ASCP) Institution University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Matthew S. Philpott, PhD Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Brad S. Pickering, PhD Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Robert A Rasmussen, PhD Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Maren Hj Roush, MSC Biosafety Cabinetry, Pinckney, MI, USA
Dewi K. Rowlands, PhD, MBA University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Antony Schwartz, PhD, SM(NRCM), CBSP(ABSA) Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Curtis M. Sharkey, PhD Hhs Administration For Strategic Preparedness And Response, Washington, DC, USA
Kathrin Summermatter, PhD University Of Berne, Bern, Switzerland
Rhy C. Tancock-Jones, PhD Serosep Uk Limited, West Sussex, United Kingdom
John Tonkiss, PhD, CBSP Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, USA
Cecile Jb Van Der Vlugt-Bergmans, PhD  
Vijayalaxmy Vijayan, MD, MSc Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
Jing Wang, Md, PhD Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp, East Hanover, NJ, USA
Dawn P. Wooley, PhD, CBSP Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
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