Biological Safety Committee

The Committee plays an extremely important role in promoting the mission of the University by overseeing the safety of the Yale community and its environment. More specifically, the Committee advises the President, the Provost, and the Executive Director of Environmental Health and Safety on policy matters relating to the protection of faculty, students and staff from biohazardous agents that may be present in laboratory materials or in the environment; oversees the activities of the Department of Biological Safety within Environmental Health and Safety; fulfills the responsibilities of the Institutional Biohazards Committee as defined in the NIH Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Research; and ensures the University’s compliance with federal and state regulations and University policies regarding the use of biohazardous agents.