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Laboratory Safety Committee

Casey Smith, Manager, Shared Research Operations, Chair (T)
To Be Named, Vice Chair (T) 

Carlos Baca, Senior Laboratory Services Technician, Chemistry and Biochemistry (R)
Joel Bergh, Senior Lecturer, Biology (R)
Ray Cook, Director, Engineer Support Services, Engineering (R)
Jeffrey Dell, Professor, Art and Design (R)
Lek Devanda, Senior Lecturer, Engineering Technology (R)
Ariful Haque, Assistant Professor, Engineering (R)
Marcus Hendry, Facility Coordinator, Health and Human Performance (R)
Sean Michael Kerwin, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry,  (R)
Matt McAllister, Assistant Professor, Health and Human Performance (R)
Juan Gomez Ortega, Scientific Instrument Technician, Physics (R)
Collin Payne, Supervisor, Lab Services Technician, Engineering Technology (R)
Ramona Salcedo, Assistant Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences (R)
Alissa Savage, Scientific Instrument Technician, Shared Research Operations (R)
Autumn Vela, Lecturer, Clinical Laboratory Science (R)
Daniel Wescott, Professor, Anthropology (R)
Mark Wistey, Associate Professor, Physics (R)
John Word, Senior Lab Services Technician, Biology (R)
To Be Named, Agriculture (T)

Ex Officio:
Mike Blanda, Assistant Vice President, Research (T)
Shea Cockrell, Supervisor, Environmental, Health, Safety, Risk and Emergency Management (T)
Grant Davis, Specialist, Environmental, Health, Safety, Risk and Emergency Management (T)
Wendy McCoy, Director, Environmental, Health, Safety, Risk and Emergency Management (T)
Elsie Romano, Senior Specialist, Environmental, Health, Safety, Risk and Emergency Management (T)
Stephen Sanders, Scientific Instrument Technician, Facilities (R)
Chad Thomas, Supervisor, Lab Safety, Environmental, Health, Safety, Risk and Emergency Management (T)

Function:
The Laboratory Safety Committee reports to the Research Safety Committee which is part of the University Safety Committee. The Laboratory Safety Committee will support the Research Safety Committee through effective communication and support of laboratory safety and related policies and procedures.  The Laboratory Safety Committee provides a forum for implementing, maintaining, and enhancing the safety culture at Texas State.  The goal of the Laboratory Safety Committee is to promote compliance with applicable regulatory and institutional policies and procedures in order to ensure a safe and healthy work environment in the labs for faculty, staff, and students to provide a high quality academic setting.