Speakers at Pre conference course H. Tips for the successful evidence-based decontamination of contained use laboratories using liquid and gaseous disinfectants
Pre conference course H. Tips for the successful evidence-based decontamination of contained use laboratories using liquid and gaseous disinfectants
About the speakers
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Allan Bennett OBE
Allan Bennett OBEAcademic Education and degreesB. Sc (hons), Microbiology – University of Glasgow 1979-1983M.Sc, Process Biotechnology – University of Birmingham 1983-1984Present Professional PositionHead of Biosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, UK Health Security Agency.Co-Head WHO Collaborating Centre in Applied Biosafety and TrainingPrincipal Investigator and scientific expert in aerobiology, biosafety, environmental microbiology, high containment laboratories, and disinfection. Heads a research group of 20 scientists undertaking research in the fields of respiratory virus transmission, aerobiology, biocontainment, water microbiology and SARS-CoV-2. Has over 100 (h=30) peer reviewed scientific publications.
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Suzanne Loret
Academic Education and Degrees:
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- Degree in Biological Sciences (Option: Biochemistry) - UNamur, 1982
- PhD D Thesis in Sciences (Physiology and Biochemistry) - UNamur, 1990
- Specialized Diploma in Biosafety Management HEP Rennequin Sualem, in collaboration with the Scientific Institute of Public Health (ISP), 2006
- IFBA Certification “Biosafety Professional” - July 2016
Scientific expertise:
Molecular and Cell Biology (including the use of lentiviral vectors)
Present Professional Position: Biosafety Officer (since 2005)Teaching experience of Biosafety:
- Annual training of UNamur students and staff
- Invited instructor for staff training in Biosafety at the Biotech Analis
- Coordinator and instructor of a 5-days Biosafety course – in French -for professionals at UNamur
(6 editions: Sept 2014, January 2016, March and December 2017, Sept 2018 and Sept 2019) - Invited Instructor at the 5-day international course “Basic Principles of Biosafety” (Ghent - Sept 2015; Antwerp – Sept 2019)
- Instructor of a 3-days biosafety course at the National University of Rwanda (February 2016)
- Instructor of a 5-day biosafety course for master students of the St Xavier’s College Kolkata (September 2016)
- Instructor at the 2019 EBSA pre-conference courses (course M – Disinfection and Disinfectants)
Involvement in Biosafety associations:
- Regular member of BBP (Belgian Biosafety Professionals) and EBSA since 2006
- BBP steering team member for 6 years
- EBSA council member in 2017 and 2018
- ETWG member since April 2018
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