Speakers at Pre conference course H. Tips for the successful evidence-based decontamination of contained use laboratories using liquid and gaseous disinfectants

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Pre conference course H. Tips for the successful evidence-based decontamination of contained use laboratories using liquid and gaseous disinfectants

Tuesday, 18 April 2023 09:00 - Tuesday, 18 April 2023 17:00 (CET) EBSA , EBSACourse , course , preconference , Medium , 2023

About the speakers

  1. Allan Bennett

    Allan Bennett

    Allan Bennett OBE
       
    Academic Education and degrees
    B. Sc (hons), Microbiology – University of Glasgow 1979-1983
    M.Sc, Process Biotechnology – University of Birmingham 1983-1984
    Present Professional Position
    Head of Biosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, UK Health Security Agency.
    Co-Head WHO Collaborating Centre in Applied Biosafety and Training
        

    Principal 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. 

  2. Suzanne Loret

    Suzanne Loret

    Academic Education and Degrees:

      • 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