Environmental Health & Radiation Safety

About

The Office of Environmental Health & Radiation Safety (EHRS) promotes health, safety, and environmental protection in teaching, research, healthcare, and administrative activities by providing services, advice, and compliance assistance.

EHRS manages several compliance and safety committees; The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) which is mandated by NIH to review and approve research that involves recombinant DNA, infectious agents, human and non-human primate materials (including established cell lines), select agents, and human gene transfer studies; The Radiation Safety Committee (RSC) which is mandated by the NRC reviews and approves all work involving radiation and is responsible for development and administration of the radiation safety program at the University of Pennsylvania and affiliated institutions; and The Radiation Research Safety Committee (RRSC) and Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC) report to the RSC review all human research protocols involving administration of ionizing radiation to humans solely as a result of participation in a research study.

Leadership

Maureen O’Leary, PhD, MBA, CBSP

Associate Vice Provost for Research, EHRS

mcoleary@upenn.edu

Maureen Malachowski

Director of Environmental Health & Safety

mmala@upenn.edu

Eileen Normoyle

Director of Radiation Safety

normoyle@upenn.edu

Key Contacts

Name	Title	Email
Keith Brown	Associate Director Radiation Safety	keith@ehrs.upenn.edu
Marc Felice	Associate Director X-Ray Programs	mfelice@ehrs.upenn.edu
Karen Kelley	Associate Director Industrial Hygiene & Lab Safety	kelley@upenn.edu
Andrew Maksymowych	Associate Director Life Sciences Safety (Biosafety)	amaks@ehrs.upenn.edu
Kyle Rosato	Associate Director Environmental Programs	kyle@ehrs.upenn.edu
James Sillhart	Associate Director Occupational Safety	jim@ehrs.upenn.edu