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Title: INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIONAL BIOSAFETY AND BIOCONTAINMENT TRAINING PROGRAM


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INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIONAL BIOSAFETY AND
BIOCONTAINMENT TRAINING PROGRAM
  • MABioN
  • August 1, 2005

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Jim Welch Member, NBBTP Scientific Advisory
Board Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation
www.griffinresearch.org
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Believing that Safe Research Saves Lives, the
Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation has a
mission of promoting the highest quality
biosafety training endeavors.
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Need for the Program
  • NATIONAL BIODEFENSE EFFORT
  • The president's 2006 budget requests more than
    4 billion for biodefense at the Department of
    Health and Human Services (HHS). This money will
    fund biodefense activities within the HHS Office
    of the Secretary as well those of HHS
    subagencies, which include the Food and Drug
    Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease
    Control and Prevention (CDC), the Health
    Resources and Service Administration (HRSA), and
    the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
  • Within the 2006 HHS budget, approximately 1.7
    billion is requested for the National Institute
    of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a
    component of NIH, to accelerate development of
    new and improved vaccines, diagnostic tools, and
    therapies against potential agents of
    bioterrorism.

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NIAID Laboratory Construction
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The need for highly trained and qualified
leadership personnel for new and emerging BSL3
and BSL4 facilities is one of, if not the most
pressing issue in biosafety for the next decade.
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  • Solution
  • The National Biosafety and Biocontainment
    Training Program
  • Conceived as a partnership between
  • the Division of Occupational Health and Safety
    (DOHS) and the National Institute of Allergy and
    Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
  • at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda,
    Maryland
  • Administered by the
  • Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation,
    Ltd.

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Mission and Vision
  • The mission and vision of the National Biosafety
    and Biocontainment Training Program is to prepare
    biosafety and biocontainment professionals of the
    highest caliber to meet the needs of the
    biomedical, emerging disease and civilian
    biodefense research communities through the 21st
    century. Fellows will train specifically to
    support Biosafety Level 3 and 4 research
    environments by acquiring knowledge and skills
    necessary to meet the scientific, regulatory,
    biocontainment, biosafety, engineering,
    communications, management, and public relations
    challenges associated with the conduct of
    research in these facilities

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Program Structure
  • The NBBTP expects that all Fellows will work 40
    hours per week and attend and successfully
    complete
  • Classroom lectures and assignments
  • On-the-Job training assignments
  • Experiential learning assignments
  • Developmental assignments at other institutions,
    nationwide
  • The review course for Certified Biosafety
    Professionals
  • Become qualified to sit for the Certified
    Biosafety Professional Exam (CBSP Exam)

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How can I apply?
  • Monitor nbbtp.org for updated 2007 Application
    and Reference forms, available early 2006
  • Anticipated deadline for applications for the
    January 2007 class is May 31, 2006.

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Program Requirements
  • Be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or a
    national of the United States
  • Have academic degree(s) in microbiology, public
    health, or other allied sciences (i.e. industrial
    hygiene, engineering...)
  • Have a desire to become a Biosafety Officer or
    work in the filed of Biosafety
  • Outstanding personal, professional, and academic
    recommendations
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication
    skills
  • Meet all requirements of federal regulations and
    policies necessary for working with Select Agents
  • Have a willingness to participate in on-going
    personnel reliability screening assessment(s)

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Support Opportunities
  • Stipends for the program are provided
  • through the Frontline Healthcare Workers
  • Safety Foundation, a 501(c) (3) non-profit
  • foundation dedicated to building Americas
  • safety and security through training,
  • education, ongoing research and threat
  • assessments for biosafety professionals, first
  • responders, first receivers, and frontline
    healthcare
  • workers.

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QUESTIONS?
Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation,
Ltd. Three Dunwoody Park, South Suite
103 Atlanta, GA 30338 678-781-5241
phone 678-781-5242 fax info_at_frontlinefoundation.o
rg email Katie DuRant, NBBTP Program
Manager kdurant_at_nbbtp.org
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THANK YOU!
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