The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is required by the National Institute of Health Guidelines . This committee is advisory on matters relating to the safe use and handling of biological materials, including recombinant DNA molecules, on the UNT Health Campus. IBC meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM ( virtual (teams) or at FMS 106). 

 

IBC Chair
Expert microorganism and immunology
Rance Berg, PhD

Professor, Microbiology Immunology and Genetics
UNT Health Fort Worth
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort worth, TX 76107
Phone: 817-735-2121
Email: Rance.Berg@unthealth.edu

Bio Safety Officer Maya P. Nair, PhD, RBP

UNT Health
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: 817-735-5431
Email: Maya.Nair@unthealth.edu

Institutional Responsible Official Dimitrios Karamichos, PhD, FARVO

Vice President, Research and Graduate Studies
UNT Health
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Phone: 817-735-2101
Email: dimitrios.karamichos@unthealth.edu

Safety Expert Anne-Sophie Brocard, PhD, RBP(ABSA), CBSP(ABSA), SM(NRCM), ASP, CSP, CHMM 

Sr. Director, Environmental Health and Safety
UNT Health
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: 817-735-2253
Email: anne-sophie.brocard@unthealth.edu

Animal Experts Egeenee Daniels, DVM

Lab Animal Medicine, Director
UNT Health Fort Worth
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107
Email: Egeenee.Daniels@unthealth.edu

Misha Dunbar, DVM, DACLAM
Lab Animal Medicine, Associate Director
UNT Health Fort Worth
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: 817-735-2017
Email: Misha.Dunbar@unthealth.edu

sDNA Specialist Jayoung Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
UNT Health, College of Pharmacy and Health Professions
Phone: 817-735-2353
Email: jayoung.kim@unthealth.edu

Campus Security Richard McKee

Police Chief
UNT Health
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: 817-735-0501
Email: richard.mckee@unthealth.edu

rDNA Specialist Raghu Krishnamoorthy, PhD

Professor, Pharmacology and  Neuroscience
UNT Health
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: 817-735-2049
Email: Raghu.Krishnamoorthy@unthealth.edu

Community Member  Michael Chumley, PhD

Department of Biology, Associate Professor
Texas Christian University
Winton Scott Room 401, 2800 S. University Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76129
Email: m.chumley@tcu.edu

Community Member Christopher Parker, PhD

Department of Biology
Texas Wesleyan University
1201 Wesleyan St., Fort Worth, TX 76107
Email: ctparker@txwes.edu