Contacting the Institutional Biosafety Committee Staff

The administrative offices of the Institutional Biosafety Committee are located at 1618 East Helen Street, #115 . The mailing address is, PO BOX 210409, Tucson, AZ 85719-0409

Margaret Stalker, Program Coordinator Sr., is available to answer procedural questions on MUA submissions and review processes. Her phone number is 621-3441. stalkerm@email.arizona.edu

Charles Schable, Technical Expert (Biosafety) is available to answer specific research biosafety questions.  His phone number is 626-7733. cschable@email.arizona.edu

Mark Grushka, Manager, Biosafety and Biosecurity, can provide information on specific research biosafety questions. His phone number is 621-5279. mgrushka@u.arizona.edu

Margaret and Mark sign Proposal Routing Sheets, supply information on MUA forms, NIH Guidelines and the CDC-NIH handbook on Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories.

If you have questions regarding University of Arizona IBC forms you can contact either Margaret or Mark at 621-3441 or 621-5279. Office hours are Monday through Friday 8-5.

The IBC FAX number is 621-6159.

Institutional Biosafety Committee

Committee member addresses, phone numbers and email are listed below. Unless otherwise specified the complete mailing address for committee members is University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721. The area code is 520 for all committee members located in Tucson. Committee members can sign Proposal Routing Sheets.

Chair

Charles S. Schable, Interim Chair, 1618 East Helen Street, PO. Box 210409, 626-7733 cschable@email.arizona.edu
 
 

Members

Miranda Adelman, Ph.D., Department of Medicine, Arthritis Center Research, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Room 7354, P. O. Box 245093, 626-5027, mka@u.arizona.edu
Nafees Ahmad, Ph.D., Department of Immunobiology, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Room 6106, P. O. Box 245049, 626-7022, nafees@u.arizona.edu
David G. Besselsen, DVM, Ph.D., University Animal Care, Central Animal Facility, Room 116, P. O. Box 210101, 621-1564, besselsd@u.arizona.edu
Don P. Bourque, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Biosciences West Room 536, P.O. Box 210088, 621-7529 dbourque@email.arizona.edu
Robert B. Fleming, Fleming & Curti, P.L.C., 330 N. Granda Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701, 622-0400, fleming@elder-law.com
John Galgiani, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Valley Fever Center for Excellence, Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson, Arizona 85723, 792-1450 ext. 6793, spherule@u.arizona.edu
Mark J. Grushka, M.S., CSP, Institutional Biosafety Officer and Manager of Biosafety and Biosecurity, P.O. Box 210409, 621-5279, mgrushka@u.arizona.edu
Susan B. Hopf, shopf@email.arizona.edu
Jeannie Nordstrom, Indus Hyg Engr Svc Code 138 , So AZ VA Healthcare System, Tucson, AZ 85723, 792-1450 ext. 6070., jeanne.nordstrom@med.va.gov
Robert H. Perrill, Research Specialist, Senior, Valley Fever Center for Excellence, Veterinary Sciences and Microbiology, Room 202, P.O. Box 210090, 626-8198, robertp@u.arizona.edu
Michael Rand, D.V.M., University Animal Care, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Room 1112D, P. O. Box 245092, 626-6705, mrand@u.arizona.edu
Michael A. Riehle, Ph.D., Department of Entomology, Marley 641G, P.O. Box 210036, 626-8500, mriehle@ag.arizona.edu
Michael W. Riggs, Department of Veterinary Science and MicroBiology, Room 302, P.O. Box 210090, 621-8445 or 621-8281, mriggs@email.arizona.edu
Randy Ryan, Assistant Director, Agriculturial Experiment Station, Research Administration, Forbes 314, P.O. Box 210036, 621-1845, 621-9428, rryan@ag.arizona.edu
 J. Glenn Songer, Ph.D., Department of Veterinary Science & Microbiology, Veterinary Science-Microbiology, Room 218, P. O. Box 210090, 621-2962 or 621-2355, gsonger@u.arizona.edu
Herbert N. Wagner, Jr., Assistant Director, Department of Risk Management & Safety, University Services Annex A430, 220 West Sixth Street, Fourth Floor South, University Services Annex, P. O. Box 210300, 621-7691, hwagner@u.arizona.edu
J. Bruce Walsh, Ph.D., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Biosciences
West, Room 322, P. O. Box 210088, 621-1915,  jbwalsh@u.arizona.edu