# Environmental Health and Biosafety Regulations and Requirements Core

> **NIH NIH UC7** · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · 2020 · $1,650,526

## Abstract

Environmental Health and Biosafety Regulations and Requirements (EH&S): Summary
The Environmental Health and Biosafety Regulations and Requirements Core (EH&S) includes three
components, Environmental Health and Safety, Emergency Management, and Occupational Medicine. The
EH&S Core is integrated with campus-wide services under the direction of the Office of Research Compliance
and, as part of that office, is supported by leadership, administrative and technical resources well beyond those
identified in the budget and program submission. The role of the EH&S Core at the NEIDL is to provide for and
ensure the health, safety and preparedness of all personnel who work at and support the NEIDL's BSL-4
facility. These responsibilities are carried out in a coordinated and collaborative manner starting with the initial
application for NEIDL employment or assignment, and continuing throughout the duration of work in the
NEIDL. The overall objective of the EH&S Core is to oversee and manage the development, implementation
and maintenance of the health, safety and emergency management operations at the NEIDL. The Core's
specific responsibilities are as follows, and carrying out these responsibilities establishes the aims of this core:
1) Pre-employment suitability in concert with Biosecurity Core; 2) BSL-4 training of all personnel, collaborating
investigators and visitors; 3) Emergency Response Plans and preparation of the NEIDL Emergency Response
Team; 4) Full-scale emergency exercises; 5) Testing and verification of biocontainment systems and
decontamination of equipment and containment suites; 6) Develop, initiate and maintain expertise and
management of the occupational health, and medical surveillance and response program; 7) Regulatory affairs
and permitting.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9939429
- **Project number:** 5UC7AI095321-07
- **Recipient organization:** BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
- **Principal Investigator:** Ron L Morales
- **Activity code:** UC7 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,650,526
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2021-07-07

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9939429

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9939429, Environmental Health and Biosafety Regulations and Requirements Core (5UC7AI095321-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9939429. Licensed CC0.

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