Students should complete annual emergency evacuation course
The Environmental Health & Safety team has assigned students the annual online emergency evacuation course in Canvas. “We strongly encourage all UAB students to complete this course and employees to ensure their training is up to date,” said Rob Emmons, director of Campus and Life Safety. “An emergency can happen anytime. The best way to prepare is to take this emergency evacuation course so you have a better understanding of how to react in your campus environment.”
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During Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association's (CSHEMA's) Lab Safety Awareness Week, UAB Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) recognizes the importance of maintaining safe, compliant, and responsible laboratory environments in support of the University’s research mission. This observance—held annually in February—reinforces the role of safety as a foundational element of research excellence and emphasizes shared responsibility among faculty, staff, and trainees.
EH&S offering training, resources on new DURC-PEPP policy
Update: Executive Order 14292, “Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research”, issued on May 5, 2025, has ordered a suspension of all federally funded dangerous gain-of-function research while the DURC-PEPP Policy is revised or replaced. Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research – The White House.
A new policy affecting all federally funded life sciences research involving biological agents, toxins or pandemic risks from enhanced or extinct pathogens takes effect May 6. To ensure the University of Alabama at Birmingham research community is informed and compliant with the new policy, Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) has developed training and support resources for affected researchers.
The new policy – called the United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential (PEPP) – supersedes prior DURC and Potential Pandemic Pathogen Care and Oversight (P3CO) polices.
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