Hello BioCOM!
Here are the results from the election:
President: Fairine Ahmed
Vice President: Zakarya Wahed
Treasurer: Kayla Fomengia
Secretary: Katrina Bucci
Public Relations Committee Chair: Mia Joseph
Lab Tours Committee Chair: Irina Sbornova
Bioethics Committee Chair: Heer Patel
Events Committee Chair: Abigail Kennedy
Congrats to all of our newly elected officers!
Our Bioethics Panel is tonight from 7-9 pm! Hope to see you there! Link: https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=m9f0e953f7bfbd7ae8585c99a30a2f0bb
Our topic is bioterrorism, and here are our speakers for the event:
- Daniel Barnett, MD, MPH, associate professor: Dr. Barnett works at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research interests include "best practice models to enhance all-hazards public health emergency readiness and response".
- Peter Emanuel, PhD: Dr. Emanuel is the Senior Research Scientist for Bioengineering in the Chemical Biological Center. Dr. Emanuel advises US. Army leadership on developments in synthetic biology and bioengineering and how they can be exploited to boost national defense