CHAS Workshop: Empowering Academic Researchers to Strengthen Safety Culture

• Sponsored by the ACS Chemical Health and Safety Division
• 11am-3pm (Pacific Time), Online via Zoom, $25, Learn more and register

“This 4-hour workshop is primarily directed at frontline researchers in academic institutions: graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and undergraduate students. Faculty and safety staff are also very much encouraged to participate.

This workshop is designed to be highly interactive, both to encourage networking among our participants and to support participants in developing functional plans to take back to their institutions. We utilize the Zoom platform to support both large group and small group activities. Those who have reported the workshop as useful are also those who heavily engaged. The participants add value to this workshop as much, if not more than, the organizers!

While we certainly understand that the unevenness of Internet connectivity and the challenges of work-from-home can serve as barriers, we strongly advise you to come to this workshop prepared to engage with mics and cameras on! If this is not possible, we ask that you engage via the chat function.

While this workshop has been designed from a US perspective, we have had participants from multiple countries report that they found it useful as well! This international audience is just one more reason why the interactivity among participants is so vital to the success of the workshop for all participants!”

Workshop goals are to:

• Educate participants about the value of risk assessment
• Guide participants towards gaining awareness of safety culture messages from the leadership at their institutions
• Empower participants to expand their safety networks and develop laboratory safety teams

For more information:

• To see their Zotero list of Lab Safety Team resources. visit this page
• For information about the history of the workshop, visit this page
• If you have any questions about the workshop, please email lstworkshop@dchas.org