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Applied Biosafety

Applied Biosafety

Published in Association with Mary Ann Liebert
The Official Journal of: ABSA International
Journal of ABSA International

eISSN: 24701246 | ISSN: 15356760 | Current volume: 30 | Current issue: 3 Frequency: Not Yet Specified
This peer-reviewed, scientific journal promotes global biosafety awareness and best practices to prevent occupational exposures and adverse environmental impacts related to biohazardous releases. The journal provides a forum for exchanging sound biosafety and biosecurity initiatives by publishing original articles, review articles, letters to the editors, commentaries, and brief reviews. It informs scientists, safety professionals, policymakers, engineers, architects, and governmental organizations. The journal is committed to publishing on topics significant in well-resourced countries as well as information relevant to underserved regions, engaging and cultivating the development of biosafety professionals globally.

Applied Biosafety (APB) is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal committed to promoting global biosafety awareness and best practices to prevent occupational exposures and adverse environmental impacts related to biohazardous releases. APB provides a forum for exchanging sound biosafety and biosecurity initiatives by publishing original articles, review articles, letters to the editors, commentaries, and brief reviews. APB informs scientists, safety professionals, policymakers, engineers, architects, and governmental organizations. The Journal is committed to publishing on topics significant in well-resourced countries as well as information relevant to underserved regions, engaging and cultivating the development of biosafety professionals globally.

Applied Biosafety is under the editorial leadership of Coeditors-in-Chief Karen B. Byers, MS, CBSP(ABSA), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Barbara Johnson, PhD, Biosafety Biosecurity International, and other leading investigators. 

Co-Editors-in-Chief
Karen B. Byers, MS, CBSP Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Ret), Boston, MA, USA
Barbara Johnson, PhD Biosafety Biosecurity International, Merritt Island, FL, USA
Associate Editors
Sumit Ghosh, PhD, CBSP, ASP, CSP, CHMM Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
Scott J. Patlovich, DrPH, CIH, CSP, CBSP, CHMM, CPH The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Managing Editor
Karen D. Savage, BA ABSA International, Mundelein, IL, USA
Editorial Board Members
Randy A. Albrecht, PhD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
T. Scott Alderman, MS, CBSP Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Aline A. Baldo, DMV, PhD Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium
Allan M. Bennett, MSc Bennett Biosafety Consultancy, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Cary R. Binder, BA NSF International, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Stuart D. Blacksell, PhD, MPH Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand
Sherry S. Bohn, PhD, MSL, CBSP University of Maryland, Baltimore, DC, USA
Luis Alberto Ochoa Carrera, MSC Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, USA
Daniel Eisenman, PhD, CBSP Advarra, Columbia, MD, USA
Richard C. Fink, CBSP Biosafety Consultant, Andover, MA, USA
Rene Flores, PhD The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Rachel Gamble, DrPH, CBSP Pond & Company, Peachtree Corners, GA, USA
David Gillum, PhD University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
Felix Gmuender, PhD Basler & Hofmann AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Nicole M.H. Greeson, MS, CIH Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Miguel A. Grimaldo, PhD, MEng University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
Gigi K Gronvall, PhD Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Baltimore, MD, USA
Juliette Hanson, DVM, MPH, DACVM USDA National Bio & Agro-Defense Facility, Manhattan, KS, USA
Dave Harbourt, PhD, CBSP Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, USA
Robert J. Hawley, PhD, CBSP Biosafety/Biosecurity Consultant, Frederick, MD, USA
Paul Jennette, MS, PE, CBSP Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Samantha B. Kasloff, PhD Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Paul Kivistik, MS Institution University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
Thomas A. Kost, PhD Biosafety Consultant, Golden, CO, USA
Shalaka A. Kotkar, PhD, MPH, CPH, CBSP Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Joseph P. Kozlovac, MS, CBSP USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA.
Jay Krishnan, MSc, CBSP Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Daniel Kümin, PhD Agroscope, Posieux, Switzerland
Cristine C. Lawson, PhD, CBSP Department of Defense, Fort Detrick, MD, USA
Thomas Leonard, PhD, CBSP University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Navid Madani, PhD Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Paul J. Meechan, PhD, MPH, CBSP Biosafety Consultant, Catonsville, MD, USA
Farhad Memarzadeh, PhD, PE National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Esmeralda L. Meyer, MD Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Theodore Myatt, ScD University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
Christopher Overend, PhD University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Jill C. Owens, BA, CBSP National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, Fort Detrick, MD, USA
Michael T. Parker, PhD Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
Michael A. Pentella, PhD, D(ABMM), SM(ASCP) University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Matthew S. Philpott, PhD Consultant, Corvallis, OR, USA
Brad S. Pickering, PhD Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Robert A. Rasmussen, PhD Wyss Institute at Harvard, Boston, MA, USA
Dewi K. Rowlands, PhD, MBA University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Antony Schwartz, PhD, CBSP, SM(NRCM) Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
C. Matthew Sharkey, PhD HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, Washington, DC, USA
Kathrin Summermatter, PhD University of Berne, Bern, Switzerland
Rhys C. Tancock-Jones, PhD Serosep UK Limited, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Steven Theriault, PhD Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
John Tonkiss, PhD, CBSP Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, USA
Cécile J. B. van der Vlugt-Bergmans, PhD National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
Jing Wang, Md, PhD Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp, East Hanover, NJ, USA
Dawn P. Wooley, PhD, CBSP Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
  • BIOSIS database
  • Clarivate Analytics: Biological Abstracts
  • EBSCO
  • PubMed: PubMed Central (PMC)
  • SafetyLit
  • Scopus
  • Web of Science: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
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