The Laboratory Safety and Chemical Hygiene - provides comprehensive safety training, guidance, and regulatory oversight for all faculty, staff, students, and researchers working in laboratory environments at CAU. The program promotes safe laboratory practices through education and compliance initiatives focused on the proper handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals and other hazardous materials.
Serving as a principal point of contact for laboratory and chemical safety emergencies, the program ensures rapid response and effective resolution of issues related to laboratory operations. Oversight includes hazardous materials approval and procurement workflows to ensure full compliance with OSHA, EPA, and institutional standards, while mitigating chemical, biological, and radiological risks.
Through collaboration with facilities, procurement, laboratory personnel, and research teams, the program maintains consistent safety practices across campus. Root cause analyses and incident investigations are conducted to strengthen safety systems, enhance compliance, and continuously improve the university鈥檚 safety culture while reducing recordable incidents.
Contact: Nafisat Isa, Ph.D., MPH
Lab Safety Manager
Phone: 404.880.6974
Email: nisa@cau.edu
Waste Removal
The Lab Safety Manager oversees the management of chemical and hazardous waste on behalf of 91制片厂, in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations to ensure the safety of personnel, the campus community, and the environment.
Please use this form to submit requests for the pickup of full containers by the Lab Safety Manager, Dr. Nafisat Isa. For proper handling, labeling, storage, and disposal procedures, please refer to the Chemical Waste Disposal Program flow chart below for the complete waste disposal process.
For questions related to waste disposal or pickup procedures, please contact Dr. Nafisat Isa at nisa@cau.edu.
Chemical Waste Disposal Flow Chart
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The Chemical Hygiene Committee
The Chemical Hygiene Committee (CHC) serves as the primary resource for developing and reviewing laboratory chemical safety policies and procedures.
The committee provides peer review of all laboratory safety audits, trainings, investigations, and other chemical safety-related actions as deemed necessary.
The CHC consists of one representative from the following departments: Research and Sponsored Programs, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, The Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD), Facilities Management, and The Compliance Office. The University Director of Emergency Management, the Laboratory Safety Manager, and the Chairs of the Chemistry and Biology departments are de jure members of the committee.
Current members of CAU鈥檚 Chemical Hygiene Committee are:
Laboratory Safety Manager (CAU Chair Chemical Hygiene Committee)
Nafisat Isa, Ph.D., MPH
nisa@cau.edu x6974
Research and Sponsored Programs Representative
Carol Johnson
cjohnson@cau.edu x6992
Director of Emergency Management, Chief of Police
Chief Debra Williams
dwilliams@cau.edu x6412
Chair of the Chemistry Department
Dr. Conrad Ingram
cingram@cau.edu x6898
Chair of the Biology Department
Dr. Joann Powell
jpowell@cau.edu x6794
Physics Department Representative
Terry Harrington
tharrington@cau.edu X8400
Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD) Representative
Tony Griffin
tgriffin@cau.edu x6826
Compliance Office Representative
TBD
Researcher or Admin from the Chemistry Department
Dr. Ishrat Khan
ikhan@cau.edu x6847
Researcher or Admin from the Biology Department
Dr. Akm Hussain
ahussain@cau.edu x8941
Radiation Safety Committee
Ensures that the users of radioactive materials, or machines producing ionizing radiation comply with rules and regulations stated in Chapter 391-3-17, Georgia Department of Natural Resources and, further, to protect the health and safety of the workers from harmful effects of radiation by keeping all exposure As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA). Through a contractual agreement with Morehouse School of Medicine, 91制片厂 (CAU) radiation services are channeled through the MSM/AUC Radiation Safety Committee. CAU has two (2) representatives serving on this Committee.
CAU Representatives:
Dr. Zhengxin Wang
Phone : 4048806854
Email: zwang@cau.edu
Nafisat Isa, Ph.D., MPH
Phone: 4048806974
Email: nisa@cau.edu
Institutional Biosafety Committee
The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is responsible for the control of laboratory activities where biohazardous materials are used or stored, and serves as the subject expert for biosafety matters. The committee is responsible for reviewing all proposed policies, procedures, and uses of biohazardous materials and all hazard evaluations submitted. The IBC reviews and updates the Biosafety Plan annually.
The IBC meets every 6 months.鈥
Members of 91制片厂 IBC
- Dr. Nafisat Isa (RSP, Chair): nisa@cau.edu 404-880-6974
- Dr. Joan Powell (Biology): jpowell@cau.edu 404-880-6794
- Dr. Nathan Bowen (CCRTD): nbowen@cau.edu 404-880-8158
- Dr. James Bu (Chemistry): jbu@cau.edu 404-880-6897
- Tony Griffin (CCRTD): tgriffin@cau.edu 404-880-6826
- Dr. Indika Matara Kankanamge (Physics): imatara@cau.edu 404-880-6620
