Katia harb biography of william hill

The 2023 Laboratory Safety Awards & Innovations Event honored 22 labs, departments, and individuals to recognize their significant contributions to fostering a strong culture of safety in University laboratories.

Katia Harb, senior director of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S), gave the opening remarks for the event. Provost Tricia Serio was one of the guest speakers, and Dr. Forrest Michael, the current chair of the Institutional Chemical and Physical Safety Committee (ICAPS), gave the closing remarks.

Several guest speakers from the UW’s research community talked about the role safety plays in their work.

• Virginia Engel, the lab manager of the environmental engineering labs in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering talked about the QR code system she developed to improve chemical inventory

  
  
  

  
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