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Radiation Safety Committee

Charge and Membership

The Radiation Safety Committee is mandated by the Ohio Department of Health and its purpose is to establish and to administer regulations concerning standards and procedures designed to minimize the hazards associated with the use of materials and equipment that emit radiation. Persons with expertise in applications of radioactive materials and radiation devices are preferred for membership due to the technical nature of the Committee's work.

The Radiation Safety Committee is required to meet at least once per calendar quarter.

This Committee reports to the Vice President for Finance and Administration via the Director of Environmental Health and Safety.

Composition

Faculty
8 Faculty – Faculty members are appointed for a three-year term with the option for an unlimited number of additional terms as necessary with approval from the Committee on Committees. Each faculty member must be an individual user of radioactive material and shall represent each of the following areas: Biomedical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Environmental and Plant Biology, the Edison Biotechnology Institute, and the Edwards Accelerator Lab, as well as the chair of the Radiation Safety Committee and the Director of the Edwards Accelerator Lab
Students
1 Graduate Student from a science department.
Administrative
1 Administrator – must have radiation experience.
6 Ex-officio – One ex-officio member from each of the following areas:
• Radiation Safety Officer (voting)
• Alternative Radiation Safety Officer (voting)
• Purchasing - Familiar with radioactive purchasing and delivering
• Physical Plant - Familiar with the facilities and custodial maintenance of buildings in which radioactive material is used
• Innovation Center - Business uses of radioactive material
• Vice President for Finance and Administration or Designee

Committee Roster

Administrators

Steven Grimes
grimes@ohio.edu
Physics

Thomas Massey
massey@ohio.edu
Chemistry

Ex-Officio, Non-Voting

Crystal Brooks
brooksc3@ohio.edu
Biological and Chemical Safety Officer

Terman Frometa-Castillo
tfrometa@ohio.edu

Keith Lefler
lefler@ohio.edu
VP for Finance and Administration

Steve Mack
macks@ohio.edu
Executive Director, Facilities Management

Michael Pidcock
pidcoc2@ohio.edu
Procurement Services

Faculty

Mark Berryman
berryman@ohio.edu
Biology

Jim Brocklyn
vanbrock@ohio.edu

Carl Brune
brune@ohio.edu

Jixin Chen
chenj@ohio.edu
Chemistry

Ahmed Faik
faik@ohio.edu
Environmental Biology

Michael Held
held@ohio.edu
Chemistry

Paul King
kingp1@ohio.edu

Shigeru (Nick) Okada PhD
okada@ohio.edu
Associate Investigator, Edison Biotechnology Institute
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Radiation Safety Committee 2021

Graduate Student

Austin Rambo
ar603722@ohio.edu

All University committees follow the academic-year calendar.

All students serve one-year terms. Faculty, administrators, and staff generally serve three-year terms. Ex-Officio appointments have voting privileges unless otherwise noted.