April Meeting

MN ACS Event - The Joint Safety Team at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: A Model for Student-Led Safety

Taysir Bader and Zoe MaxwellPresented by:

April 29th, 7:00 PMWhen:

Zoom Webinar

The Joint Safety Team (JST) was conceived in 2012 by the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Chemistry at the University of Minnesota and the Dow Chemical Company as a model student-led safety organization. The JST initiative was aimed at improving academic safety through four core areas: compliance, awareness, resources, and education. Since its inception, the JST has taken great strides to develop a culture of peer-led safety at Minnesota. We describe the evolution of the structure of the organization over the last 9 years and the innovative methodologies employed by the JST to educate and evaluate safety in academic laboratories. The continuous efforts of the student members of the JST have enabled the organization to…