Princeton EHS looks to be a leader in our field and encourages staff involvement in industry groups, events, publications and research endeavors. Awards 50 Years of EHS Marketing Campaign At the CSHEMA Annual Conference in Boston in July 2023, EHS accepted an award for our marketing campaign, 50 Years of EHS at Princeton. Visit Anniversary Website CSHEMA Complete Safety Award of Honor Princeton EHS was awarded the Complete Safety Award of Honor at the CSHEMA 2018 Annual Conference in Baltimore. The Complete Safety Award of Honor is the highest institutional honor awarded by CSHEMA, the pre-eminent organization serving the EHS community in higher education. Read More » Safe + Sound Campaign Princeton University EHS received a certificate of recognition for participation in the 2018 and 2019 Safe + Sound Campaign, a program of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Our “You’ve Been Caught” campus promotion was featured in OSHA”s campaign messaging for November, 2018 on the theme of giving thanks and recognizing workers. Read More » Friend of Facilities Award The Friend of Facilities Award recognizes individuals and teams outside of Princeton University Facilities who work as partners to support the department’s mission. Read More » ACS University Health and Safety Award Princeton University was presented with the American Chemical Society’s 2010 SafetyStratus College and University Health and Safety Award. The annual award recognizes comprehensive chemical safety programs in higher education. Individual Achievements Robin 2023 ACS Fellow Assistant Vice President of EHS Robin Izzo was named a 2023 American Chemical Society (ACS) fellow. A surprise toast was held at the EHS office on August 21 attended by Katie Callow-Wright, Marie Antonetti, Tara Zarillo, Pablo Debenedetti and many others. 2023 Staff Essay Contest Derek Ziegler, Asst. Director for Emergency Preparedness, received an honorable mention in the 2023 Princeton Writes employee essay content for his essay titled The Voice (Is Not for Sharing). He is introduced by Princeton Writes' John Weeren. (Photo courtesy Princeton Writes) 2022 Healthcare Hero Robin Izzo, AVP of Princeton EHS, was named a 2022 Healthcare Hero by NJBIZ in a ceremony at The Palace at Somerset Park. (July 2022) Big Sister Volunteer Associate Director for Campus Safety and EHS Operations Kelly States was featured in an article from Princeton Human Resources promoting staff volunteerism. Kelly has been a Big Sister to 13-year-old Carter since 2016. (April 2022) Hometown Hero Robin Izzo was recognized as a Hometown Hero at the Princeton-Columbia football game on Oct. 2, 2021. The event honored those in our local community who have served on the frontlines over the last 20 months of the pandemic. CSHEMA President Senior Laboratory Safety Specialist Meagan Fitzpatrick was elected president of the Campus Safety Health and Emergency Management Association (CSHEMA), a national organization serving EHS professionals. CSHEMA presidents serve a one-year term. (July 2021) The Great Class of 2021 Princeton University seniors selected EHS Executive Director Robin Izzo as an honorary member of the Class of 2021. The selection recognizes those who have left a particularly profound impact on a graduating class. (May 2021) President's Achievement Award Robin Izzo, executive director of the Princeton University Office of Environmental Health and Safety, has been named a 2020 President’s Achievement Award recipient. (April 2021) Read More » Safety Professional of the Year Kelly States, Associate Director of Campus Safety and EHS Operations, received the Safety Professional of the Year Award from the Penn-Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Safety Professionals. (January 2020) Tillmanns-Skolnik Award Princeton EHS Executive Director Robin Izzo was named the 2020 recipient of the Tillmanns-Skolnik Award, established by the American Chemical Society to recognize and honor outstanding, long-term service to the Division of Chemical Health and Safety. 1 / 10 Previous image Next image ︎ Appointments Shaundree Davis, Assistant Director, Environmental Health Chair, Chapter Operations Committee of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP). Area Director-Metro Area, ASSP Region VIII, which encompasses nine northeastern states including New Jersey. Kelly States, Director, Campus Safety and Health Secretary, Penn-Jersey Chapter of the ASSP Derek Ziegler, Assistant Director for Emergency Preparedness Chair, CSHEMA Emergency Management Community of Practice Robin Izzo, Assistant Vice President, EHS Co-Chair, Partnerships Subcommittee, Committee on Chemical Safety, American Chemical Society 2024 Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety, American Chemical Society Reviewer, ACS Journal Chemical Health and Safety Steve Elwood, Director for Research Safety Chair (since 2/22), Board of Directors, UC Center for Laboratory Safety – Safety Training Consortium (STC) Colt Greer, Assistant Director and RSO 2024 Member, Professional Development Committee, American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP) EHS Senior Program Manager Shaundree Davis (right) and Assistant Director Kelly States (left) hold leadership positions in the American Society of Safety Professionals. Both are shown at the ASSP 2019 safety conference in New Orleans. Speaking Engagements A partial list of recent speaking engagements, conferences and symposia in which EHS staff members have been involved. Robin Izzo, Assistant Vice President, EHS Panel: Exploring the Intersection of Public Health and Environmental Health and Safety, Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA). Phoenix, AZ. July 2022. Panel: Managing and Leading EH&S in the New Normal, CSHEMA. Phoenix, AZ. July 2022. Safety, Professionalism, and Ethics, CSHEMA. Phoenix, AZ. July 2022. ACS Safety Leadership Workshop, American Chemical Society. 6-hour web-based workshop. April 2021 and May 2022. 21st Century Approach to Safety, Higher Education Risk Management Conference. San Antonio, TX. April 2022. Tillmanns-Skolnik Award Presentation: Bruce Lee and Safety Leadership, American Chemical Society. Virtual. April 2021. Keynote: Lab Safety Risk Assessment, SEHSA Environmental Health and Safety Association of NY Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY. November 2019. The Periodic Table of the Elements of Safety, CSHEMA. Indianapolis, IN. July 2019. Steve Elwood, Director for Research Safety Panel: Developing A Field Safety Program. CSHEMA. February 2023 (With Meagan Fitzpatrick) Panel: Work Alone Policies for Work with Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories. CSHEMA. February 2022 (With Meagan Fitzpatrick) Service When? Service Now! CSHEMA. Virtual. July 2021. Let’s Split the Bill! Jointly Funding EHS Roles. CSHEMA. Virtual. July 2021. (With Meagan Fitzpatrick) Safety Culture: Partnering with Faculty. ACS Division of Chemical Safety. August 2017 University Firefighter, a Town-Gown Relationship. CSHEMA. July 2014 Decommissioning of a 1920s-Era Chemistry Lab Building and Assorted Surprises. NJ Chapter HPS. April 2012 Meagan Fitzpatrick, Assistant Director and Biosafety Officer Panel: Developing A Field Safety Program. CSHEMA. February 2023. (With Steve Elwood) Panel: Work Alone Policies for Work with Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories. CSHEMA. February 2022. (With Steve Elwood) Let’s Split the Bill! Jointly Funding EHS Roles. CSHEMA. Virtual. July 2021. (With Steve Elwood) Stanley Howell, Program Manager for Chemical Safety Water Safety Challenges in the Laboratory, American Chemical Society. San Diego. August 2019. Kelly States, Director, Campus Safety and Health Turning Your Story into Their Story. CSHEMA Symposium on Storytelling. Princeton, NJ. Oct. 2022. Joan Hutzly, Laboratory Safety Specialist My Stories: Valuable Lessons Learned. CSHEMA Symposium on Storytelling. Princeton, NJ. Oct. 2022. Shaundree Davis, Assistant Director, Environmental Health From Curation to Containment: One Journey Toward Making our Campus Art Collection Safer. CSHEMA Symposium on Storytelling. Princeton, NJ. Oct. 2022. Jim Sturdivant, Sr. Communications Specialist From Anecdote to Epic: Turning Workplace Tales into Engaging (and Instructive) Stories. CSHEMA Symposium on Storytelling. Princeton, NJ. Oct. 2022. Publications Halina Staniszewska-Goraczniak, Sr. Laboratory Safety Specialist Papazoglou, I, Lee, J, Cui, Z, Li, C, Fulgenzi, G, Bahn, Y, Staniszewska-Goraczniak, H, Piñol, R, Hogue, I, Enquist, L, Krashes. M, Rane, S. A distinct hypothalamus-to-β cell circuit modulates insulin secretion. Cell Metab. 2022 Feb 1;34(2):285-298.e7. Hogue, I, Card, P, Rinaman, L, Staniszewska Goraczniak, H, Enquist, L. Characterization of the neuroinvasive profile of a pseudorabies virus recombinant expressing the mTurquoise2 reporter in single and multiple injection experiments. J Neurosci Methods. 2018 Oct 1;308:228-239. Robin Izzo, Assistant Vice President, EHS Park, Sang Woo, Daskalaki, I, Izzo, R, Aranovich I, teVelthuis, AJW, Notterman, D, Metcalf, F, Grenfell, B. Relative role of community transmission and campus contagion in driving the spread of SARS-CoV-2: Lessons from Princeton University. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), July 2023. Banik, Gregory, et. al. (eds.). ACS Style Guide to Scholarly Communication. Washington, DC. American Chemical Society, 2019. Chapter 1.3. Woznack, Kimberly, et. al. (eds.). Mom, the Chemistry Professor: Personal Accounts and Advice from Chemistry Professors who are Mothers. Springer International Publishing. 2018. Print. McEwen, L., Stuart, R., Sweet, E. and Izzo, R., 2018. Baseline survey of academic chemical safety information practices. Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, 25(3), pp.6-10. Basta, Nicole E., Mahmoud A.A., … Izzo, R, et al. Immunogenicity of a meningococcal B vaccine during a university outbreak. New England Journal of Medicine 375.3 (2016): 220-228. McNamara, L.A., …Izzo, R.M., et. al. First use of a serogroup B meningococcal vaccine in the US in response to a university outbreak. Pediatrics 135.5 (2015): 798-804. National Research Council, Safe Science: Promoting a Culture of Safety in Academic Chemical Research, Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2014. Print. (Robin Izzo, reviewer) Jeskie, K.B., Ashbrook, P., Casadonte, D., Decker, D., Doemeny, L.J., Hill, J.R.H., Houts, T., Izzo, R., Sigman, S.B., Talley, E. and Gmurczyk, M.U., 2013. Identifying and evaluating hazards in research laboratories. American Chemical Society. Print. Izzo, R.M., 2013. Cultivating Partnerships in Laboratory Safety, Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, vol. 21, no. 3. ACS Task Force on Laboratory Chemical and Waste Management, Laboratory Waste Management: A Guidebook, Second Edition, Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 2012 (Robin Izzo, co-author) Mulcahy, M.B., Young, A., Gibson, J., Hildreth, C., Ashbrook, P., Izzo, R. and Backus, B., 2013. College and university sector response to the US Chemical Safety Board Texas Tech incident report and UCLA laboratory fatality. Journal of Chemical Health & Safety, 20(2), pp.6-13. National Research Council, Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Management of Chemical Hazards, Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2011. Print. (Robin Izzo, co-author)
