Byron S. Tepper, Ph.D., CBSP
is the former Director of the Office of Safety and Environmental Health of The Johns Hopkins University and The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has held academic appointments in the Departments of Pathobiology and Environmental Health Sciences in The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
He was formerly Assistant Professor of Occupational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM).
Dr. Tepper is a microbiologist who entered the field of biosafety after 15 years of research on leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases. He is a Certified Biological Safety Professional (CBSP) with more than 25 years experience in biosafety, occupational safety and environmental health.
He developed and has continuously directed the course "Control of Biohazards in the Research Laboratory" which was presented at Johns Hopkins starting in 1979.
He is a charter member and a Past-President of the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) and past chair of the ABSA Biological Safety Professional Certification Committee.
He is past president of the Chesapeake Area Biological Safety Association (ChABSA) and past president of the Campus Safety, Health & Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA).
In 1998, Dr. Tepper was presented the American Biological Safety Association's Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2002, Dr. Tepper received the National Safety Council and Campus Safety, Health & Environmental Management Honorary Life Membership.
Dr. Tepper is a recognized consultant in biosafety, laboratory safety, laboratory design and hospital safety.
He is currently the CEO of BioControl, Inc., environmental health and safety consultants. | Richard W. Gilpin, Ph.D., CBSP,
SM(NRCM)
is Adjunct Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and
former Compliance Officer at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Central Administration.
He was formerly the Biosafety Officer at the University of Maryland Baltimore and Biosafety Officer at the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, and Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.
He was formerly Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, R&D Manager at Becton Dickinson and Company
and Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at the Medical
College of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Gilpin is a basic/clinical/industrial research microbiologist with more than
32 years experience in research, product development and environmental health.
Dr. Gilpin directed microbiology courses for second year medical students, graduate students, and pharmaceutical company marketing personnel.
He is a Registered Biological Safety Professional, a Certified Biological Safety Professional, a past Councilor (elected Officer), and past Chair of the Technical Resources Committee of the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA). He is a past president of the Chesapeake Area Biological Safety Association (ChABSA) and a
46 year member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and is
certified as a National Registry of Certified Microbiologist SM(NRCM). Dr Gilpin is also a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE),
the Cooling Technology Institute (CTI), the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Association of Water Technologies (AWT)
and committee member of NSF International NSF/ANSI 49 Biosafety
Cabinetry: Design, Construction, Performance, and Field Certification.
He is a recognized expert on quantitative testing of Legionella species in warm water- containing mechanical equipment as President of R. Gilpin, Limited, a Maryland Corporation. His consulting includes expert witness testimony, environmental microbiology (air sampling, fungi,
Legionella), indoor air quality, laboratory and hospital safety, and research compliance in the areas of human subjects, animal research, material transfer agreements, shipping certification, invention disclosures, and research grant/contract reporting. |
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