NEIDL in the News
Scientific panel holding BU biolab hearing in Boston
By Stephen Smith (From The Boston Globe), April 27, 2010 A blue ribbon panel of scientists advising the federal government on Boston University's controversial high-security research laboratory will hold a hearing tomorrow night in Boston's Copley Square. The session is scheduled for 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Marriott Copley Place, 110... More
Upcoming Meeting – NIH Blue Ribbon Panel
March 30, 2010 Office of Biotechnology Activities; Office of Science Policy; Office of the Director; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health (NIH) The NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center is holding a... More
Upcoming Meeting: NIH Blue Ribbon Panel
March 4, 2010 A meeting of the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center will take place on Friday, March 19 from 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM at Building 31, 6th Floor Conference Center, Conference Room... More
Open Nomination – Community Liaison Committee of the NEIDL
March 3, 2010 Boston University Medical Campus The Executive Committee of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) is seeking applications for membership to fill three positions on the Community Liaison Committee (CLC). Membership terms are for two years. The CLC is comprised of six members whose role is to provide outreach... More
RESCHEDULED: February 12, 2010 NIH Blue Ribbon Panel Meeting
February 9, 2010 National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NOTICE: Due to inclement weather on the East coast, the February 12th meeting of the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel will be rescheduled to a later date. Please visit the NIH Web site for further updates at: http://nihblueribbonpanel-bumc-neidl.od.nih.gov/
Notice of a Meeting of the NIH Blue Ribbon
By Kelly R. Fennington (From Federal Register), January 20, 2010 There will be a meeting of the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) at Boston University Medical Center. The meeting will be held on Friday, February 12, 2010, at... More
Meeting to Discuss Simulation and Training Exercises at the NEIDL
Boston University School of Medicine September 24, 2009 An overview of the Simulation and Training Exercises at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) will be held: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Evans Room 110 Boston University School of Medicine 72 East Concord Street Boston, MA 02118 As announced earlier this year, researchers at the... More
Boston Medical Center to offer free seasonal flu shot clinics
Boston Medical Center For Immediate release September 9, 2009 Contact: Allison Rubin, 617-638-8491, allison.rubin@bmc.org CALENDAR LISTING The single best way to protect yourself against the flu is to get vaccinated each year. Boston Medical Center is offering two free community flu shot clinics. The seasonal flu shot is provided to protect against the highly variable... More
BU Names Biolab Leader
By Elizabeth Cooney (From The Boston Globe), July 31, 2009 A healthcare executive with a background in Boston has been named to manage operations at a high-security research laboratory in the city's South End, Boston University announced today. John D. Nash became chief operating officer of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories... More
Healthcare Veteran Appointed COO of Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
Boston University For Immediate Release July 31, 2009 Contact: Gina M. DiGravio, 617-638-8480 - gina.digravio@bmc.org BOSTON – John D. Nash, a healthcare veteran with over 25 years of management experience at major U.S. medical institutions, will serve as chief operating officer (COO) of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) at Boston University’s Medical Campus, More
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Appoints Director of Aerobiology Core
Boston University School of Medicine For Immediate Release July 14, 2009 Contact: Michelle Roberts, 617-638-8491, michelle.roberts@bmc.org (Boston) – Igor Kramnik, MD, Ph.D, has joined the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) Institute as the director of the aerobiology core and associate professor of medicine and member of the pulmonary center at Boston University School... More
NEIDL safety and training exercises planned for late summer/early fall
By Brandon Simes (From South End News), July 1, 2009 Researchers at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) on Albany Street will participate in simulated safety and training exercises beginning in late summer/early fall and continuing for six to eight months, the Boston University Medical Center (BUMC) announced on June... More
Local Residents Reappointed to Community Group for National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
Boston University Medical Campus For Immediate Release July 1, 2009 Contact: Ellen Berlin 617-638-6838, ellen.berlin@bmc.org Boston, MA—Three current members have been reappointed to membership on the Community Liaison Committee (CLC) of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL). Twenty applications were received for three open positions on the six-member CLC. Appointments to the CLC are made by... More
BU biolab training exercises set to begin
By Stephen Smith (From The Boston Globe), June 24, 2009 The controversial Boston University research laboratory built to study the world's deadliest germs will open its doors to scientists in a few months for training exercises, the university announced this afternoon. When the researchers enter the South End facility late in the... More
Simulated Safety & Operations Training in Biolab Facility to Commence
Boston University For Immediate Release June 24, 2009 Contact: Ellen Berlin, 617-638-6838 (Boston) – Researchers preparing to work in the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories announced today that the simulated safety and training exercises announced last summer will begin late summer/early fall. The training will last six to eight months. Research is not being... More
Mom overcomes degree of difficulty
By Ira Kantor (From Boston Herald), May 13, 2009 An incubator for future biotech workers in the red-hot industry graduates 30 students today, and Juana Green of Roxbury said the timing couldn’t be better. Green, 26, a single mother of three boys, age 10, 6 and 1, has been living off unemployment... More
The National Institutes of Health has postponed the meeting of the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel
April 22, 2009 The National Institutes of Health has postponed the meeting of the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories that was originally scheduled for May 5, 2009. The meeting will take place at a future date, which will be publicized in local newspapers. ... More
BU biolab delayed again
By Stephen Smith (From The Boston Globe), April 15, 2009 The opening of a high-security laboratory in Boston's South End where scientists would work with the world's deadliest germs is being delayed once again -- until late next year at the earliest. The federal health agency that is underwriting construction of the... More
NEIDL study postponed
By Aviva Gat (From South End News), April 8, 2009 The defendants in the lawsuit brought by South Enders Klare Allen, Mel King and others against the Trustees of Boston University, Boston Medical Center Corporation, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the proposed Level 4 portion of Boston University’s (BU)... More
Testing Fire Sprinkler System
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories March 24, 2009 As part of ongoing inspection and testing, fire trucks will be on site at the NEIDL on Thursday, March 26, 2009 beginning at 5:00 a.m. to test the fire sprinkler system.