Pakistan Biological Safety Association- Fogarty International Center at NIH, USA strategic meeting at Bangkok, Thailand on January 31st – February 3rd, 2018.

January 31 - February 3, 2018
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

A Strategic Meeting between PBSA and FIC, NIH USA was done in Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand from Jan 31- Feb 3, 2018. Deliverable of 2018-19 and future events were discussed. Tentative timeline of Biorisk Management and Educational Resource Center (BRM ERC) was provided and agreed upon. The participants of the meeting were Dr. Aamer Ikram, Dr. David Spiro, Ms. Stacey Knobler, Dr. Zeba Rasmussen, Mr. Tim Trevan, Dr. Philippe Stroot, Mr.Sean G. Kaufman, Dr. Erum khan, Dr. Shamsul Arfin Qasmi, Dr. Uzma Bashir, Dr. Ali Ahmed Sheikh, Dr. Furqan Ahmed, Dr. Javed Muhammad, Dr. Arshia Amin, Ms. Alexandra Jamison, Mr. Shehroze Ameen, Ms. Chelsa Hansen.

Ms. Stacey Knobler beginning the strategic meeting and what will be discussed in it.

Dr. Aamer Ikram President PBSA discussing and detailing collaboration between FIC and PBSA. He provided details of events which have happened in the ToT, BSC and IBC workshops, as well as update on Master Trainer workshops

Dr. Zeba Rasmussen discussed about deliverables of IBC, ToT, BSC workshops; Master trainer series using Bioprism trainings; and future goals FIC-PBSA collaboration.

Dr. Erum Khan, Founding Member and Former President PBSA as Country Ambassador of American Society of Microbiologists (ASM) presents possible collaboration opportunities between PBSA and ASM. She explained what are common goals and objectives between the two organizations.

PBSA President Dr. Aamer Ikram discussing PBSA FIC Collaboration with Dr. Roger Glass, Director FIC. Dr. Aamer provided update of how successful this collaboration has been, and the calendar planned for 2018-19 involving BIC ToT and BSC Workshops, Bioprism Manual, and National Training Center for Biorisk Management.

Dr. Zeba Rasmussen, Dr. Furqan Ahmed, and Tim Trevan discussing PBSA-FIC Collaboration Calender 2018-2019.

Distribution of PBSA Token of Appreciation on conclusion of FIC-PBSA strategic meeting.

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Being elected as the President of Pakistan Biological Safety Association (PBSA) is a true honour for me. I believe that promoting awareness, knowledge and understanding of biosafety at the regional and national level is responsibility of each member and trainer of the PBSA. This organization is commended in many of the national and international forums for its preventive training for Risk Assessment and management, that was much needed at the time of COVID-19 outbreak. Additionally, it has promoted strong collaborations and affiliations with various Biosafety developmental programs that align with international standards to acknowledge and recognize biosafety as a separate scientific discipline within Pakistan. I strongly agree that “no one is safe until everyone is safe”, and would like to work with the PBSA team to implement this approach as far and wide as possible.

Prof. Dr. Saeed Khan

Prof. Dr. Saeed Khan, President PBSA/ Professor Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi