David works closely with faculty and staff throughout the Yale community to create positive and long lasting relationships, and is the principal liaison with Yale Animal Resources Center and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. David has grown in his responsibilities at YARC/IACUC–now attending each meeting, and leads the annual EHS inspections of YARC Facilities, assigning Safety Advisors to the IACUC inspections, and ensuring that every Haz agent start up meeting is attended by himself or another qualified EHS professional. David has also started to train other interested Safety Advisors in this endeavor, helping to promote their education and knowledge in laboratory animal safety. In his commitment to both his professional and personal goals, David recently obtained his national certification as an industrial hygienist (CIH). He is also responsible for creating the hazard agent/material spreadsheet that is a hallmark of the IACUC meetings that expedites their ability to review such a massive number of new, renewed and modified protocols at each monthly meeting. David strives to produce high quality work, displays energy in his job, is open to new ideas and is always willing to help and provide leadership to others at EHS and in the Yale community. He truly embodies the EHS mission, vision and value statement.
