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| Episode 2. Eyewash Training | 02 Sep 2025 | 00:09:23 | |
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| Episode 1. Trailer | 16 Aug 2025 | 00:02:18 | |
Follow the podcast community on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/skilled-safe-and-trailblazing The first full episode will be available on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025. After which, tune in on the 1st Tuesday of each month for a new episode. Also, check out the LinkedIn community for polls or discussion topics related to each monthly episode. And, if you are so inspired, you can help shape future episodes by contacting me via LinkedIn or at skilledsafeandtrailblazing@gmail.com. | |||
| Episode 12. The Chemical Sensitizer Wake-Up Call | 02 Jun 2026 | 00:29:00 | |
RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE McKnelly, K.J.; Sokol, W.; Nowick, J.S. (2019) Anaphylaxis Induced by Peptide Coupling Agents: Lessons Learned from Repeated Exposure to HATU, HBTU, and HCTU. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.joc.9b03280 Graham, J.C.; Trejo-Martin, A.; Chilton, M.L.; Kostal, J.; Bercu, J.; Beutner, G.L.; Bruen, U.S.; Dolan, D.G.; Gomez, S.; Hillegass, J.; Nicolette, J.; Schmitz, M. (2022) An Evaluation of the Occupational Health Hazards of Peptide Couplers. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.2c00031 Miralles, J. C., Negro, J. M., Alonso, J. M., GarcĆa, M., SĆ”nchez-GascĆ³n, F., & Soriano, J. (2003). Occupational rhinitis and bronchial asthma due to TBTU and HBTU sensitization. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12968399/ Hannu, T., Alanko, K., & Keskinen, H. (2006). Anaphylaxis and allergic contact urticaria from occupational airborne exposure to HBTU. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16861336/ OSHA HazComm (29 CFR 1910.1200) https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.1200 OSHA Laboratory Standard (29 CFR 1910.1450) https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.1450 OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits - Annotated Tables https://www.osha.gov/annotated-pels OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134) https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.134 OSHA General Duty Clause (OSH Act of 1970 Section 5) https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/oshact/section5-duties ACS Webinar: Bonding with Caution: Understanding the Hazards of Peptide Couplers https://www.acs.org/acs-webinars/library/hazards-of-peptide-couplers.html LET US KNOW! Have you worked through challenges of working with chemical sensitizers with a lab group?Ā If not, has this episode inspired you to start asking more questions about chemical sensitizer use in your labs? HOW TO LET US KNOW! o Ā Email address: skilledsafeandtrailblazing@gmail.com o Ā Follow the podcast community on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/skilled-safe-and-trailblazing oĀ Leave a comment on this episode Ā ElevenLabs was used to create the AI-generated voice in the Disclaimer at the end of this episode. For more information, visit https://elevenlabs.io/app/home | |||
| Episode 11. Mapping Power, Pressure, and Protection with The Graduate Student Researcher | 05 May 2026 | 00:51:29 | |
RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE ACS CHAS Peer-Led Workshops (accessed 2026-03-30): https://dchas.org/2023/08/22/history-of-the-chas-lst-workshop-2/Ā Hensley, M.S.; Martin, J.A.; Miller, K.A.; Hungwe, K.N. (2024) Laboratory Safety Teams as an Evolving Community of Practice: Exploring the How and Why https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00702 Feldon, D.F.; Litson, K.L.; Jeong, S.; Roksa, J. (2019) Postdocsā lab engagement predicts trajectories of PhD studentsā skill development https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1912488116 Miller, A.J.M.; Tonks, I.A. (2018) Letās Talk About Safety: Open Communication for Safety Laboratories https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00627 Martin, J.A.; Miller, K.; Nyansa (now Hensley), M.; Zinn, S.; Stuart, R. (2021) Enhancing Research Productivity through Student-Led Laboratory Safety Teams https://www.acs.org/acs-webinars/library/student-led-safety.html LET US KNOW! To try to see things from the graduate student researcher perspective, consider how work inside of labs at your institution gets done. At this point, refrain from assigning blame or jumping directly into who should be responsible. Instead, just think about the situations that these early career people are walking into and what they are seeing. ā Are lab workers working around a mess that existed before them? ā Are they trying to find space in the lab for their own work by moving aside work that no longer belongs to anyone working in this lab? ā Are they trying to address inspection items that they know little about? ā Are they being required to engage with systems that donāt help them do their research better? For example, dysfunctional chemical inventory systems, poorly defined hazardous waste procedures, challenges with space. HOW TO LET US KNOW! Email address: SkilledSafeAndTrailblazing@gmail.com LinkedIn Community: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/skilled-safe-and-trailblazing Leave a comment on this episode! ElevenLabs was used to create the AI-generated voice Disclaimer at the end of this episode. For more information, visithttps://elevenlabs.io/app/home | |||
| Episode 10. Drills With Experts | 07 Apr 2026 | 00:21:44 | |
RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE The Lab Safety Institute (accessed 2026-02-04) https://www.labsafety.org/ Provan, D.J.; Woods, D.D.; Dekker, S.W.A.,Rae, A.J. (2020) Safety II professionals: How resilience engineering can transform safety practice https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0951832018309864 LET US KNOW! Have you run drills with your experts? If you havenāt, what is stopping you from doing so? Have you incorporated the concept of Guided Adaptability into how you approach safety in labs? HOW TO LET US KNOW! oĀ Ā Email address: skilledsafeandtrailblazing@gmail.com oĀ Ā LinkedIn Community: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/skilled-safe-and-trailblazing oĀ Ā Leave a comment on this episode! ElevenLabs was used to create the AI-generated voices in the introductory story and the Disclaimer at the end of this episode. For more information, visit https://elevenlabs.io/app/home | |||
| Episode 9. CHAS Emerging Leaders Elevate Chronic Toxicity at ACS Spring 2026 | 03 Mar 2026 | 00:22:16 | |
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| Episode 8. The Seconds After: Is the Safety Buddy Prepared to Act? | 03 Feb 2026 | 00:16:22 | |
RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Morris, J. (2012) Landmark worker death case continuesagainst UCLA chemistry professor. https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/landmark-worker-death-case-continues-against-ucla-chemistry-professor/ Kemsley, J.N. (2009) Negligence Caused UCLA Death.Ā https://cen.acs.org/articles/87/i19/Negligence-Caused-UCLA-Death.html American Chemical Society (accessed 2025-12-19) What IsRAMP? https://institute.acs.org/acs-center/lab-safety/safety-basics-and-ramp/what-is-ramp.html National Research Council of The National Academies (2011)Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Management of ChemicalHazards, Updated Version. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12654/prudent-practices-in-the-laboratory-handling-and-management-of-chemical LET US KNOW! Have you incorporated any training that involves physicality- that involves performing the action rather than just talking about it? And, if you havenāt, what is stopping you from doing so? HOW TO LET US KNOW! oĀ Ā Email address: skilledsafeandtrailblazing@gmail.com oĀ Ā LinkedIn Community: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/skilled-safe-and-trailblazing oĀ Ā Leave a comment on this episode in Spotify ElevenLabs was used to create the AI-generated voice Disclaimer at the end of this episode. For more information, visit https://elevenlabs.io/app/home | |||
| Episode 7. Working Alone - Safety Beyond The 9 to 5 | 06 Jan 2026 | 00:33:44 | |
RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Metal Lathe Incident at Yale (2011) https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2011/04/13/michele-dufault-11-dies-in-sterling-chemistry-laboratory-accident/ The OSHA Laboratory Standard (29 CFR 1910.1450) https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.1450 National Research Council (US) Committee (2011) Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Management of Chemical Hazards. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK55878/ Thayn, P. et al (2021) The Lone Lab Worker: Best Practices for Protecting Researchers (the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee incident). https://publications.aiha.org/202108-lone-lab-worker LET US KNOW! If you are a member of a lab: do you feel like you have a good understanding of how to work safely during non-standard hours in your lab? If you are a PI: do you discuss your expectations for the work that may occur during non-standard hours with your lab group? And if youāre in leadership: How are you balancing productivity with the responsibility to keep people safe? Ā HOW TO LET US KNOW! o Ā Email address: skilledsafeandtrailblazing@gmail.com o Ā Follow the podcast community on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/skilled-safe-and-trailblazing o Ā Leave a comment on this episode ElevenLabs was used to create the AI-generated voice Disclaimer at the end of this episode. For more information, visit https://elevenlabs.io/app/home Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/hush License code: FOEHVBGULZNXKITM | |||
| Episode 6. Safety Work | 02 Dec 2025 | 00:22:01 | |
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| Episode 5. Are we teaching incompetence? | 04 Nov 2025 | 00:20:46 | |
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| Episode 4. ACS NERD 2025 (Mini Episode) | 12 Oct 2025 | 00:04:55 | |
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| Episode 3. Safety Climate and Dov Zohar | 07 Oct 2025 | 00:19:22 | |
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