Katrina B. Lu Email & Phone Number

- Conducts formal safety compliance inspections in accordance with EHS standards and WCM safety committee requirements- Conducts safety equipment inspections- Maintains and completes internal EHS safety advisor training modules; provides feedback on the safety advisor training program- Assists with the development of customized strategies, educational program, and trainings- Conducts safety outreach for departments and areas assigned - Implements the occupational hazard assessment and exposure monitoring programs including chemical, biological, and radiological hazard assessments, respiratory protection and fit-testing, noise and hearing conservation, and ergonomics- Responds as a part of an emergency team to fires, fire alarm activations, hazardous material spills, gas leaks, indoor air quality issues and other emergencies- Serves as primary hazardous material spill responder including implementation of Hazardous Waste Central Accumulation Facility Emergency Contingency Plan; use of specialized PPE; hazardous environments; and conducting clean-up/decontamination activities- Assists in maintaining the Safety Advisor assignments which include laboratories and building assignments and monthly on-site work schedule- Supports emergency team preparedness by evaluating and regularly inspecting Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) inventories; maintains EHS lab coats programs; conducts monthly level A responder and SCBA inspection; performs monthly IH equipment testing- Assists in overseeing the clinical safety programs include conducting annual safety audits to assess the building fire and life safety, wastes areas (medical, chemicals electronic), chemical safety and others.Mentors junior Safety Advisors and Safety Technicians; provides guidelines on the EHS programs and safety cultures- Works with EHS Information Management System (Salute) on implementing and testing new updates or features; reports to Salute on issues and works with Salute to fix the issues

Greater New York City Area

- Conducts formal safety compliance inspections in accordance with EHS standards and WCM safety committee requirements- Conducts inspections of safety equipment- Maintains and completes internal EHS Safety Advisor training modules; provides constructive feedback on the Safety Advisor training program and its technical content to promote positive changes within the program- Assists with the development of customized strategies, educational programs and trainings to advance assigned area’s specific safety cultural needs; sustains community engagement & timely implementation of safety recommendations & inspection deficiencies- Conducts safety outreach for departments and areas assigned and coordinates with supervisor to affirm effective EHS programs and service implementation in areas conducting high hazard operations- Implements the occupational hazard assessment and exposure monitoring programs including chemical, biological, and radiological hazard assessments, respiratory protection and fit-testing, noise and hearing conservation, and ergonomics- Responds as a part of an emergency team to fires, fire alarm activations, hazardous material spills, gas leaks, indoor air quality issues and other emergencies

Greater New York City Area

MPH in Environmental Health Sciences with a Toxicology Certificate

Greater New York City Area

Worked in the Virology Department of the Public Health Laboratory at the NYC DOHMH, assisting with clinical research on Zika virus

Taipei City, Taiwan

Worked in the Department of Environmental Sanitation & Toxic Substance Management, assisting with web searches on USEPA water sanitation/purification standards, literature review, and English-to-Chinese translation

Greater Philadelphia Area

Worked on protein purification and collaborated on a project which examined how mutations in variant aminoacyl tRNA synthetases can play a role in Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) disease

Ithaca, New York Area

Organized and extracted swab samples of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis obtained from Brazilian museum specimens, gathered geographical information on them with Google Earth, and then entered them into an electronic database

Participated in various conservation projects occurring throughout Taiwan and assisted with constructing an electronic database for endangered species within the area

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Environmental Health Studies

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology, General