VEHS Contact Us
If you are injured or exposed in a research lab, please report it to Risk and Insurance Management at the Origami portal
Contacts for each department listed below:
Environmental Health and Safety contact
Andrea George
Director
phone: 615-322-4551
CHEMICAL SAFETY OFFICER CONTACT
Mark Bogard
Assistant Director
phone: 615-936-8461
Stephen Hopkins
VU Laboratory Compliance Program Safety Officer
phone: 615-343-3527
BIOLOGICAL SAFETY OFFICER CONTACT
Sheya Jones
Assistant Director
phone: 615-322-0927
RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER CONTACT
Christopher Helstern
Assistant Director
phone: 615-343-8502
christopher.m.helstern@vumc.org
LASER SAFETY OFFICER contact
Sergey Avanesyan
Certified Laser Safety Officer
phone: 615-343-2336
Hazardous waste Management contact
Office of Clinical and Research Safety
phone: 615-322-2057
after hours emergency phone: 615-875-3779
Environmetal Protection/Compliance contact
Steve Gild
Environmental Management System (EMS) Coordinator
phone: 615-322-3745
GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY CONTACT
Email: ehs@vanderbilt.edu