Executive Council
President
Sean Fitzgerald
Hackensack Meridian Health
President-Elect
Sarah Capasso
University of Pennsylvania
Past-President
Su-Hwi Hung-Cunliffe
Secretary
Fatima Ijaz
Hackensack Meridian Health
Treasurer
Michelle Frondelli
Johnson & Johnson
Councilors-at-Large
Anthony Spano
Pfizer
Julia Kontos
Yale University
Marcia Pindling-Watkins
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Questions? Email council@masba.org
MABSA was founded to provide a professional forum for dissemination of information between individuals in this and related fields; to inform the public about the value of biological agents in research and health care, and the role they play in disease as well as in the improvement of the quality of life; to identify new biologically hazardous agents and to determine guidelines for their safe use; to promote the recognition of Biosafety as a scientific discipline.
MABSA provides a regional forum for members to interact and share information on biosafety subjects, such as new guidelines or current concerns with newly recognized agents and with new uses for old agents.
A biosafety topic of interest is presented at each of several dinner meetings held throughout the year. A day long symposium, hosted by a member, is held in the spring.
Many MABSA members are also members of the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA); our associations have mutual goals. In order to encourage maximum regional participation, MABSA membership does not require membership in ABSA.
Meeting Announcement
MABSA is pleased to announce the September virtual meeting
September 24, 2026
Time: 1 pm - 2:30 pm
Members: free virtual
Non-Members: $20 virtual
Non-member registration offers one year membership in 2026.
Students: $10.00 virtual
Meeting agenda see the link.
Speakers:
James Sillhart, CSP
Associate Director – Occupational
Safety, University of Pennsylvania
Elise Franklin, MS, CIH, CSP, RBP
EHS Consultant
Non-member pay the registration fee via the link.
Member and non-member complete the registration information below:
Save the Date for Future Meetings
- November 12, 2026, 1-3 pm
- June 17, 2027, annual meeting