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
The Mid-Atlantic Biological Safety Association (MABSA) is a not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary professional organization founded in 1990 for the purpose of promoting the principles of Biological Safety.
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 our quarterly hybrid meeting.
November 13, 2025
Time: 5 pm - 7:30 pm
Location:
University of Pennsylvania, Facilities & Real Estate Services (FRES) - Conference Room #01
3401 Walnut Street (3160 Chestnut Street GPS address), Philadelphia, PA 19104
Meeting agenda, parking and direction to meeting room via this link.
Zoom link will be provided for virtual registrants.
Meeting Registration:
Member:
in person - $25 / virtual - free
Non-member:
in person - $45 / virtual - $20
Note: Nonmember registration includes one year of membership for 2025.
Please register and add in the date of meeting and attendee's name via this link.
Members (virtual - free): please provide your name and email at treasurer@mabsa.org to register and we will send you the zoom link.
Save the Date for Future Meetings
March 2026 @ TBD
June 2026 @TBD