Environment

U.S. Trade Controls & Biosecurity for Life Sciences Research

Wednesday, 10/07 at 10:45 AM

Chancellor’s Ballroom

About this session

This presentation examines the application of U.S. trade controls and biosecurity requirements to life sciences research, including the ITAR, EAR, and OFAC sanctions, with a focus on controlled biological materials, laboratory equipment, technology, fundamental research, licensing, and institutional compliance. It also explores how export compliance intersects with biorisk management, biosafety, dangerous-goods shipping, and other institutional research oversight functions. Actual case studies involving illicit transport of biological materials will highlight real-world risks and compliance considerations for all parties involved in life sciences research.

Speaker(s)

William Bucha

William is currently Assistant General Counsel, Contracts Manager (ORPA) at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In this capacity, William oversees both the G&C contracts team and the MSK export compliance program providing both administrative oversight and legal advice in areas of trade compliance, research contracting, and IP commercialization. William routinely partners with MSK’s Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), and MSK researchers on the procedural intersection between biosafety and trade compliance. William is a dually licensed attorney in New York and North Carolina, as well as a certified ITAR/EAR ECoP®.

Jody Stanley

SA Jody Stanley is the Certified Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator, Maritime Liaison Agent, and the Hazardous Evidence Response Team Leader for the FBI covering the entire state of Michigan. SA Stanley entered on duty in 2011 and assigned to the Chicago Field Office. She has worked various large-scale incidents nationally and internationally with an emphasis on her bio-pharma background. In 2015 she transferred to the Detroit Field Office and worked several international terrorism cases before taking over the WMD program in 2019. Upon taking over she ensured the continuity with state and local partners to further all awareness and investigative needs for all CBRNE threats to include the influx of bio-smuggling cases.

Dr. William So

Dr. William So is currently a Program Manager for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Laboratory Division. Since November 2019, his portfolio includes biological and national security policy. He served for more than 18 months as the Acting Chief Science and Policy Advisor for the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate. He provides subject matter expertise in the field of biological sciences in the development of FBI policy and national policy, response plans, and biosecurity guidance, and interagency agreements. Will joined the FBI in 2005, first as a Physical Scientist in the Laboratory Division, then transferred to the WMD Directorate in 2006. He represents the FBI and the United States Government in domestic and international fora on biosecurity, emerging technology, and policy matters. A graduate of The George Washington University, he received his Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology and a MS in Ecology.

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