EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS 
Post Office Drawer AM Atlanta, Georgia 30322 
DIVISION OF 
MEDICAL GENETICS 
( 404 1 329 .">840 
MEMORANDUM 
TO: Director, Office of Recombinant DNA Activities, NIH 
William J. Gartland, Jr., Ph.D. 
FROM: Jean H. Priest, M.D. 
Chairperson: Emory University Biosafety Committee 
SUBJECT: Response to solicitation of comments on "Revised Guidelines for 
Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules" 
DATE: December 27, 1982 
There are not many investigators here working with recombinant DNA and we do not 
have problems with the revised guidelines. Large or inappropriate amounts of time 
are not taken up by handling of these guidelines nor have I received complaints 
regarding them. Meetings of our IBC do not occur on a regular basis because of 
the heterogeneity of its composition. It is almost impossible for me to find a 
time when all or even most members can come together. Therefore most business is 
handled by memo, telephone or ad hoc review. Our committee functions largely in 
the areas of recombinant DNA, carcinogens and mutagens, and oncogenic viruses. As 
Chairperson I also route all kinds of other health safety problems. Our committee 
functions the way it does because Emory University has chosen it to function this 
way. We do not have a full-time Biosafety Officer (Hazardous Materials Manager) 
and I think it is high time the Administration recognize that we need one particu- 
larly for teaching of safety practices. 
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