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Who We Are:	Staff Organizational Chart
	Safety Services Main Office Location: 276 Hoagland Hall Telephone: 530-752-1493 FAX: 530-752-4527
	Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor Jill Parker, Associate Vice Chancellor - Safety Services Executive Assistant: Veronica Nelson Overall planning, outreach, and coordination of the Safety Services organization and its programs. Main Office Location: 276 Hoagland Hall Telephone: 530-752-2599 FAX: 530-752-4527
	Business Services (unit org chart) Betsy Fischer, Manager Provides the full range of business services to Safety Services and to support its activities for the campus community. Main Office Location: 276 Hoagland Hall Office: 752-3575 FAX: 752-4527
	Campus Veterinarian (unit org chart) Victor Lukas, DVM, DACLAM, Attending Veterinarian Executive Assistant: Veronica Nelson Provides a full spectrum of veterinary, research and cooperative services for the UC Davis research and teaching animal community. Main Office Location: ARS Bldg H3, Office Phone: 530-754-0336 Clinic: ARS Bldg R1, Clinic Telephone: 530-752-0514 Email: LAHC@UCDavis.edu
	Emergency and Continuity Planning (unit org chart) Nick Crossley, Emergency Manager Executive Assistant: Veronica Nelson Assists the campus in preparing for, responding to, recovering from and mitigating the effects of an emergency or disaster. Main Office Location: 276 Hoagland Hall Office: 530-752-6463 FAX: 530-752-4527
	Environmental Health and Safety Main Office Location: 276 Hoagland Hall Telephone: 530-752-1493 FAX: 530-752-4527 Email: ehsdesk@ucdavis.edu
	Sean Barry, Campus Biological Safety Officer (unit org chart) Provides biological safety consultation and support for research laboratories and other programs that use infectious microbial agents or recombinant DNA. Main Office Location: 276 Hoagland Hall Office: 752-9485 FAX: 752-4527
	Sue Fields, Environmental Protection Manager (unit org chart) Supports the campus in environmental health and regulatory compliance. Main Office Location: 276 Hoagland Hall Office: 752-3044 FAX: 752-4527
	Andrew Majewski, CIH, Health and Safety/Hazardous Materials Manager (unit org chart) Provides support to occupational health and safety programs, industrial hygiene, hazardous material management, and the management of radioactive, biological and chemical hazardous wastes. Main Office Location: 276 Hoagland Hall Office: 754-8228 FAX: 752-4527
	Gerry Westcott, Research Safety Manager (unit org chart) Provides support to Chemical and Laboratory Safety, Radiological Safety, Laser Safety, X-ray Producing-Machines, and Controlled Substance programs. Main Office Location: 276 Hoagland Hall Office: 752-7580 FAX: 752-4527
	Fire Prevention Services (unit org chart) Morgana Yahnke, Fire Marshal, Lead DCFM Provides the UC Davis central campus and remote operations (such as Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory) with state regulated fire prevention services related to code enforcement and life, and property protection. Main Office Location: Fire/Police Building Telephone: 530-752-5772 FAX: 530-754-8184
	Information Technology Services (unit org chart) Safa Hussain, Director Provides information technology solutions and services for research administration, compliance, and risk management in support of researchers and administrators. Current clients include Office of Research, Safety Services, UC-wide Enterprise Risk Management, UC-wide technology for Environmental Health & Safety, and UC-wide Learning Management System tools. Main Office Location: 202 Cousteau Suite 115, Davis CA 95616
	Institutional Animal Care and Use (unit org chart) Alan Ekstrand, Administrator Manages the IACUC Office which provides support staff for the UC Davis Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). Main Office Location: ARS Q3 Telephone: 530-752-2364 FAX: 530-752-4994
	Occupational Health Services (unit org chart) Roger Belcourt, MD, Medical Director Provides medical care and physical therapy for injured employees, as well as preventive medicine care to campus employees. Main Office Location: 1 Shields Ave/ Cowell Hall Telephone: 530-752-6051 FAX: 530-752-5277
	Risk Management Services (unit org chart) Eric Kvigne, Risk Manager Supports the University's loss control programs which include: Auto, GL, EPL, Property, & Workers’ Compensation. Main Office Location: 276 Hoagland Hall Telephone: 530-752-1247 FAX: 530-752-3439

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Safety Services

Vision

Promoting an authentic culture of safety and stewardship

Mission

We advance the safest possible campus community in support of teaching and research by:

Promoting individual and organizational responsibility for the protection of people, animals, resources and the environment
Pro-actively managing emergency preparation and business/academic continuity
Initiating and supporting safety-oriented policies, procedures and processes
Fostering collaboration and partnership
Advocating risk awareness, prevention strategies and financial recovery
Facilitating regulatory compliance
Providing occupational health and injury care
Delivering effective training programs
Embracing continuous improvement