Patrick Conley MS, CBSP, NREMT

Merrick and Company

Patrick Conley is a Senior Scientist within the Science and Technology division of Merrick and Company. In his role, Patrick is the primary healthcare liaison for Merrick’s healthcare services platform designed to assist healthcare institutions manage the environment care, hazardous materials and waste, hazardous drugs and hazardous biologics, and infection prevention services, as well as to support clinical laboratories and therapeutic productions facilities operate at their best. As a dedicated biosafety professional and industrial hygienist, Patrick has focused on developing value driven safety programs and services supporting basic research, translational medicine, patient care, and community education. Patrick has a bachelor’s in microbiology and a master’s degree in Industrial Hygiene, as well as is a certified Biosafety Professional, a licensed Emergency Medical Technician, and a Mold Consultant. Prior to coming to Merrick, Patrick was the Director of IBC Operations at Clinical Biosafety Services, where he led a team of credentialed biosafety and clinical safety professionals to provide Institutional Biosafety Committee and Biosafety services to healthcare providers, nurses, and clinical research personnel conducting human gene transfer research at clinics and hospital facilities across the continental United States and beyond. Patrick’s work history includes 7 years of bench research working on sexually transmitted diseases, invasive diseases, biotoxins, and select agents and toxins and 13 years as a Director within the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Office of Safety and Business Continuity. Through his director’s role, Patrick managed UT Southwestern’s Institutional Biosafety Committee, Chemical Safety Committee, select agent and toxin program, biosafety program, chemical safety program, industrial hygiene program, hazardous waste program, and environmental compliance program. Additionally, through his role as the hazmat section chief of the UT Southwestern Environment of Care Committee, Patrick managed all hazardous materials and waste programs within the UT Southwestern ambulatory clinics and hospital facilities. Patrick is a passionate safety educator, training developer, and community speaker who has worked with the numerous professional organizations, S.T.A.R.S Program, UT Southwestern, and the Dallas Independent School District to encourage high school students to enter the fields of science and medicine. He and his family enjoy traveling, hiking, and the outdoor life, especially when it involves mountains, snow, and wildlife.

Appearances

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    Date
    October 23, 2024
    Credits
    1.5 General Continuing Education (GEN) | 1.5 Florida Lab Personnel (FLP) | 1.5 California Nurse (CN) | 1.5 California Lab Personnel (CLP)
    The use of viral vector systems to modify human allogenic and autologous cells are rapidly becoming the primary method to genetically engineer these cells to target malignancies, solid tumors, blood cancers, and cells involved in autoimmune disorders…

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    Patrick Conley, MS, CBSP, NREMT
    Merrick and Company

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