#  Resources 

 



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 Federal Resources  Other Resources  Internal Resources  

## Federal Resources 

- **Federal Select Agent Program:** 
    - [HHS/USDA Notices of Proposed Rulemaking -Select Agent Regulations ](https://www.selectagents.gov/overview/whatsnew/2024.htm)
    - [Select Agents and Toxins List ](https://www.selectagents.gov/sat/list.htm#print)
    - [Changes to the Federal Select Agent Program Summary](https://www.selectagents.gov/regulations/sat-list-changes-2024.htm?ACSTrackingID=USCDC_1072-DM144101&ACSTrackingLabel=Reminder%3A%20Changes%20to%20Select%20Agent%20and%20Toxin%20List%20Are%20Effective%20Today&deliveryName=USCDC_1072-DM144101)
- **Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential**
    - [United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential](/sites/g/files/omnuum5351/files/2025-04/USG-Policy-for-Oversight-of-DURC-and-PEPP-May2024.pdf "United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential")
    - [Implementation Guidance for the United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential](https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/USG-DURC-PEPP-Implementation-Guidance.pdf)
    - [NIH Implementation of the U.S. Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential (PEPP) Notice](https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-061.html)
- **National Institutes of Health (NIH):**
    - [National Institutes of Health Guidelines](https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/NIH_Guidelines.htm)

 

 

 

## Other Resources 

- **The World Health Organization (WHO):**
    - [Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)](https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_1)
    - [Laboratory Biosafety Manual](https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240011311)
- [**The Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL)**](https://www.cdc.gov/labs/pdf/SF__19_308133-A_BMBL6_00-BOOK-WEB-final-3.pdf)
- [**Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention**](https://www.cdc.gov/) **(CDC)**
    - [Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for working with SARS-CoV-2](https://www.cdc.gov/covid/php/lab/index.html)
- **American Biological Safety Association (ABSA):** [**Risk Group Database**](https://my.absa.org/RiskGroups)
- [**Pathogen Safety Data Sheets (PSDSs)**](https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment.html)

 

 

 

## Internal Resources 

- [Harvard Environmental Health & Safety](https://www.ehs.harvard.edu/secure/safety-officers)
- [COMS Registration for Research with Human Participants](https://www.ehs.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/coms_registration_for_research_with_human_participants.pdf)
- [Harvard Longwood Area IRB Decision Tool](https://intranet.hsph.harvard.edu/regulatory-affairs-and-research-compliance/irb-decision-tool/)
- [eCOMS PI Quick Reference Guide](https://coms.hms.harvard.edu/file_url/182)