OSQI Functional Areas

Office of Science Quality and Integrity (OSQI) Functional Areas

Functional Area	Lead Point of Contact	Contact email
Biorisk Management (Institutional Biosafety Committee)	Jeff Potts	jpotts@usgs.gov
Biosafety	Michele Edenfield	biosafety@usgs.gov
Bureau Approval Officials	Vivian Hutchison	vhutchison@usgs.gov
Emeritus Program	Alfredo Aretxabaleta	emeritus@usgs.gov
Fundamental Science Practices (FSP)	Vivian Hutchison	gs_fspac@usgs.gov
Human Research Protections (Institutional Review Board)	Rudy Schuster	Schusterr@usgs.gov
Laboratory Advisory Board (LAB)	Kenna Butler	kebutler@usgs.gov
Laboratory Quality Management System (QMS)	Heather Miller and Rebecca Bushon	GS_Help_QMS@usgs.gov
Mendenhall Fellowship	Alfredo Aretxabaleta	mendenhall@usgs.gov
Research Grade and Equipment Development Grade Evaluation (RGE/EDGE)	Steve Hilburger	rge-edge@usgs.gov
Scientific Integrity	Maggie Hardy	mhardy@usgs.gov
Secondary Transition to Employment Program - USGS Partnership (STEP-UP) Program	Chris Hammond	chammond@usgs.gov
Tribal Relations (OTR)	Chris Hammond	chammond@usgs.gov
Youth and Education in Science (YES)	Alfredo Aretxabaleta	usgs_yes@usgs.gov