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THANK YOU!
...to our Conference Planning Committee members, who,along with our Faculty, have made this meeting possible.
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
F. Claire Hankenson, DVM, MS, DACLAMSenior Associate Director, ULAR, Associate Professor, Pathobiology, SVMUniversity of Pennsylvania
Chris Newcomer, VMD, DACLAMExecutive Director, AAALAC International
George Babcock, PhDProfessor and Chair, IACUCUniversity of Cincinnati School of Medicine
Taylor Bennett, DVM, PhDManagement Consultant andSenior Scientific Advisor, NABR
Sam Cartner, PhD, DVMDirector, Animal Resources ProgramUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
Carol ClarkeSenior Staff Veterinarian for Research USDA, APHIS, Animal Care
Beth Ford, DVM, MPVM, DACLAMSenior DirectorThe Scripps Research Institute
Tanise Jackson, DVM, DACLAMDirector, Animal Welfare and Research IntegrityFlorida A&M University
Dara Kraitchman, VMD, PhD, FACCProfessor, Department of RadiologyJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Natalie Mays, BA, LATG, CPIAIACUC and IBC DirectorNYU Langone Medical Center
Leticia Medina, DVM, DACLAMAssociate Director, Animal Welfare and ComplianceAbbott Laboratories
Mary Jo Shepherd, DVM, CPIADirector of the Office of the IACUCColumbia University
Susan Silk, MSDirector, Division of Policy and Education OLAW
Joanne Zurlo, PhDDirector of Science StrategyJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Contents
CONFERENCE INFORMATIONWelcome from the Conference Co-Chairs
Welcome from PRIM&R’s Executive Director
Announcements & Reminders
Special Events
Supporters & Exhibitors
Evaluation Guide
RECOGNITIONDistinguished Service Award
Henry Spira Memorial Lecture
Certified Professional IACUC Administrator (CPIA)
Board of Directors
SCHEDULESSchedule: March 16-17
Your Guide to the Conference Program
Your Guide to the Tracks
Schedule: March 18
Schedule: March 19
POSTERSPosters Selected for Presentation
Posters Selected for Workshop Presentation
FACULTYFaculty List
Plenary Biographies
MAPSThird Floor
Fourth Floor and Lobby Ground Level
NOTES
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Welcome from the Conference Co-Chairs
Welcome to the 2013 Institutional Animal Care and
Use Committee (IACUC) Conference: Research Animal
Oversight: Creating a Collaborative and Cooperative
Culture! As your conference Co-Chairs, we are delighted to welcome you
to Baltimore to engage in this exciting program developed by our Planning
Committee, and to enjoy two days of thoughtful work, inspiring discussions,
networking opportunities, and thought-provoking presentations.
PRIM&R strives to create a forum at our IACUC
Conference and pre-conference programs in which
research professionals can come together to exchange
ideas, discuss best practices, and grapple with the
complex ethical issues raised by the use of animals in
biomedical research. We are confident that, over the
course of our time together, the keynote addresses will
provide you with insight and inspiration, the panels will
challenge and inform you, and the didactic sessions
and hands-on workshops will off er you concrete tools to
strengthen your knowledge and skills.
The crafting of this year’s conference program involved
the time, expertise, and dedication of more than a
dozen volunteers who participated as members of the
conference Planning Committee. This energetic group
was responsible for selecting four keynote speakers to
cover topics on science and ethics, designing four panel
sessions with experts providing broad perspectives,
planning over 70 workshops and didactic sessions,
identifying more than 100 faculty members best suited
to bring the content to life, and vetting the poster
presentations. It was truly a vast undertaking, and we
believe it has paid off in a program that is as timely and
content-rich as they come. Our hope is that you will not
only enjoy the conference, but will return to your home
institutions with innovative strategies, concrete ideas,
and action plans that you can implement to enhance
your animal care and use programs.
This year we received a wealth of excellent suggestions
in response to our Call for Program Contributions,
which included many relevant session proposals as well
as exemplary abstracts for the poster presentations,
and we would like to thank all those who contributed
their ideas to this year’s conference. We rely on you,
our IACUC community and colleagues, for fresh ideas
and perspectives, and this year’s program is, without
a doubt, stronger for your contributions. Sessions on
the program that came in through the Call for Program
Contributions are indicated with a star.
Thank you so much for joining us. We hope you will
make the most of this stimulating environment and the
unique opportunities for dialogue, connections, and fun
off ered in the 2013 program.
So, welcome, once again, to Baltimore and to the 2013
IACUC Conference. We are so glad you’re here!
Warmly,
F. CLAIRE HANKENSON, DVM, MS, DACLAM
SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ULAR,
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PATHOBIOLOGY, SVM
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
CHRIS NEWCOMER, VMD, DACLAM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AAALAC INTERNATIONAL
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Dear Friends,
Thank you for joining us at the 2013 IACUC Conference!
We are so pleased to welcome you to Baltimore for learning,
sharing, connecting, and discussing everything new under
the almost-spring sun relating to advancing the humane
care and use of laboratory animals. As I do each year, I would
like to take a moment to express my gratitude to all those
who contributed to the force of educational nature you’re about to experience.
First and foremost, I’d like to thank this year’s Planning
Committee, which crafted this robust program. Co-Chairs
F. Claire Hankenson and Chris Newcomer were joined
by George Babcock, Taylor Bennett, Sam Cartner, Carol
Clarke, Beth Ford, Tanise Jackson, Dara Kraitchman,
Natalie Mays, Leticia Medina, Mary Jo Shepherd, Susan
Silk, and Joanne Zurlo, all of whom went above and
beyond to bring you a program that highlights the most
important issues in our field, from the perennial to the
cutting edge.
I would also like to give my heartfelt thanks to the
conference faculty who rolled up their sleeves, got out
their shovels and trowels, and dug deeply to bring this
exceptional program to life. We are all so grateful for
their perspectives, expertise, leadership, and hard work.
Of course, a conversation is only as good as its
participants, so I would also like to extend my gratitude
to each of our attendees for joining us here in Baltimore.
Thank you for your commitment to the responsible
care and use of laboratory animals, and for taking the
time to be with us. Your work is demanding and doesn’t
often allow for moments of reflection, so we especially
hope you’ll find time onsite to connect with new and
old friends as we renew our shared commitment to the
responsible and ethical use of animals in research.
Every stakeholder in our field is here—institutional
off icials, ethicists, researchers, veterinarians and
staff , IACUC directors and staff , regulators, advocacy
organizations, community members, policymakers, and
industry representatives. We encourage you to “talk
amongst yourselves,” as some of the most important
conversations happen outside of the session halls.
Thanks again for coming! ‘Tis the season for renewal,
and we admire and appreciate your commitment to the
essential work of advancing ethical research, as well as
your continued contributions to building the trust that
keeps the research enterprise strong and respected.
Take it all in, take notes, and take heart, as soon it will
be spring.
Warmly,
JOAN RACHLIN, JD, MPH
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PRIM&R
Welcome from PRIM&R’s Executive Director
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Announcements & Reminders
Conference Check-in and the Help Desk
Conference Check-in and the Help Desk are located in
Grand Registration on the third floor of the hotel, and will
be open as follows:
Saturday, March 16: 11:00 AM-6:00 PMSunday, March 17: 7:00 AM-6:00 PMMonday, March 18: 7:00 AM-6:00 PMTuesday, March 19: 7:00 AM-12:00 PM
Please stop by the Help Desk if you have questions
during the conference.
Name Badges and Agendas
For security purposes, please wear your name badge at
all times. Please note the personalized agenda included
with your name badge may not reflect the most recent
schedule changes or cancellations, so please double
check the agenda with the current schedule in this
Guide, as well as the daily schedules at the Help Desk.
Networking Ribbons
Are you a first-time attendee, IACUC administrator,
IACUC chair, IACUC member, researcher, institutional
off icial, or university faculty member? Then don’t
forget to pick up these name badge ribbons in Grand
Registration! These ribbons are designed to enhance
community building, and help you connect with
colleagues who share similar professional experiences.
First-Time Attendees
Please help us welcome first-time attendees! You’ll know
who they are by the rainbow-colored ribbons attached
to their name badges.
Courtesy Reminder
As a courtesy to the speakers and to the other
registrants, please turn off or silence all cell phones and
electronic devices during sessions.
Special Meals
If you indicated a specific dietary request as part of your
registration, please alert a server to your needs before
you are seated. Please see a PRIM&R staff member with
questions or concerns.
Internet Café and Wireless Internet
Want to check email or review the conference handouts
electronically? You are welcome to utilize one of
the computers in the Internet Café located in Grand
Registration on the third floor of the hotel, or you
may connect wirelessly using your own device from
anywhere in the hotel.
To access the wireless internet, please select the
wireless device (SSID) called Marriott_CONF from your
browser list. A log-in page will automatically appear.
Enter your first and last name, along with the password:
PRIMR2013.
If you are using a smartphone or tablet, please connect
to the wireless network using the instructions above.
Please note you will have to open your web browser and
enter the log-in information first before you can use any
application requiring the internet.
Please log off the wireless internet when you are not
using it, and please refrain from downloading large files
and/or videos. If you lose your connection, please log
back on using the aforementioned SSID and password.
If you have questions, please see a PRIM&R staff er at the
Help Desk.
Session Locations
In order to keep the conference running on time, please
familiarize yourself with the location of the sessions you
plan to attend. Maps are included in the back of this
Guide, and our staff is ready to help with directions or
with any questions you might have.
Session Selections
It’s important that you attend the sessions you signed
up for in advance, as space is limited. Please refer to the
schedule in this Guide for more information.
Session Q&A
Aisle microphones will be set up in the plenary
sessions, so please come forward with questions and/
or comments. The workshops and didactic sessions will
also provide a chance to be heard, but please remember
that workshops have more time for discussion, and the
didactic sessions less.
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Messages
Looking for a colleague? Please post messages to the
bulletin board in Grand Registration. Also, please make
sure to check the bulletin board for any messages you
might receive.
If friends or family need to contact you and cannot
reach you directly, they should call Baltimore Marriott
Waterfront Hotel Loss Prevention Team at 410.895.1811.
In Case of Emergency
In case of an emergency onsite, please dial 1811 from a
house or hotel room phone, notify a PRIM&R staff er at
the Help Desk, and/or notify one of the Marriott event
staff who are wearing red coats.
Luggage Storage
On the morning of your departure, we recommend that
you check your luggage at the bell stand of the hotel
and plan to return there prior to your departure.
Shipping, Fax, and Photocopy Services
The hotel’s business center, the UPS Store, off ers
shipping, mailing, faxing, and photocopying services.
The UPS Store is conveniently located on the third floor
of the hotel, and is open Monday through Friday from
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and Saturdays from 10:00 AM to
5:00 PM. When the business center is closed, guests
may access the computers and printing stations in the
center via their hotel room key.
Say Cheese!
Please be ready to say “cheese” for our conference
photographer! We are working hard to create a rich and
enduring archive of photos, and hope that each of you
is willing to be a part of this. Some of the photos taken
at this year’s conference may be used on our website
and/or for other promotional purposes. If you prefer
to opt out of having your photograph taken and used
by PRIM&R, please be sure to alert the photographer
during the conference. We are using passive consent for
this project, but the photographer has been instructed
to honor the request of anyone not wishing to be
photographed. Thank you.
PRIM&R’s Green Initiatives
We’re doing our best to make the 2013 IACUC
Conference another “green” PRIM&R meeting, and hope
you’ll join us in our eff orts! PRIM&R has taken several
steps in this eff ort, including:
• Using an electronic evaluation
• Providing a reusable tote bag
• Using soy-based ink in the printing of this Guide
• Using a printer for the Guide which runs entirely
on wind energy
The Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel is also devoted
to maintaining and cultivating green meeting practices.
The hotel’s wide-ranging policies and practices include,
but are not limited to:
• Setting-up a hotel-wide single stream recycling
program and food composting program reducing
the amount of post-consumer waste by 80%
• Using the innovative Atlantis Laundry Water
System, which reduces 38,000 gallons of chemicals
and 2.6 million gallons of water used to launder
towels and sheets each year
• Partnering with Enviroride, an environmentally
friendly transportation service that uses hybrid and
blue tech vehicles
• Providing e-folio services so guests can review their
bills online
• Off ering 100% recycled note pads and pens made
from recycled materials
• Providing recycling bins throughout the meeting space
Help us be Green
On Tuesday, March 19, please recycle your name badge
holder and/or lanyard in Grand Registration until 12:00
PM, or at the Closing Reception in the Waterview
Ballroom from 5:30-6:30 PM. Upon recycling your name
badge holder and/or lanyard, you will receive not only
the knowledge that you’ve done something good for the
environment, but a special thank you gift from PRIM&R!
Help Us Improve
Our goal is to make each IACUC Conference a
positive experience for all who attend, but we cannot
do this without your help. We want to hear your
thoughts on what we did well and what we could do
better. Please complete the evaluation, which will be
emailed to you at the conclusion of the conference.
Thank you for your feedback.
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Certificate of Attendance
A Certificate of Attendance for the 2013 IACUC
Conference is included in the back of this Guide.
Certificates for the pre-conference educational programs
on March 16-17 are included in the individual
course materials.
Such certificates are useful for obtaining Continuing
Education Credits from various professional associations.
Please note that each association’s guidelines for
acceptance of conference credit hours may diff er,
and you should consult the appropriate professional
association representative for information as to whether,
and how many, credits from PRIM&R conferences may
be used.
Certified Professional IACUC Administrator
CPIA® Recertification
Participation in the 2013 IACUC Conference qualifies
as continuing education for the purpose of CPIA®
recertification. A maximum of 16 credit hours are
available for the 2013 IACUC Conference. Credit hours
for the pre-conference educational programs vary
depending upon the duration of the course.
Institutional Capacity Building Scholarship
Program
For the first time, PRIM&R is off ering the
Institutional Capacity Building scholarship
program. Many small, underfunded US institutions
of higher education, as well as community
organizations, are called upon to engage in
research with animals, but struggle to support
their IACUCs. Additionally, many institutions are in
the process of forming their first IACUC. Almost
all such institutions and organizations have
significantly fewer resources than their larger peer
institutions. In addition, many of these institutions
are being asked to take on greater roles in
research by participating in studies or initiating
their own research activities. Therefore, to assist in
the strengthening of the capacity of these entities,
PRIM&R off ers the 2013 IACUC Conference
Institutional Capacity Building scholarship
program, with the hope that, by participating
in PRIM&R’s conference, valuable professional
development/education and networking will aid in
addressing these disparities.
General Assistance
Scholarship Program
The General Assistance scholarship program
assists those members of our community who
cannot attend the 2013 IACUC Conference due
to financial constraints. Specifically, the program’s
goal is to ensure that community and non-scientist
IACUC members receive equal educational
opportunities as their colleagues so they may
develop their IACUC knowledge.
Connect with PRIM&R—and each other!Use your mobile device to scan the QR codes below.
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Special Events
Sunday,
Pre-Conference Program Networking
Reception
5:00-6:30 PM GRAND FOYER WEST
This reception is open to those attending either
Essentials of IACUC Administration or IACUC 101 on
March 16-17. Light refreshments will be served.
Continental Breakfast to Welcome
First-Time Attendees
7:00-8:00 AM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM E
All first-time conference attendees are welcome. Join us
for this continental breakfast to connect and network
with colleagues and hear from the PRIM&R staff .
Common Ground Networking Luncheon
12:30-1:30 PM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM C
Time to connect… over lunch! Meet peers for
conversation and networking. The tables will be divided
by professional aff iliations:
IACUC administrators/staff (light blue)
IACUC members (yellow)
Researchers/research staff (red)
Vets/Veterinary staff (purple)
IOs (navy blue)
Compliance and regulatory off icers (orange)
Tables will also be available for those wishing
to “just lunch” (white).
PRIM&R would like to thank Pfizer for supporting this
year’s Common Ground Networking Lunch on Monday,
March 18, 12:30-1:30 PM.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Research Ethics Brook Group
Lunch and Book Signing with
Author Paul McKellips
12:30-1:30 PM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM E
Participate in a vibrant discussion of Uncaged: A
Thriller by Paul McKellips, executive vice president at
the Foundation for Biomedical Research. Attendees
will have the opportunity to discuss the book with their
peers and the author. A book signing will also take
place during this time.
Conference Welcome Reception
5:30-7:00 PM GRAND FOYER WEST
Join us in Grand Foyer West to kick off the 2013 IACUC
Conference meet and greet our supporters and
exhibitors, and receive a complimentary mini-massage!
Light refreshments will be served. PRIM&R would like
to thank Click: A Huron Solution for supporting this
year’s chair massages at the Welcome Reception on
Monday, March 18, 5:30-7:00 PM.
Speed Mentoring
5:30-7:00 PM GRAND BALLROOM V-VI
Gather with your colleagues for a one-on-one
networking event where you can connect with
seasoned IACUC professionals, the Feds, and other
experts to receive personalized answers to your
regulatory, ethical, and/or operational questions. Light
refreshments will be served.
Icon Key pre-registration is required
Sunday, March 17, 2013
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Continental Breakfast: What’s New
at the CITI Program?
7:00-8:00 AM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM E
Learn about the CITI Program’s latest course updates
and value-added features that help participants
maximize their IACUC online research ethics training.
CPIA® Networking Lunch
12:30-1:30 PM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM E
Do you hold the CPIA credential and have an interest
in connecting with other CPIAs? If so, we invite you to
attend this lunch to discuss your credentialing questions,
including those on recertification, and talk with members
of the CPIA Council and the PRIM&R staff .
Closing Reception
5:30-6:30 PM WATERVIEW BALLROOM*
Join us to wish each other a fond farewell and to
make plans for the 2014 IACUC Conference, which
will take place March 31-April 3 in Denver, CO! We’re
looking forward to next year’s gathering and to the
2014 AAALAC International Conference: The Path to
Success Under AAALAC’s New Standards, which will be
held April 1, in conjunction with PRIM&R’s 2014 IACUC
Conference. Light refreshments will be served.
*Please note the Waterview Ballroom is located on
the lobby level of the hotel. Enter Grille 700, the
onsite restaurant, and proceed to the back toward the
Waterview Ballroom.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013Conference PassportThe Conference Passport includes select session
handouts, links to the program and attendee
list, keynote and plenary biographies, venue
details, and information about PRIM&R. After the
conference, audiovisual components for select
presentations will be added to the Conference
Passport. Materials are now available for your
use and reference. To access the Passport, please
follow these instructions:
1. Open your internet browser, and go
to www.conferencepassport.com/
primr.asp.
2. Enter the access key found on the back
of your name badge (this was also
emailed to you prior to the conference).
3. Select “Login.”
4. Select “Launch” next to the 2013 IACUC
Conference image.
5. Using the left-hand navigation titled
“Program Content,” select one of the
available search options
to locate a specific session.
6. If materials are available for a session, a
button labeled “handout” will be visible
for each resource.
Select the appropriate button to access
the corresponding resource.
7. Download the materials to your
computer for personal use.
Please check the Conference Passport
periodically, as additional materials will be
posted as they are received. You may print
materials for any and all of the sessions that
interest you. Printers are available at the Center’s
business center, UPS Store, located on the third
floor of the hotel.
If you have questions about the Conference
Passport, please email [email protected] or call
617.423.4112.
Conference PassportThe Conference Passport includes select session
handouts, links to the program and attendee
list, keynote and plenary biographies, venue
details, and information about PRIM&R. After the
conference, audiovisual components for select
presentations will be added to the Conference
Passport. Materials are now available for your
use and reference. To access the Passport, please
follow these instructions:
1. Open your internet browser, and go
to www.conferencepassport.com/
primr.asp.
2. Enter the access key found on the back
of your name badge (this was also
emailed to you prior to the conference).
3. Select “Login.”
4. Select “Launch” next to the 2013 IACUC
Conference image.
5. Using the left-hand navigation titled
“Program Content,” select one of the
available search options
to locate a specific session.
6. If materials are available for a session, a
button labeled “handout” will be visible
for each resource.
Select the appropriate button to access
the corresponding resource.
7. Download the materials to your
computer for personal use.
Please check the Conference Passport
periodically, as additional materials will be
posted as they are received. You may print
materials for any and all of the sessions that
interest you. Printers are available at the Center’s
business center, UPS Store, located on the third
floor of the hotel.
If you have questions about the Conference
Passport, please email [email protected] or call
617.423.4112.
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Supporters & Exhibitors
PRIM&R is grateful to our conference Supporters and Exhibitors! Please visit our
Supporters and Exhibitors in the Grand Foyer West located on the third floor of the hotel.
Visiting Hours
Sunday, March 17: 5:00 PM-6:30 PMMonday, March 18: 7:00 AM-7:00 PMTuesday, March 19: 7:00 AM-2:30 PM
Gold Supporter
Pfizer Inc.
212.733.2323 • www.pfizer.com
Booth: Pfizer will not be onsite.
At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. We strive
to set the standard for quality, safety, and value in the discovery, development, and manufacturing of medicines for
people and animals. Our diversified global health care portfolio includes human and animal biologic and small molecule
medicines and vaccines, as well as nutritional products and many of the world’s best-known consumer products. Every
day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments, and
cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. Consistent with our responsibility as the world’s leading
biopharmaceutical company, we also collaborate with health care providers, governments, and local communities to
support and expand access to reliable, aff ordable health care around the world. To learn more about Pfizer, please visit
www.pfizer.com. PRIM&R would like to thank Pfizer for supporting this year’s Common Ground Networking Lunch on
Monday, March 18, 12:30-1:30 PM.
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Bronze Supporters
Click: A Huron Solution
800.590.5400 • www.huronconsultinggroup.com/click
Booth: 14
Automate IACUC management with Huron’s Click®
Portal software. From application preparation and
submission to review and approval, our customer-
configurable product helps you accelerate workflow
processes, improve accuracy, and mitigate risk. Click
Portal can also be configured as comprehensive animal
operations software for animal ordering, events, census,
invoicing, and facility management. PRIM&R would like
to thank Click: A Huron Solution for supporting this
year’s chair massages at the Welcome Reception on
Monday, March 18, 5:30-7:00 PM.
The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative
(CITI) Program
305.243.7970 • www.citiprogram.org
Booth: 7
The CITI Program at the University of Miami off ers
customized web-based training in Animal Care and
Use, Biosafety and Biosecurity, Conflicts of Interest,
Export Control, Good Clinical Practice, Human Subjects
Research, Information Privacy and Security, and
Responsible Conduct of Research. Visit www.citiprogram.
org to learn more. PRIM&R would like to thank CITI for
supporting the morning break on Monday, March 18,
10:30-11:00 AM.
Supporters & Exhibitors
Edstrom
262.534.5181 • www.edstrom.com/eRESEARCH
Booth: 10
IACUC management redefined. Built on best practices
and end user needs from world renowned organizations,
we are inspiring new methodologies and setting new
standards. Our SmartForm technology simplifies the
entire IACUC life-cycle management process. Stop by
to learn out how Edstrom’s innovation is changing the
industry. PRIM&R would like to thank Edstrom for
supporting the ROCK Coupon during the 2013 IACUC
Conference.
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
505.348.9400 • www.lrri.org
Booth: 9
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, a pre-clinical
Research Institute with over 60 years experience, is
a leading provider in software solutions. Our Animal
Management Systems (AMS) has been developed
in a real work, pre-clinical environment focusing on
compliance and operational eff iciencies to better service
the science. PRIM&R would like to thank Lovelace
Respiratory Research Institute for supporting the
afternoon break on Tuesday, March 19, 4:00-4:15 PM.
TOPAZ Technologies
512.249.8080 • www.topazti.com
Booth: 15
TOPAZ Technologies is the leading provider of
integrated enterprise software solutions and services to
the medical research community, providing automated,
regulatory compliant solutions for online protocol
submission, review, and approval as well as applications
for clinical veterinary information, animal ordering/
receiving, accounting, training, census, breeding, and
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facility management. Doing business for over 30 years,
TOPAZ has been developing and implementing some
of the most highly regarded software applications in
the industry. PRIM&R would like to thank TOPAZ for
supporting the morning break on Tuesday, March 19,
10:30-11:00 AM.
Exhibitors
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
(AALAS)
901.754.8620 • www.aalas.org
Booth: 4
AALAS advances responsible laboratory animal care
and use to benefit people and animals. AALAS, a 501(c)3
nonprofit membership association, is the premier forum
for the exchange of information and expertise in the
care and use of laboratory animals. Since 1950, we’ve
been dedicated to the humane care and treatment of
laboratory animals and the quality research that leads to
scientific gains that benefit people and animals.
Americans for Medical Progress (AMP)
703.836.9595 • www.amprogress.org
Booth: 1
AMP is dedicated to protecting society’s investment in
biomedical research. We create vibrant programs for
public outreach and advocacy that build understanding
and appreciation for necessary and humane animal-
based research. We also provide up-to-the moment
news, analysis, and protective intelligence to biomedical
research stakeholders to ensure they have the resources
necessary to deflect animal rights campaigns that
threaten the future of medical progress.
a-tune software Inc.
617.401.7930 • www.a-tune.com
Booth: 8
a-tune software Inc. is a provider of medical research
software. tick@lab provides compliance management
for IACUCs, IRBs, and IBCs, Protocol Management,
Transgenic Breeding, Capacity Planning, Task
Management, Accounting, Facility Management, and Vet
Records. This software can be used on Mac, Windows
PC, iPad, and mobile devices.
Department of Veterans Aff airs (VA) - Off ice of
Research Oversight (ORO)
202.632.7620 • www.va.gov/oro
Booth: 11
ORO was established by Public Law to ensure research
compliance within the VA. ORO exercises oversight in
all matters of research compliance in human subject
protections, laboratory animal welfare, laboratory
safety and security, and research information security.
Additionally, ORO investigates allegations of research
misconduct and impropriety within VA research.
iMedRIS
909.798.9100 • www.imedris.com
Booth: 12
At iMedRIS, we provide state-of-the-art Electronic
Research Administration software. Welcome to iRIS™,
the premier integrated research management system
designed to reduce redundancy of data input while
providing maximum data availability to all those
who need it. This innovative system is called iRIS™
(“integrated Research Information System”). iRIS™
modules include: IRB Assistant™, IACUC Assistant™,
COI Assistant™, PreAward Assistant™, and Grants &
Contracts, Site Assistant™. To see details of IRIS Modules
or to schedule a demo, please visit our website.
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518.713.4200 • www.infoedglobal.com
Booth: 18
InfoEd Global provides research institutions world-
wide with superior technology to reduce cost, improve
data integrity, streamline processes, and accelerate
compliance. Thousands of researchers across the globe
rely on InfoEd Global software and services to support
their operations. The fully-integrated InfoEd eRA Suite
includes Solutions for Grants and Contracts, IRB and
IACUC Submissions, COI, Clinical Trials, Animal Facilities,
Technology Transfer, and Research Outputs.
IRBNet
877.261.6461 • www.irbnet.org
Booth: 17
IRBNet off ers the most widely used electronic research
compliance solution, with more than 1,700 large,
medium, and small research institutions, boards, and
research sites registered on the National Research
Network®. Integrated modules enable institutions to
seamlessly manage Conflict of Interest, IRB, IACUC,
Biosafety, R&D, Sponsored Programs, and other critical
research oversight activities while integrating with
your institution’s systems. Objective National Research
Network Benchmark Report performance metrics make
it easier than ever for universities, hospitals, and federal
and state agencies to benchmark internal performance
and drive continuous improvement.
Key Solutions
510.456.4515 • www.keyusa.com
Booth: 6
Key Solutions, Inc. provides web based Integrated
Research Compliance and Administration Software for
Human Subjects (IRB), Bio Safety (IBC), Stem Cell (SCRO),
Radiation Safety (RSC), Chemical Safety (CSC), Animal
Subjects (IACUC), Controlled Substance (CS), Post-
Approval Monitoring (PAM), Animal Facility Management
(LARS), Census RFID, Animal Health Records (LAHS), Pre
& Post-Award Grants Management (eGrants), System-to-
System (S2S), Conflict of Interest (eCOI), Material Transfer
Agreement (MTA), and Sponsored Project Administration
(SPA). Call 510.456.4515 or visit www.keyusa.com for
more information.
Kindness Ranch
307.735.4177 • www.kindnessranch.org
Booth: 2
The mission of the Kindness Ranch is to provide a
sanctuary and place of rehabilitation for animals who
have been used in laboratory research while fostering
compassion for all animals. Consistent with our mission,
we work to rehabilitate our dogs and cats in a home-like
environment. They receive round-the-clock care to help
them adjust to their new lives. The Kindness Ranch also
provides an adoption program for all the animals we can
rehabilitate.
Laboratory Animal Welfare and Training
Exchange (LAWTE)
[email protected] • www.lawte.org
Booth: 5
LAWTE is an organization of more than 600 individuals
in 14 countries, promoting the highest standards
of animal care and use. We are dedicated to the
advancement of responsible care and use of laboratory
animals through education, training, and information
exchange for the benefit of human and animal health.
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NTM, Inc.
888.eSirius • www.ntmcs.com
Booth: 13
NTM has been developing Institutional Animal Care and
Use Committee and Research Facility software solutions
since 1995. Our products have been successfully
implemented at over 65 prestigious research
organizations, including Fortune 500 pharmaceutical
companies, biotechs, US government laboratories, and
15 of the top 25 largest US research universities.
PinTrackWare™
913.681.0801 • www.masterwarecorporation.com/
products/pintrackware/overview/
Booth: 16
PinTrackWare™ tracks species-specific noncompliance
events, resolution details and deadlines, post approval
monitoring, and any regulatory inspections with
automated email alerts for approaching deadlines. It
tracks all drug inventories and produces and maintains
PDF copies of necessary records such as prescriptions,
charge vouchers, and usage logs.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS),
Animal Care
301.851.3751 • www.aphis.usda.gov
Booth: 3
Animal Care is the division of the USDA that is
responsible for the enforcement of the Animal Welfare
Act (AWA). The Act provides minimum standards for
the humane care and use of animals at licensed and
registered facilities engaged in activities regulated under
the law. The AWA regulates activities such as the use
of animals in research, the exhibition of animals to the
public, the trade in exotic and wild animals, and the
wholesale trade in certain pet animals.
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Since the Conference Evaluation will be electronic (you’ll find it in your email
inbox at the end of the conference), we’ve included these pages to help you jot
down your impressions of the sessions you attend. Please refer to the notes
you record here when you complete your evaluation. Your feedback means
everything to us—we look forward to reading your comments!
Monday, March 18
Keynote Address: Chand Khanna, DVM, PhD
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Distinguished Service Award
PRIM&R is proud to present the 2012 Distinguished
Service Award to Mary Jo “MJ” Shepherd, DVM, CPIA.
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes a
PRIM&R member who has made a valuable and unique
contribution to the field of research ethics, and who has
attained distinction in promoting PRIM&R’s purpose and
ideals through writing, teaching, or research.
We are thrilled to announce that Mary Jo “MJ”
Shepherd, DVM, CPIA, has been selected as the 2012
recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. She will
receive this award on Monday, March 18, at 8:00 AM in
Grand Ballroom V-VI.
A self-proclaimed IACUC “geek,” Dr. Shepherd has been
a tireless and eff ective advocate for her fellow IACUC
administrators/coordinators and the critical role they
play in ensuring quality animal care and use programs.
She has actively promoted and participated in the
education of all those who have expressed an interest in
learning more about IACUCs, and that is but one of the
many reasons why she is so deserving of this award.
Dr. Shepherd is also a generous and talented volunteer
for a number of organizations working in the laboratory
animal field. In fact, one can only wonder how she
manages to maintain her “day job,” given the unending
extracurricular activities in which Dr. Shepherd
participates. The answers can be found in the reams of
positive evaluations she receives each time she teaches,
speaks, or writes, since, in addition to these considerable
professional skills, it is Dr. Shepherd’s generous spirit,
personal warmth, and easy humor that make her a
beloved colleague to all who know her.
As noted by one of those who nominated Dr. Shepherd:
“Dr. Shepherd has promoted animal welfare through
her multifaceted promotion and support of IACUCs,
and she has also worked through a variety of avenues
to educate the public on the importance and value
of animal research…She has been an advocate for
the people who do this important work, through the
Certified Professional IACUC Administrator (CPIA®)
program, the mentoring and training she has provided,
and by always speaking up for them with pride and
understanding. Dr. Shepherd’s hard work and impact
on the CPIA program alone merit recognition by
PRIM&R and the laboratory animal community more
widely. Considered alongside her many other career-
long eff orts on behalf of animal welfare, IACUCs, and
those who care for laboratory animals, I can think of
no one more deserving of PRIM&R’s Distinguished
Service Award.”
This is but one of the many testaments we received
saluting Dr. Shepherd’s leadership, her significant
contributions to the field, and her unwavering dedication
to her colleagues.
As the director of the Off ice of the IACUC at Columbia
University, Dr. Shepherd administers two IACUCs for
one of the largest animal care and use programs in the
country. She has worked in the field of laboratory animal
medicine since early 1988, when she first became an
IACUC member. Since that time, she has served as
instructor, clinical veterinarian, attending veterinarian,
IACUC member, consultant, scientist, and finally, as
the professional administrator/director of several
well-respected IACUCs, including at Pfizer, Merck, the
University of Pennsylvania, and now Columbia.
Dr. Shepherd has also volunteered for the American
Association for Laboratory Animal Science at the local
and national levels as a trustee, member of the editorial
review board, and branch president, to name just a few
of her many roles there. For more than 10 years, she has
been actively involved in the planning of the New Jersey
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Association for Biomedical Research’s annual IACUC
seminar. Dr. Shepherd was also on the Board of Directors
of Americans for Medical Progress for five years.
Dr. Shepherd has written numerous articles for
magazines and journals, including Advances in Ocular
Toxicology, Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal
Science, Lab Animal, ILAR Journal, and Medical Device
and Diagnostic Industries.
Given all of these remarkable achievements, it should
come as no surprise that Dr. Shepherd has been a
dynamo within the PRIM&R community as well. Since
2001, she has chaired multiple Planning Committees
for our annual IACUC Conferences, served as a faculty
member at each of these meetings, and also been a
central member of the pre-conference program faculties
for the Essentials of IACUC Administration course.
In addition, she is currently a member of PRIM&R’s
Certification Committee, and was a founding member of,
and has served as the chair of, the Council for Certified
Professional IACUC Administrators (CCPIA) since its
inception. As chair of the CCPIA, she has worked hard
to provide those in the profession with a highly visible
and highly credible way to advance their knowledge
and perform their duties in a professional manner.
Largely through her dedication and the sheer force of
her passion, Dr. Shepherd has been a key driver and
sustainer of the CPIA credential.
It is thus a privilege and honor to present Dr. Shepherd
with the 2012 Distinguished Service Award.
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Henry Spira Memorial Lecture
Since his death, Henry Spira, a passionate and
eff ective social justice advocate, an animal rights
activist, and an uncommonly wise and grounded
individual, has been recognized at PRIM&R’s
IACUC Conference through the Henry Spira
Memorial Lecture. PRIM&R hosts this lecture
both to honor his memory and to commemorate his ability to bring together the
scientific and animal rights communities.
According to a New York Times article from
September 1998,
“Henry Spira’s penchant for bridge-building often
extended to establishing working relationships with
opponents in an eff ort to find common ground
as a building block for progress. He contended
that the destructive raids by the underground
Animal Liberation Front on laboratories were
counterproductive. And while he said that the
presence of more strident voices than his own was
helpful to the movement, he never hesitated to part
ways with groups like the People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals by praising companies like
Procter & Gamble when he saw them making
progress on reducing their use of animal testing,
even if he had been unable to extract commitments
to end all such work.”
Mr. Spira was a frequent participant at PRIM&R meetings,
active both at the podium and in dialogue with the
scientific community on issues related to animal welfare
and rights. He emphasized the necessity of working
across ideological lines and communicating with
individuals and organizations that represented opposing
points of view. In a 1997 film about his life, he stated:
“If there are going to be alternatives to the use of
animals, it’s the people in the research community who
will be developing alternatives. If you’re going to get the
regulatory agencies to change their requirements, it’s
going to be animal researchers who are the ones who
are going to do it... these are the folks that you need if
you’re going to be serious about change…”
In this spirit, and in Henry Spira’s memory, PRIM&R is
proud to present the 12th annual Henry Spira Memorial
Lecture:
Engagement and Disagreement in the
Contentious World of Animal Research
Delivered by Andrew Rowan, PhD,
President and CEO, Humane Society International
Monday, March 18, 1:45-2:30 PM
Grand Ballroom V-VI
Dr. Rowan is a longtime friend of PRIM&R’s whose many
and varied contributions to this organization cannot be
overstated. After he and Executive Director Joan Rachlin
first conceived the IACUC Conference as a much-
needed forum for dialogue between the animal research
community and animal advocates, Dr. Rowan went on
to serve for many years on the IACUC Conference
Planning Committee and faculty, as well as on PRIM&R’s
Board of Directors from 1987 to 2010. In addition,
Dr. Rowan maintained a close, personal relationship
with Henry Spira. It is this friendship, coupled with his
outstanding and continuing impact on the field, which
make Dr. Rowan such an appropriate and fitting choice
to present this lecture in Henry Spira’s memory.
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Certified ProfessionalIACUC Administrator (CPIA)
Certified Professional IACUC Administrator
(CPIA) Credential
PRIM&R established the Certified Professional IACUC
Administrator (CPIA) credential in 2007, and since then,
more than 300 individuals have become certified. The
purpose of this certification is to improve the quality of
animal care and use programs nationwide by promoting
ethical practices and advanced knowledge of institutional
animal care and use committee (IACUC) administration.
The CPIA credential constitutes formal recognition of an
IACUC professional’s knowledge of IACUC functions, and
signals to research institutions, the public, and members
of the animal research professions that its holders are
highly qualified to discharge their duties pursuant to
United States rules and regulations, prevailing ethical
codes, and administrative “best practices.”
Why obtain the CPIA credential?
The CPIA credential...
• Demonstrates the certified IACUC professional’s
high level of dedication to IACUC administration
as a profession.
• Provides potential career advancement
opportunities.
• Validates the holder’s knowledge of his or her field.
• Strengthens the profession by providing
an established body of relevant knowledge
and national standards of practice in IACUC
administration.
Complete information about the CPIA program,
including the 2013 CPIA Handbook for Candidates, code
of ethics, eligibility information, application procedures,
and the body of knowledge that is tested can be found
on the PRIM&R website at www.primr.org.
CPIA Exams
Examinations are conducted during two periods of
two weeks each in the spring and fall. The spring 2013
exam registration deadline has passed. The fall exam
registration deadline is September 1, 2013, and the exam
period will take place October 12-26, 2013.
Certified Professional IACUC Administrator
(CPIA®) Recertification
Participation in the 2013 IACUC Conference qualifies
as continuing education for the purpose of CPIA
recertification. A maximum of 16 credit hours are
available for the 2013 IACUC Conference. Credit hours
for the pre-conference educational programs vary
depending upon the duration of the course.
CPIA Information at the 2013 IACUC Conference
If you would like to learn more about becoming certified,
please consider attending session B11: What is the CPIA
Credential? Is It for You? If So, How Do You Prepare?
on Monday, March 18, 4:15 to 5:30 PM.
If you would like to network with other CPIAs, please
consider attending the CPIA Networking Lunch
on Tuesday, March 19, 12:30 to 1:30 PM, in Harborside
Ballroom E.
A special thank you to the Council for Certified Professional IACUC Administrators (CCPIA)PRIM&R would like to thank the current members of the CCPIA for their dedication to the program:Mary Jo Shepherd (chairperson), Deborah Frolicher
(vice chairperson), Rob Anderson, Marcy Brown,
Michael Fallon, Bill Greer, Tracy Heenan, Marky Pitts,
Shannon Stutler, and Sally Westlake.
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Board of Directors
Officers Members
Alexander CapronChair
University of Southern California
A. Cornelius BakerFHI 360
Joseph J. ByrneTufts University
Susan Z. KornetskyVice Chair
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Leonard GlantzBoston University
Cynthia A. GomezSan Francisco State University
Susan S. FishSecretary
Boston University
Christine GradyNational Institute of Health
Serves in personal capacity
Tanise L. JacksonFlorida Agricultural and
Mechanical University
David A. BoraskyTreasurer
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Moira KeaneUniversity of Minnesota (retired)
Robert J. LevineYale University
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Chris NewcomerAAALAC International
Judy NorsigianOur Bodies, Ourselves
P. Pearl O’RourkePartners HealthCare System
Harry RozmiarekUniversity of Pennsylvania - Emeritus
Ada Sue SelwitzUniversity of Kentucky
Barbara StanleyColumbia University
Walter StrausMerck Vaccine Division
Jeremy M. SugarmanJohns Hopkins University
Joan RachlinPRIM&R
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Hugh TilsonUniversity of North
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Saturday and Sunday 3.16-3.17
PRIM&R’s Pre-Conference Educational Programs will be held on Saturday, March
16, and Sunday, March 17, 2013. As registration for these programs is now closed,
only those attendees who pre-registered are able to participate.
On Sunday, March 17, a continental breakfast will be served from 7:00 to 8:15 AM
in Grand Ballroom I and II. Boxed lunches will also be provided in the same room
for all sessions. Please review the agenda for your program as lunch times diff er
for each course.
Essentials of IACUC Administration
Saturday, March 1612:00 PM-5:30 PM GRAND BALLROOM VII AND VIII
Sunday, March 178:00 AM-5:30 PM GRAND BALLROOM VII AND VIII
Faculty: Marcy Brown, BS, MA, CPIA; Deborah Frolicher,
BS, CPIA; Molly Greene, BA, CPIA; Mary Jo Shepherd,
DVM, CPIA
IACUC 101: “The Basics”
Sunday, March 178:15 AM-5:00 PM GRAND BALLROOM V
Faculty: Lynn Anderson, DVM, DACLAM; John Bradfield,
DVM, PhD; J.G (Jerry) Collins, PhD; Cyd Gillett, DVM,
DACLAM, CPIA; Molly Greene, BA, CPIA; Mary Lou
James, BA, LATG, CPIA; Monte Matthews, BA, CPIA; Brent
Morse, DVM, DACLAM; Nicolette Petervary, VMD; Ernest
Prentice, PhD
Pre-Conference Networking Reception
5:00 PM-6:30 PM GRAND FOYER WEST
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Your Guide to the Conference Program
The 2013 IACUC Conference features a wide variety of breakout sessions on
a multitude of topics. To make the breakout sessions easy to navigate, we have
organized them into eight thematic categories called “tracks.” We organize
sessions into tracks to assist you in choosing sessions that will help you gain the
most from your conference experience. Within each track, there are three types of
breakout sessions: workshops (interactive), didactic sessions (presentation-based),
and double sessions (hybrid workshop/didactic sessions that are twice as long as
regular breakout sessions).
Since there are so many choices, we advise you to use
the descriptors to identify the breakout sessions that are
most relevant to your needs and interests. As you consult
these descriptions, please also note the following:
All double sessions are held over lunch and
include a boxed meal (provided prior to the start
of the session). Pre-registration is required to
ensure meal availability. If you pre-registered for a
double session and are unable to attend, please
let a staff member at the Help Desk know so that
another person may attend in your place.
Please note that not every topic is a perfect
fit for one of the eight tracks. We request your
indulgence if you come across an occasional
square peg in a round hole.
The tracks are not meant to be exclusive, and
any person can go to any session. For example,
feel free to attend a session in the “IACUC
Administration/Management and Process” track
even if you are not an IACUC administrator.
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Tracks Descriptors
1 Animal Well-Being and the
Three Rs
This track will review issues related to animal well-being, including the three
Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement), pain and distress, humane
endpoints, enrichment, justification of animal numbers, the changing
needs of society regarding the treatment of animals, the use of simulation
methods in medical training, and more.
2 Communication and
Advocacy
This track will provide attendees with an opportunity to engage in an open
dialogue on issues of importance to institutional off icials, chairs, attending
veterinarians, administrators, and unaff iliated/non-scientific members.
In addition, this track will focus on strategies for improving internal and
external communications, creating eff ective crisis management and
security systems, managing the inspection process, and more.
3 Hot Topics, Trends, and
Special Issues
This track consists of sessions addressing issues that may be novel and/or
particularly complex.
4 IACUC Administration/
Management and Process
This track will address issues of importance to IACUC administrators,
coordinators, and managers, including the roles and responsibilities of
IACUC administrators, implementing the 8th edition of the Guide, IACUC
policies and procedures, IACUC forms, record keeping, protocol review and
management, IACUC jurisdiction, and more.
5 Program Oversight This track will cover issues related to post-approval monitoring (PAM),
compliance, semiannual inspections, and programmatic review. Specifically,
this track will include an overview of PAM, emergency planning, performance
standards, facility inspections, and assessing programmatic deficiencies.
6 Protocol Review This track is designed to help those who work with or on animal care
and use programs to eff ectively review protocols. Topics will include a
review of the science and ethics inherent in the protocols, managing the
protocol submission and review process, ensuring congruency between
grants and protocols, and more.
7 Qualifications and Training This track will help attendees develop eff ective educational programs for
the assorted stakeholders involved in the IACUC process. In addition, the
faculty members in each session will describe, and then discuss with the
attendees, the various resources available for education and training.
8 Updates: A Dialogue With… This track will provide attendees with an opportunity to hear from, and ask
questions of, representatives from various oversight agencies.
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7:00 AM GRAND REGISTRATION
Registration Opens
7:00-8:00 AM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM C
Continental Breakfast
7:00-8:00 AM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM E
Continental Breakfast to Welcome
First-Time Attendees
All first-time conference attendees are welcome! Join us
for this continental breakfast to connect and network
with colleagues and hear from the PRIM&R staff .
8:00-8:15 AM GRAND BALLROOM V-VI
Welcome and Conference Overview
Presentation of Distinguished Service Award
to Mary Jo Shepherd, DVM, CPIA
8:15-9:00 AM GRAND BALLROOM V-VI
Keynote Address: A Comparative Approach
to Cancer Biology and Therapy
Chand Khanna, DVM, PhD
Head, Tumor, and Metastasis Biology Section
National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research
9:00-10:30 AM GRAND BALLROOM V-VI
Plenary: Panel I – Practical Strategies
for Conducting Harm/Benefit Analysis
of Animal Research
Moderator: Leticia Medina
Panelists: Lynn Anderson, R. Wayne Barbee, Allyson
Bennett, James Serpell
This panel will outline practical strategies for ensuring
optimal animal welfare in challenging protocols and
meeting the 8th edition of the Guide’s emphasis on
the IACUC’s obligation “to weigh the objectives of the
study against the potential animal welfare concerns.”
The Guide states that “certain protocols require special
consideration during the IACUC review process due to
their potential for unrelieved pain or distress or other
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animal welfare concerns.” The idea that animal welfare
concerns must be balanced with the value of the
research is not new. In fact, it is one to which scientists
already give substantial consideration when developing
the small fraction of studies that require animal use and
for which there are no alternative methods to address
questions of significant health relevance. Furthermore,
a majority of IACUCs already perform a more in-depth
review of animal protocols involving animal welfare
concerns. Nonetheless, given the greater emphasis on
ensuring transparent consideration of animal welfare in
the Guide, and hence by AAALAC International, as well
as heightened public concern about using animals in
research, it is more important than ever for IACUCs to
ensure they have in place robust strategies for providing
balanced reviews of harm to animals versus potential
benefits derived from research. Humane endpoints,
multiple surgeries, physical restraint concerns, and
unexpected outcomes will all be addressed on this panel
by a diverse group of speakers representing academic,
pharmaceutical, and contract laboratory perspectives.
10:30-11:00 AM GRAND FOYER WEST
Break
PRIM&R would like to thank the CITI program for
supporting the morning break.
11:00 AM–12:15 PMDidactic Sessions and Workshops Series A
A1 GRAND BALLROOM II
Creating Quantifiable and Objective Indices
of Animal Well-Being
Animal Well-Being and the Three Rs Track
Faculty: Sylvie Cloutier, Brianna Gaskill
It is important for a number of reasons to balance
scientific objectives with the well-being of research
animals during a study, but the measures and timing
of monitoring and intervention are not always easy
to identify. In this interactive session, faculty and
attendees will:
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• Define well-being and assessment strategies
including pain and body condition scoring
mechanisms developed for use with rodents,
livestock, and other animals.
• Discuss the influence of well-being on scientific
objectives.
• Identify practical aspects of implementation within
an organization, including how much monitoring,
by whom, and when.
• Discuss how to manage information eff ectively to
support the science and ensure animal well-being.
Several common research models that present
challenges for assessment and maintenance of well-
being will be used in group discussion as examples of
methods for assessing and quantifying well-being and
how to use these measures to develop strategies for
optimizing health and welfare.
A2 LAUREL AB
The IACUC’s Role in Reviewing and
Implementing Enrichment Strategies
that Promote Species-Typical Behaviors
Animal Well-Being and the Three Rs Track
Faculty: Christina Winnicker
What is the IACUC’s role in reviewing and promoting
enrichment strategies? In this interactive, advanced
session, faculty and attendees will:
• Discuss the role and responsibility of the IACUC,
including what is required, minimal, optimal, and
beneficial.
• Review the practices for non-human primates
(e.g. complex and novel environments or social
housing), and rodents (e.g. social housing and
species typical behavior).
• Examine performance criteria and how to use
assessment data.
• Discuss the use of exemptions.
• Identify reporting requirements.
A3 GRAND BALLROOM IV
Social Housing for Non-Human Primates
Animal Well-Being and the Three Rs Track
Faculty: Kate Baker, Steven Niemi, Jeff Wyatt
The recently enacted ILAR (Guide 8th Edition) default for
pair and group housing macaques for social enrichment
and USDA APHIS renewed emphasis on pair housing
can have beneficial or negative consequences to animal
health and welfare. This is especially true for smaller
or indoor caging that can accommodate only two or
three monkeys at a time, often adult male, surgically
instrumented, or water restricted animals. In this session,
faculty will:
• Present data on incidence of non-human
primate successful and unsuccessful outcomes
as well as specific behaviors to monitor for
positive outcomes.
• Discuss algorithms for complying with this
requirement while maximizing benefit and
minimizing injuries.
• Address ways to achieve social housing while
avoiding the pitfalls of anecdotal or negative first
hand experiences, aggression, incompatibility,
and cage size among others.
A4 ATLANTIC
Global Convergence of Lab Animal Care:
Is it on Track?
Communication and Advocacy Track
Faculty: Kathryn Bayne, Ann Jernigan
Biomedical research and the data and/or products
derived from it are recognized globally as valued
commodities that frequently involve the use of animal
models. In recent years, financial incentives and national
and scientific interests have all contributed to the global
growth in animal research programs, as well as to
increasing international scientific collaboration around
animal models. In this interactive session, faculty and
attendees will:
• Consider the new international guidelines on
animal care and use for research.
• Discuss the current trends in the globalization of
animal research.
• Explore the wide variation in the quality of animal
care worldwide.
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Conflict Resolution: When the AV, IACUC,
and Compliance Off ices Disagree
Communication and Advocacy Track
Faculty: Taylor Bennett, David Cannon
For many of the day-to-day issues that arise within
an institutions’ animal care and use program, there
is often confusion over who has the authority to do
what, leading to potential conflicts between functional
groups. Often the groups do not understand each
others’ responsibilities, and issues are either not handled
correctly, or too many people try to address the
situation. This can lead to increased tension among the
entities that need to work together or, worse, to serious
situations that, if mishandled, can result in adverse
eff ects on animal welfare or employee morale. In this
interactive session, faculty and attendees will:
• Provide tools to best define the roles of the various
‘players’ in an animal care and use program.
• Share tips and tricks to defuse or cool heated
situations so that constructive progress can
be made.
• Discuss how to accept helpful suggestions from
entities that may overstep their responsibilities
while still maintaining proper lines of authority
and oversight.
A6 Basic CHASSEUR
Quick, Caring, Complete: The Critical
Moment When Credibility Can Be Lost
and How to Avoid It
Communication and Advocacy Track
Faculty: Elizabeth Ford, Cindy Hoorn
High trust and credibility help to preserve the integrity
of IACUC programs. Modern technology and resulting
social norms entail that an institution may only have
seconds to decide how to present findings and preserve
or rebuild its reputation on sensitive topics. Knowing
the steps to take and practicing them beforehand
can give IACUC members confidence in guiding the
communication process at critical touch points in an
investigation. In this interactive session, faculty and
attendees will:
• Examine, with life-based scenarios, the
communication realities when information is leaked,
distorted, or both, and how to mitigate them.
• Analyze the communication situations that can
sabotage institutional trust in the IACUC process.
• Explore how perceptions can be powerful
influencers regardless of the facts as information
flows through an IACUC investigation.
A7 ESSEX ABC
Update on the American Veterinary Medical
Association (AVMA) Panel on Euthanasia
Hot Topics, Trends, and Special Issues Track
Faculty: Samuel Cartner, Brent Morse, Emily
Patterson-Kane
In this session, faculty will:
• Provide updated information from the AVMA
guidelines on euthanasia.
• Emphasize the changes that will have an impact
on the animal research community.
A8 HARBORSIDE D
Top 10 Deficiencies from the Perspectives of
AAALAC, OLAW, and USDA
Hot Topics, Trends, and Special Issues Track
Faculty: Carol Clarke, Chris Newcomer, Axel Wolff
In this interactive session, attendees and representatives
from federal and private oversight bodies will:
• Discuss the most common problems
encountered during inspections and site visits.
• Identify the common deficiencies self-reported
by institutions.
A9 GRAND BALLROOM X
Panel I Follow-up: Learning from Each
Other: Oversight of Animal and Human
Subjects Research
Hot Topics, Trends, and Special Issues Track
Faculty: Lynn Anderson, Allyson Bennett, R. Wayne
Barbee, Leticia Medina, James Serpell, Susan Silk
This interactive session will be a follow-up to Panel
I: Practical Strategies for Conducting Harm/Benefit
Analysis of Animal Research, and will provide attendees
with an opportunity to discuss specific issues or
concerns with the panelists. Panelists and attendees will:
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• Discuss strategies for deriving cost-benefit
analyses of potential harm or distress to animals
in the course of achieving research aims.
• Identify changes in the new Guide that alter
review of animal welfare concerns, including
multiple surgeries, restraint methods, unrelieved
pain, and unexpected outcomes.
• Review strategies that have been developed
throughout the course of human subjects
research for assessing harm/benefit that can aid
in the oversight of animal research.
A10 BRISTOL
Protocol Management: Determining
Which Databases and Electronic
Methods are Best for Your IACUC
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
Faculty: Sonja Wallace
In this interactive session, faculty and attendees will:
• Share experiences and thoughts about
electronic methods of protocol processing
and data management, from home-grown to
commercial products.
• Review available information about commercial
systems to assist attendees in making informed
choices about electronic systems.
• Discuss how pre-approved procedures may
be incorporated into an electronic system for
easy download.
A11 GRAND BALLROOM VIII
Advanced IACUC 101: IACUC Responsibilities
IACUC Administration/Management and
Process Track
Faculty: Deborah Frolicher, Monte Matthews,
Venita Thornton
This interactive session is designed for IACUC members
and staff who aren’t novices, but who still have
questions. Faculty and attendees will:
• Discuss the eight IACUC functions (Public Health
Service IV.B.1-8 and Animal Welfare Regulations
2.31.c.1-8).
• Review other program components that are the
responsibility of the institution (e.g. Occupational
Health and Safety Program, training programs,
and emergency/disaster plans).
• Address questions raised by attendees.
A12 GRAND BALLROOM I
IACUC Challenges for Small Organizations,
Including Biotechs, Contract Research
Organizations, and Colleges
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
Faculty: Mary Lou James, Eileen Morgan
This interactive session will focus on creative solutions
for challenges inherent to small organizations. Faculty
and attendees will discuss specific challenges associated
with small institutions, including:
• Maintaining a small IACUC where members
must wear multiple hats.
• Reviewing protocols in spite of limited
scientific expertise.
• Performing program reviews and inspections
with inexperienced members and consulting
veterinarians.
• Dealing with conflicts of interest.
• Creating an IACUC from scratch.
A13 LAUREL CD
Doing More with Less: Meeting Regulatory
Requirements Despite Fewer Resources
and Fewer Staff
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
Faculty: Jerry Collins, Cyndi Rosenblatt
In this interactive session, faculty and attendees will:
• Share thoughts about doing more with less.
• Discuss strategies for dealing with the
institutional administration in order to receive
necessary resources and support.
• Examine strategies for preventing employee
burnout and dealing with the subsequent loss
of valued staff .
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A14 GRAND BALLROOM VII
Disaster Plans: Don’t Let Your Plan
Be a Disaster!
Program Oversight Track
Faculty: Tara Ooms Konecky, Barton Weick
In this interactive session, faculty and attendees will:
• Discuss the various elements of a disaster plan.
• Explore samples and examples of disaster plans,
and discuss where to find them.
• Develop an understanding that there is no
“perfect” plan, and that any plan must meet the
individual needs of an institution. One size does
not fit all!
A15 KENT AB
Ensuring Congruency Between Grants
and Protocols: Who, How, and When?
Protocol Review Track
Faculty: Patricia Brown, Tanise Jackson
In this session, faculty will:
• Review the requirements for assuring
consonance between grants and contracts.
• Discuss various mechanisms for developing
and implementing a program to accomplish
these goals.
• Review Public Health Service guidance on
vertebrate animals in regard to grants.
A16 KENT C
Veterinary Review of Protocols: How Do
We Obtain Congruency Within the Program?
Protocol Review Track
Faculty: F. Claire Hankenson, Kevin Prestia
In this interactive session, faculty and attendees will:
• Discuss how to ensure consistency of
veterinary review within and between
institutional clinical veterinarians.
• Review established and common animal
research procedures for expending protocol
review and approvals in order to alleviate
confusion for investigators.
• Explore strategies for establishing consistent
veterinary reviews for the selection of
anesthesia, post-surgical monitoring, and
pre- and post-procedure analgesia, as well as
euthanasia expectations.
A17 JAMES
Training Resources
Qualifications and Training Track
Faculty: Szczepan Baran, Nicole Duffee
Is your institution struggling to do more training with
less? Training programs for animal welfare compliance
depend upon having resources to enhance or extend
face-to-face training, and in some instances even to
replace it. A growing smorgasbord of resources is
available to provide training content and documentation
tools. In this session, faculty and attendees will:
• Take a tour of various resources that could
enhance a training program.
• Discuss what training resources they are using
and which have had a favorable impact at their
institutions.
• Share innovative and successful training
resources with other attendees.
A18 IRON
A Dialogue with the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA)
Updates: A Dialogue With… Track
Faculty: Susan Harper, Alice Huang, Joan Richerson
The VA Research and Development (R&D) program
plays a key role in advancing the health and care of
veterans, and is uniquely positioned to lead a national
transformation of American healthcare. As part of the
largest integrated health care system in the United
States, VA research draws upon engaged patients
and families, committed clinician-scientists, and an
unparalleled national health care delivery infrastructure.
Through the VA’s focused mission to advance healthcare
for veterans, VA research can serve as a 21st century
model for how American medicine can be transformed
through scientific inquiry and innovative thought leading
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to evidence-based treatments that eff ectively improve
health. This session will provide an opportunity for
attendees to:
• Engage in dialogue with representatives
responsible for the humane care and use of
research animal subjects within the VA R&D
programs.
• Ask questions of VA representatives.
12:15-12:30 PMCommuting time
12:30-1:30 PM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM C
Common Ground Networking Luncheon
Time to connect… over lunch! Meet peers for
conversation and networking. The tables will be divided
by professional aff iliations: IACUC administrators/staff
(light blue); IACUC members (yellow); Researchers/
research staff (red); Vets/Veterinary staff (purple); IOs
(navy blue); Compliance and regulatory off icers (orange).
Tables will also be available for those for those wishing
to “just lunch” (white).
PRIM&R would like to thank Pfizer for supporting this
year’s Common Ground Networking Lunch.
12:30-1:30 PM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM E
Research Ethics Book Group Lunch and
Book Signing with Author Paul McKellips
Participate in a vibrant discussion of Uncaged: A Thriller
by Paul McKellips, executive vice president at the
Foundation for Biomedical Research. Attendees will have
the opportunity to discuss the book with their peers and
the author. A book signing will also take place at this time.
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1:45-2:30 PM GRAND BALLROOM V-VI
Henry Spira Memorial Lecture: A Beacon for
Constructive Engagement and Disagreement
in a Contentious World: What is the Dispute
About Animal Research Really About?
Andrew Rowan, PhD
President and CEO
Humane Society International
2:30-4:00 PM GRAND BALLROOM V-VI
Plenary: Panel II – New Trends and
Developments at Research Animal
Regulatory and Oversight Bodies
Moderator: F. Claire Hankenson
Panelists: John Bradfield (AAALAC), Patricia Brown
(NIH OLAW), Carol Clarke (UDSA)
Members of this panel will provide the most current
information on their organizations’ activities related to
the oversight process governing the use of animals in
research. The 8th edition of the Guide off ers a succinct
description of that oversight process in the United
States: “The use of laboratory animals is governed by
an interrelated, dynamic system of regulations, policies,
guidelines, and procedures” (NAS – 2011). Managing
an animal care and use program in this dynamic
environment requires that those responsible for that
management keep abreast of changes to the oversight
process. This session will provide an opportunity for
attendees to learn about recent changes and have
their questions addressed by the panelists. To facilitate
the process, questions and comments will be solicited
in advance of the meeting and will be directed to the
appropriate member of the panel. If it is not possible to
answer all of the questions during the formal program,
the additional questions with answers will be posted on
the PRIM&R website following the meeting.
4:00-4:15 PMBreak GRAND FOYER WEST
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• Address some of the common problems
faced in meeting social housing requirements,
particularly for rodents and rabbits.
• Present some possible solutions to fulfill
the needs of social animals maintained at
biomedical research sites.
B4 LAUREL CD
The Threat of Extremism to Biomedical
Research: What Can We Do?
Communication and Advocacy Track
Faculty: P. Michael Conn, Anne Deschamps, Kevin Kregel
In this session, faculty will:
• Discuss the current tactics, both legal and illegal,
used by animal rights extremists to eliminate the
humane use of animals in biomedical research.
• Emphasize the need for eff ective communication
both within and between organizations involved
in humane animal research and to the public.
• Present high-level best practices to prevent, prepare
for, and respond to animal rights extremism
resulting from the Federation of American Societies
for Experimental Biology meeting.
B5 KENT C
Managing the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) Inspection Process
Communication and Advocacy Track
Faculty: Elizabeth Goldentyer
This interactive session will review the components of a
program for eff ectively managing the USDA inspection
process, as well as provide insight into assuring
compliance in frequently cited areas. Faculty and
attendees will:
• Discuss how to eff ectively manage the
inspection process.
• Review the recent changes to the inspection
process.
• Identify the most frequent findings of inspections,
and how to assure compliance with the relevant
sections of the regulations and standards.
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Didactic Sessions and Workshops Series B
B1 GRAND BALLROOM VII
The Three Rs at Work: Case Studies on
Protocols Involving Complex Animal Models
Animal Well-Being and the Three Rs Track
Faculty: Mary Jo Shepherd, Joanne Zurlo
In this interactive session, faculty will provide a general
introduction to a few challenging animal models. Faculty
and attendees will:
• Address the principles of replacement,
reduction, and refinement, including when it is
better to use more animals for the benefit of the
individual animals.
• Use specific case studies to address project
planning, training, monitoring, and, ultimately,
intervention and decision making.
B2 Advanced KENT AB
The Role of the Statistician in Study Design:
Protocol Preparation and Data Analysis
Animal Well-Being and the Three Rs Track
Faculty: Alfred Barron, Robyn Lee
This interactive, advanced session will provide attendees
with an introduction to the regulatory requirements
for justifying the number of animals used in research.
Attendees will have the opportunity to:
• Learn how statisticians can facilitate animal study
design prior to protocol submission.
• Explore how statisticians can enhance the IACUC
review process.
• Learn how statisticians can promote the three Rs
(replacement, reduction, and refinement) through
better experimental design and data analysis.
B3 BRISTOL
Social Housing for Non-Primate Species
Animal Well-Being and the Three Rs Track
Faculty: Kevin Prestia, Christine Winnicker, Axel Wolff
For non-primate species, the Guide recommends that
social housing for social species be the default. Yet intra-
species aggression can present challenges when meeting
this recommendation. In this session, faculty will:
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Engagement Through the Faculty
Liaison Role
Advocacy and Communications Track
Faculty: Cory Goracke-Postle
The faculty liaison at the University of Minnesota has
been well received by the investigator community and
has enabled the development of a true partnership
between the IACUC and investigators. In this interactive
session, faculty and attendees will:
• Explore how to establish a faculty liaison position
at your institution.
• Discuss the goals and benefits of the position.
• Identify the ideal characteristics of someone
serving in the faculty liaison role.
B7 GRAND BALLROOM IX
What to Expect From AAALAC International Site
Visits in the Era of the 8th Edition of the Guide
Hot Topics, Trends, and Special Issues Track
Faculty: David Pinson, Robert Quinn
In this interactive session faculty will provide attendees
the opportunity to:
• Discuss how to best prepare the AAALAC
International program description in keeping with
the 8th edition of the Guide in preparation for an
AAALAC site visit.
• Clarify the frequently asked questions from
OLAW and AAALAC on the implementation of
the 8th edition of the Guide.
• Review helpful hints for preparing for an AAALAC
site visit from institutions that have undergone a
site visit within the last year.
B8 ESSEX ABC
New Ideas for Reducing
Regulatory Burdens
Hot Topics, Trends and Special Issues Track
Faculty: George Babcock, Taylor Bennett, Susan Silk
There are numerous regulatory aspects to using animals
and supporting research staff . Knowing how to meet
these requirements while minimizing unnecessary red
tape is of utmost importance. In this session, faculty will:
• Outline methods to support research staff
members at your institution while simplifying
paperwork and ensuring that animal welfare
needs are met.
• Teach attendees techniques for
communicating regulatory needs in ways that
are accepted and understood.
• Provide real-life examples that can be used to
enhance interactions among researchers, the
IACUC, and animal care staff while meeting the
regulatory requirements.
B9 ATLANTIC
Exploring Variances to Housing Densities for
Breeding Rodents
Hot Topics, Trends, and Special Issues Track
Faculty: Samuel Cartner, Brent Morse, William White
The 8th edition of the Guide has altered the traditional
understanding of group housing and housing density. In
this session, faculty will:
• Discuss breeding scenarios and housing density
options for mice and rats.
• Help attendees discern how to develop
exceptions to housing density requirements.
• Review of literature related to housing density
studies.
Attendees should be prepared to discuss the rodent
housing density guidelines in use at their home institution.
B10 GRAND BALLROOM VIII
Occupational Health and Safety
Programs: Assessing Risks for Staff ,
Students, and Vendors
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
Faculty: Chieko Azuma, Dara Kraitchman, Eileen Morgan
The Public Health Service Policy requires institutions to
describe their occupational health and safety program
for personnel who work in animal facilities or have
frequent contact with animals. In this interactive session,
faculty and attendees will discuss ways to establish a
successful program by focusing on:
• Maximizing compliance while minimizing cost to
the institution.
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• Accurately assessing the risk level of employees,
and designing a program that provides various
levels of inclusion based on risk.
• Negotiating the fine balance of meeting the
regulatory requirements (the “musts” and the
“shoulds”).
• Defining jurisdictional issues among the IACUC,
the Institutional Biosafety Committee, and
Environmental Health and Safety.
• Preventing self-imposed regulatory burden.
B11 JAMES
What is the Certified Professional IACUC
Administrator CPIA® Credential? Is It for You?
If So, How Do You Prepare?
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
Faculty: Deborah Frolicher, Jo Ann Henry
In this interactive session, a member of CPIA Council
and a recently successful examinee will:
• Review the development of the exam.
• Discuss preparation tactics based on first-hand
experience.
• Answer attendee questions about the CPIA
credential and how to prepare for the exam.
B12 GRAND BALLROOM IV
Innovations in Electronic Systems
IACUC Administration/Management and
Process Track
Faculty: Mary Jo Fitzgerald, Tanise Jackson, Paul Mireles,
Lisa Snider
In the interest of reducing administrative burden for
IACUC staff and expediting research oversight activities,
many programs are implementing electronic systems
for some of their IACUC functions. This session will
feature three posters exploring the benefits and burdens
of electronic protocol submission systems, electronic
protocol development methods, and web-based tracking
and monitoring for semi-annual inspections.
B13 GRAND BALLROOM II
Performance Standards: Simultaneously
Liberating and Intimidating
Program Oversight Track
Faculty: Jerry Collins, Monte Matthews
Performance-based standards are the hallmark of
the 8th edition of the Guide. Institutions, however,
often struggle to design specific performance-based
outcomes and goals, define how these outcomes will be
measured and monitored, and implement the standards
successfully. In this session, faculty will:
• Briefly review general concepts of performance-
based standards, including the role of
professional judgment.
• Provide several in-depth examples of successful
performance-based standards and discuss
how they were designed, monitored, and
implemented.
• Review the importance of understanding and
utilizing the performance-based approach if an
institution’s goal is to have flexibility in its program.
B14 HARBORSIDE D
Innovations in Post-Approval Monitoring
(PAM)
Program Oversight Track
Faculty: Marcy Brown, Monica DeFeo, Jaimie Graff , Chris
Newcomer, Naomi Shalit
Many programs are now reaping the benefits of PAM
for compliance, protocol trouble-shooting, education,
and the refinement of animal procedures. In this session,
the authors of three posters discuss new approaches
to standardizing PAM procedures and to enhancing the
eff icacy of PAM in their institutions.
B15 LAUREL AB
Managing the Protocol Submission and Review
Process, and Full or Designated Review
Protocol Review Track
Faculty: Rob Anderson, Barton Weick
In this interactive session, faculty and attendees will:
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• Review the IACUC’s options for managing
protocol submission, review (Full Committee
Review or Designated Member Review), and
approval processes (both simple and complex).
• Discuss how these processes can be brought in
line with the regulations.
• Review the two methods of review described
in the USDA Regulations and the Public Health
Service Policy, and clarify the distinctions
between them.
B16 GRAND BALLROOM I
Innovations in Personnel Training
Qualifications and Training Track
Faculty: David DeOrnellis, Nicole Duff ee, Emily Hearn
The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals,
the Animal Welfare Act, and the Public Health Service
Policy outline personnel training requirements.
However, institutions often struggle with the question
of how best to ensure staff are appropriately trained
and adequately qualified. In this session, the authors of
three posters share innovative education and training
programs put in place at their institutions and the
outcomes they have produced.
B17 GRAND BALLROOM X
A Dialogue with the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) Off ice of Laboratory
Animal Welfare (OLAW)
Updates: A Dialogue with… Track
Faculty: Patricia Brown
NIH OLAW provides guidance and interpretation of the
Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care
and Use of Laboratory Animals, supports educational
programs, and monitors compliance with the PHS Policy
by assured institutions and PHS funding components to
ensure the humane care and use of animals in PHS-
supported research, testing, and training. This session
will provide an opportunity for attendees to:
• Ask questions of a NIH OLAW representative.
• Participate in an open discussion about issues
relevant to NIH OLAW stakeholders.
B18 IRON
Reserved for Late-Breaking
5:30-7:00 PM GRAND FOYER WEST
2013 IACUC Conference Welcome Reception and
Meet and Greet the Supporters and Exhibitors!
Light refreshments will be served. PRIM&R would like to
thank Click: A Huron Solution for supporting this year’s
chair massages at the Welcome Reception
5:30-7:00 PM GRAND BALLROOM V-VI
Speed Mentoring
Gather with your colleagues for a one-on-one
networking event where you can connect with
seasoned IACUC professionals, the Feds, and other
experts to receive personalized answers to your
regulatory, ethical, and/or operational questions.
Monday 3.18
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7:00 AM GRAND REGISTRATION
Registration Opens
7:00-8:00 AM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM C
Continental Breakfast
7:00-8:00 AM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM E
Continental Breakfast: What’s New at the CITI
Program?
Learn about the CITI Program’s latest course updates
and value-added features that help participants
maximize their IACUC online research ethics training.
8:00-8:15 AM GRAND BALLROOM V-VI
Welcome
8:15-9:00 AM GRAND BALLROOM V-VI
Keynote Address: Speaking Out for Science:
A Scientist’s Perspective on Public Interest
in the Future of Animal Research
Allyson Bennett, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychology
University of Wisconsin Madison
9:00-10:30 AM GRAND BALLROOM V-VI
Plenary: Panel III – Demystifying Oversight
of Animal Welfare Concerns
Moderator: Dara Kraitchman
Panelists: Alexander Dreier, Betty Goldentyer, Axel Wolff
What do you know about the response of oversight
agencies as a result of a reported concern or complaint?
Despite best eff orts in education, open transparent
processes, and good intentions, what moves an issue
to the realm of oversight agencies may diff er from
institution to institution, and may even depend on
personnel. Do you know who reviews the report? When
an investigation is performed? How it is conducted?
How the findings of the investigation are reported? How
penalties, if any, are assessed? Whether the process is
public or private? If there are defined reporting timelines
Tuesday, March 19 or formats for filing reports and responding to reports
once they are filed? What the appeals process is? This
panel will include representatives of the United States
Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes
of Health, as well as legal expertise, with the aim of
demystifying and clarifying reporting an animal welfare
concern and defining consequences and/or protections
for both individuals and institutions.
10:30-11:00 AM GRAND FOYER WEST
Break
PRIM&R would like to thank TOPAZ Technologies for
supporting the morning break.
11:00 AM-12:15 PMDidactic Sessions and Workshops Series C
C1 GRAND BALLROOM IX
New Techniques in Pain Management: What’s
New? What Works, and What Doesn’t?
Animal Well-Being and the Three Rs Track
Faculty: Patricia Foley
This session will explore new approaches and modalities
for treating pain in research animals. Faculty will:
• Discuss how to develop a surgical plan of
anesthesia in rodents.
• Review the challenges of providing analgesia for
immunological studies.
• Explore current thinking on pre-emptive
analgesia, i.e., providing analgesia during
surgery even for nonsurvival, fully anesthetized
procedures.
C2 GRAND BALLROOM X
The Use of New and Controversial
Technologies as Refinement Techniques
Animal Well-Being and the Three Rs Track
[Please note this is a double session and will end at 1:30
PM. Please pick up your boxed lunch at the session
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Faculty: Dara Kraitchman, Leticia Medina
In this interactive double session, faculty will:
• Provide an update on simulation training, human
medical training, and veterinary medical training,
and discuss the use of animals in simulated
training for humans.
• Discuss minimally invasive surgery using
endoscopy.
• Identify techniques that are still used but are
becoming increasingly controversial.
• Review the advantages and disadvantages of
newly emerging techniques.
• Discuss controversial techniques such as toe
clipping, complete Freund’s Adjuvant, shock for
motivation in behavioral studies, endpoints for
tumor studies, and treadmill-to-exhaustion models.
C3 LAUREL CD
Are Mice the Models We Think They Are?
Consequences of Environmental Stress
Animal Well-Being and the Three Rs Track
Faculty: Brianna Gaskill, Amanda Lauer
In this session, faculty will:
• Address some of the current studies on cold
stress in mice.
• Discuss the implications of bedding, caging,
nesting materials, light, and noise on mouse well-
being and research outcomes.
C4 KENT C
Panel III Follow-Up: Demystifying Oversight
of Animal Welfare Concerns
Communication and Advocacy Track
Faculty: Elizabeth Ford, Elizabeth Goldentyer, Axel Wolff
This session will provide attendees an opportunity to
participate in a more in-depth discussion on Panel III
and, in particular, to:
• Share information that advances understanding
of how oversight agencies respond to a reported
concern or complaint.
• Explore how penalties, if any, are assessed.
• Discuss the possible consequences and/or
protections for both individuals and institutions
if reports about animal welfare concerns
become public.
C5 ATLANTIC
Finding Common Ground Between the Animal
Protection and Research Communities
Communication and Advocacy Track
Faculty: Brendan Canning, Hope Ferdowsian,
Cathy Liss
This session will follow a Town Hall Meeting format, and
will provide representatives from the animal protection
community an opportunity to answer questions
submitted in advance by attendees, as well as questions
raised during the session. Faculty and attendees will:
• Identify potential areas of mutual concern
related to improving the well-being of animals
used in research.
• Discuss mechanisms for addressing areas of
concern in a positive and constructive manner.
• Explore how to start the conversation about
issues that are contentious.
C6 HERON
Open Forum for Unaff iliated/Non-Scientific
Members
Communication and Advocacy Track
Faculty: Mark Christensen
This interactive session will provide a forum for
unaff iliated/non-scientific members of IACUCs to discuss
issues that arise when carrying out their duties with
respect to overseeing animal care and use programs.
Faculty and attendees will:
• Review the roles and responsibilities of
unaff iliated/non-scientific members.
• Discuss issues submitted in advance by
unaff iliated/non-scientific members.
• Explore any other issues raised by attendees
during the session.
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Open Forum for IACUC Chairs
Communication and Advocacy Track
Faculty: Jerry Collins, David Pinson
This interactive session will provide a forum for IACUC
chairs to discuss issues they face in carrying out their
duties, specifically, of providing leadership to the process
of certifying the institution’s compliance with regulations,
polices, and guidelines. Faculty and attendees will:
• Discuss the roles and responsibilities of IACUC
chairs at various institutions and the support
needed to carry out those responsibilities.
• Discuss the core responsibilities of the
institutional off icial (IO) from the USDA and Public
Health Service perspectives, and delineate the
respective responsibilities of the IO, the IACUC,
and the attending veterinarian.
• Participate in an open dialogue around questions
raised by attendees during the session.
C8 ESSEX ABC
Wildlife Protocol Oversight, Including
Special Challenges When Conducting
Field Studies
Hot Topics, Trends, and Special Issues Track
[Please note this is a double session and will end at 1:30
PM. Please pick up your boxed lunch at the session
room. Pre-registration is required to attend and a lunch
ticket will be included on your name badge.]
Faculty: John Bryan, Brent Morse, Robert Sikes,
Mark Wallace
This interactive double session will provide faculty and
attendees with an opportunity to:
• Sort out whether the ILAR Guide pertains to wildlife.
• Discuss broader-scale consequences of
manipulations performed on individuals, such as
long-term or population-level impacts.
• Review the special circumstances IACUCs face
when reviewing field studies, including: distress
and mortality during capture or marking;
logistical details of anesthesia and analgesia;
safety of research personnel; periodic evaluation
and oversight responsibilities; and more.
C9 JAMES
Endangered but not Extinct: Using
Live Animals in Medical Training
Hot Topics, Trends, and Special Issues Track
Faculty: Annette Hildabrand, Steven Niemi
What is celebrated by animal rights advocates as a
vanishing practice—the use of live animals in medical
training—is actually still commonplace at many leading
medical schools and teaching hospitals. Why is this, and
does it matter? In this session, faculty will:
• Provide background on the critical need for using
terminally anesthetized animals for trauma and
medical training of physicians, nurses, and other
health care professionals.
• Review information on how IACUCs should
balance animal welfare concerns with teaching,
training, and research, especially in light of the
concerns of animal welfare groups.
C10 HARBORSIDE D
Identifying and Tracking Exceptions and
Deviations: How Does the IACUC Staff Make
Sure Nothing is Missed?
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
Faculty: Linda Brovarney, Patricia Brown, Richelle Scales
In this advanced, interactive session faculty and
attendees will share ideas and processes for:
• Identifying true deviations and exceptions.
• Documenting and assuring that all deviations
and exceptions are accounted for.
• Determining which deviations and exceptions go
on the semi-annual report.
• Determining which deviations and exceptions
need to be reported.
C11 GRAND BALLROOM I
Where the Rubber Meets the Road!
Challenging Scenarios and Complex
Issues in IACUC Administration
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
[Please note this is a double session and will end at 1:30
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Faculty: Marcy Brown, Mary Jo Shepherd, Susan Silk
This highly interactive double session will provide faculty
and attendees an opportunity to:
• Work through simulated problematic scenarios.
• Explore possibilities for resolution without
conflict.
• Discuss resolving conflict while maintaining
compliance.
• Discuss specific scenarios attendees have faced
and wish to explore with the group.
C12 Advanced GRAND BALLROOM VII
IACUC Administrators Share and
Compare Ideas, Processes, and SOPs
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
[Please note this is a double session and will end at 1:30
PM. Please pick up your boxed lunch at the session
room. Pre-registration is required to attend and a lunch
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Faculty: Rob Anderson, Natalie Mays
This advanced, interactive double session will provide
attendees an opportunity to:
• Discuss ideas and processes with seasoned
IACUC personnel.
• Hear how others tackle tough day-to-day problems.
• Brainstorm together about best practices.
• Gather ideas from administrators from small,
medium, and large institutions.
C13 GRAND BALLROOM VIII
Everything You Always Wanted to Know
About IACUC Forms, Guidelines, and Policies
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
Faculty: David Cannon, Troy Hallman
In this interactive session, faculty and attendees will:
• Review what forms, guidelines, and policies an
IACUC should have.
• Share the best ways to develop, maintain, and
use these documents.
• Explore how to involve the research community
in the development of the documents.
• Discuss how to create user-friendly, customer-
focused forms, guidelines, and policies that really
work.
C14 GRAND BALLROOM II
Program Review and Facility
Inspections: The Gifts That Keep
on Giving (Us a Lot of Problems)
Program Oversight Track
[Please note this is a double session and will end at 1:30
PM. Please pick up your boxed lunch at the session
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ticket will be included on your name badge.]
Faculty: Tracy Heenan, Donna Jarrell, Venita Thornton
Now more than 25 years in use by regulatory mandate,
semi-annual program reviews and facility inspections
usually function, as envisioned, as an aid to developing a
sound animal care and use program. However, changes
around the institutional off icial, IACUC membership,
IACUC staff ing, organizational resources and
infrastructure, and the organization’s scientific mission,
can frequently precipitate perturbations or perplexing
new challenges to these important tools of institutional
oversight. In this interactive double session, faculty and
attendees will:
• Review the basic precepts of facility inspections
and programmatic review.
• Identify common (and peculiar) problem areas.
• Explore preemptive or restorative approaches to
weaknesses in these oversight tools.
C15 LAUREL AB
Attaining a New Performance Plateau
Through Post-Approval Monitoring (PAM)
Program Oversight Track
[Please note this is a double session and will end at 1:30
PM. Please pick up your boxed lunch at the session
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ticket will be included on your name badge.]
Faculty: Melinda Bruns, Pamela Straeter
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Many institutions are now embracing PAM as a useful,
well-balanced, and precise tool to a) ensure the proficient
and humane implementation of animal procedures
in accordance with approved protocols; b) foster the
continuing education of users; and c) integrate new
techniques to benefit scientific outcomes and animal
welfare. However, there are no prescriptive regulatory
expectations for PAM. In this session, faculty and
attendees will:
• Review the factors that can aff ect the success
of a PAM program, including: an appreciation of
the organizational philosophy and culture; the
style, character, pertinent content, authority, and
reporting structure of the PAM program; and the
collaborative engagement of scientific colleagues.
• Discuss the facets of a successful PAM program
from conception to delivery.
• Explore the potential for PAM to be a
transformative endeavor.
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Alternative Searches
Protocol Review Track
[Please note this is a double session and will end at 1:30
PM. Please pick up your boxed at the session room.
Pre-registration is required to attend and a lunch ticket
will be included on your name badge.]
Faculty: Tim Allen
In this advanced, interactive session, faculty and
attendees will:
• Review when alternative searches are required.
• Identify what specifically is required and what
resources are available to IACUC members.
• Discuss the use of resources such as the Animal
Welfare Information Center, Hopkins CAAT,
Toxnet, ALTBIB: Bibliography on Alternatives to
Animal Testing, University of California Center for
Animal Alternatives, and pre-formatted searches.
• Explore strategies and level of review suggested
by oversight agencies to minimize pain and
distress and ensure that refinement and humane
endpoints are optimized.
C17 CHASSEUR
Assessing and Ensuring Competence and
Qualifications of Personnel
Qualifications and Training Track
Faculty: Nicole Duff ee, Teresa Neubauer
Technical competence in the care and use of research
animals is the ultimate goal for assuring compliance
with animal welfare mandates. In this interactive session,
faculty and attendees will:
• Review the methods that work best in various
settings for assessing competence and
qualifications.
• Discuss staff ing, training metrics, and
documentation that must be factored into the
development of an assessment method that
best fits an institution.
C18 GRAND BALLROOM IV
Training and Assessment for New IACUC
Members and Staff
Qualifications and Training Track
[Please note this is a double session and will end at 1:30
PM. Please pick up your boxed lunch at the session
room. Pre-registration is required to attend and a lunch
ticket will be included on your name badge.]
Faculty: Melissa Hunsley
This basic, interactive double session will provide those
new to the IACUC process with an opportunity to:
• Review and explore basic IACUC functions (Public
Health Service IV.B.1-8 and AWR 2.31.c.1-8).
• Hear about the role and day-to-day work of the
IACUC from experienced experts in the field.
• Discuss ways to ensure that your IACUC is
qualified through training, expertise, and/or
experience of IACUC members.
• Discuss opportunities for continuing education of
IACUC members.
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C19 BRISTOL
A Dialogue with AAALAC International
Updates: A Dialogue with… Track
Faculty: Kathryn Bayne, Harry Rozmiarek
AAALAC International is a voluntary accrediting
organization that enhances the quality of research,
teaching, and testing by promoting humane, responsible
animal care and use. It provides advice and independent
assessments to participating institutions and accredits
those that meet or exceed applicable standards. This
interactive session will provide an opportunity for
attendees to:
• Ask questions of representatives of AAALAC
International.
• Participate in an open discussion about issues
relevant to AAALAC International stakeholders.
12:15-12:30 PMCommuting time
12:30-1:30 PM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM C
Lunch
12:30-1:30 PM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM E
CPIA® Networking Lunch
Do you hold the CPIA credential and have an
interest in connecting with other CPIAs? If so, we invite
you to attend this lunch to discuss your credentialing
questions, including those on recertification, and talk
with members of the CPIA Council and a representative
of the PRIM&R staff . Please see special events page for
more information.
1:30-1:45 PMCommuting time
1:45-2:30 PM GRAND BALLROOM V-VI
Plenary Address: What to Leave In, What to
Leave Out: A Journalist’s Perspective on
Animal Research in the Media
Greg Miller, PhD
Staff Science Writer
Wired Magazine
2:30-4:00 PM GRAND BALLROOM V-VI
Plenary: Panel IV – Virtual IACUC: This
Meeting is in Session!
Moderator: Mary Jo Shepherd
Panelists: George Babcock, Brendan Canning, Mark
Christensen, Natalie Mays, Jennifer Pullium
Be sure not to miss this real-time virtual IACUC
meeting! Virtual agenda items will be made
available to conference attendees prior to the
“meeting,” and attendees will have the opportunity to
participateelectronically in the virtual committee voting
process. Audience vote tallies will be displayed and
discussed in real time. Items on the agenda may include
an incident of serious protocol noncompliance, a review
of a challenging protocol, a high-stakes risk/benefit
analysis, and strategies for dealing with power and
personality conflicts amongst IACUC members.
4:00-4:15 PM GRAND FOYER WEST
Break
4:15-5:30 PMDidactic Sessions and Workshops Series D
D1 LAUREL CD
Developing Humane Intervention Points
and Enhanced Observations to Optimize
Animal Welfare
Animal Well-Being and the Three Rs Track
Faculty: Anita Trichel, Wendy Williams
In this interactive session, faculty and attendees will:
• Discuss the legal and ethical obligations for
minimizing pain and distress in animals.
• Use specific examples to discuss individual and
collective responsibilities, the development
and validation of humane endpoints, and the
implementation and assessment of specific
measures for minimizing pain and distress.
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D2 GRAND BALLROOM IV
Training is Important for Animals, Too!
Animal Well-Being and the Three Rs Track
Faculty: James Weed
Training animals serves as a form of enrichment,
improves animal care, and decreases stress. With
surprisingly little eff ort, animals can be trained to
participate voluntarily in husbandry, medical, and
scientific procedures. Training principles can also be
used to achieve goals such as decreasing aggression.
Training is a tool to improve animal welfare that is
underused in many research facilities. In this session,
faculty will:
• Educate attendees about the principles and
benefits of training for research animals.
• Help attendees to understand the principles of
positive reinforcement training.
• Discuss the types of training for husbandry and
medical behaviors that are currently being used.
• Explore where to find help when training is
not working.
D3 BRISTOL
Open Forum for Laboratory Animal
Veterinarians
Communication and Advocacy Track
Faculty: Elizabeth Ford
Laboratory animal veterinarians in the US are in a
unique position compared to many of their colleagues
in other countries in that they have been granted a
tremendous amount of responsibility and authority
for managing their institution’s animal care and use
programs. In this interactive session, faculty and
attendees will:
• Discuss the challenges that arise for attendees in
exercising their responsibilities and authority.
• Explore options for dealing with those challenges.
D4 GRAND BALLROOM X
Educating the Public About Biomedical
Research
Communication and Advocacy Track
Faculty: Leticia Medina, Greg Miller
In the last decade, surveys have shown that public
support for biomedical research with animal models
has fallen. One of the reasons for the decline in
public support is that there are growing anti-research
messages and not enough people from within the
biomedical research community to provide their side of
the issue. In this interactive session, faculty will:
• Learn why public education about animal
research is critical to ensuring the public has a
balanced understanding of the pros and cons of
research with animals.
• Be reminded about why scientists and other
biomedical support staff have a responsibility to
do their part in sharing the facts.
• Discuss why increased transparency about
animal research and outreach programs to
educate the public will help to ensure that public
understanding does not continue to decline.
• Learn how to provide the facts about why
animals are used, what the benefits are for both
people and animals, and what kind of care is
provided to the animals.
D5 KENT C
Legal Resources for Managing Security
at a Private Residence
Communication and Advocacy Track
Faculty: Taylor Bennett, Andrew Cardon
As security at research facilities has improved, activists
have increasingly shifted their focus to the private
homes of research scientists. Due to the unique nature
of private residences, many states have enacted laws
intended to ensure that protests stay within proscribed
boundaries. In this session, faculty will:
• Provide an overview of the types of laws that are
in place in many states and municipalities.
• Discuss how these laws can be used to develop
security procedures for use in the event of a
residential protest.
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D6 ATLANTIC
Implementation of the Institute of
Medicine (IOM) Report on the Use
of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and
Behavioral Research
Hot Topics, Trends, and Special Issues Track
Faculty: Tom Beauchamp, Hope Ferdowsian, Margaret
Landi, David Wendler
This session will examine specific aspects of the IOM’s
work to explore whether chimpanzees represent a
‘’special case” for the purpose of research policy, or if
these policies should extend to other animal species
used in research. In this session, faculty will:
• Examine the ethical implications of the chimp
report and its extension to other species.
• Discuss whether practical implementation
of more appropriate natural habitats for
chimpanzees could, in turn, be extended to other
species.
D7 HARBORSIDE BALLROOM D
Defining ‘Metrics’ for Compliance
Monitoring
Hot Topics, Trends, and Special Issues Track
Faculty: Steven Niemi
In this session, faculty will:
• Discuss if any noncompliant event is ever
truly unique. Can similarities be identified for
grouping and categorization? Does a current
system exist that institutions can follow?
• Explore the potential pitfalls to grouping or
defined categories. Can there be too many? Are
items grouped correctly? Could an event fit into
multiple categories that, during trend analysis,
may worsen some areas, but improve others?
• Discuss how to evaluate data once metrics are
defined. Can positive trends be identified? If
there are fewer items in one category, but more
in another, can generalities about the success of
the program be made?
• Explore the question of whether metrics are
even useful, given the current trend towards
more “performance standards” and fewer
“engineering standards.”
D8 JAMES
Off ice of Laboratory Animal Welfare
(OLAW) Short Scenarios for IACUC Training
Hot Topics, Trends, and Special Issues Track
Faculty: Jerry Collins, Lori Hampton, Susan Silk
Join the OLAW Division of Policy and Education in beta
testing its new IACUC training materials. In this session,
faculty and attendees will:
• Discuss how IACUCs can use this flexible training
program to increase member knowledge.
• Provide feedback to OLAW about attendees’
training needs.
D9 GRAND BALLROOM IX
Strategies for Ensuring Your IACUC Is
a Customer Service-Oriented Organization
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
Faculty: Natalie Mays, Mary Jo Shepherd
In this interactive session, faculty and attendees will:
• Discuss the IACUC as one of many committees
and off ices with which investigators must interact
to manage their research programs.
• Explore how developing positive and supportive
interactions can foster a culture of compliance
that is essential for optimizing an institution’s
research environment.
• Discuss how IACUC staff can optimize their
responses when confronted with challenging
customers and situations.
D10 GRAND BALLROOM VIII
How to Professionally and Eff iciently
Conduct Institutional Investigations of
Serious Infractions
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
Faculty: Michelle Denning, Barton Weick
In this interactive session, faculty and attendees will:
• Review requirements for addressing animal
welfare concerns and noncompliance.
• Share processes for conducting investigations.
• Discuss optimal follow-up and plans for prevention.
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Ensuring Adequate and Eff ective
Record Keeping
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
Faculty: Eileen Morgan, Shannon Stutler
In this session, faculty will:
• Review what records are required and/
or expected by the USDA, OLAW, AAALAC
International, and state or local agencies.
• Discuss strategies to protect the institution under
FOIA or state/local open records laws.
• Explore techniques shared by attendees for
complying with requirements without “giving
away the store.”
D12 GRAND BALLROOM I
IACUC Meeting Minutes: What’s Required?
What’s Enough? What’s Too Much?
IACUC Administration/Management and Process Track
Faculty: Helen O’Meara, Venita Thornton
In this interactive session, faculty and attendees will:
• Share ideas regarding the preparation of minutes
that meet requirements.
• Discuss how to ensure that minutes are FOIA-ready.
• Share strategies for reducing unnecessary, self-
imposed regulatory burdens.
D13 KENT AB
How to Identify and Correct Specific, Isolated
Deficiencies Before They Become Larger,
More Pervasive Programmatic Issues
Program Oversight Track
Faculty: Marcy Brown, Axel Wolff
In this session, faculty will:
• Review programmatic deficiencies, including
inadequacies in veterinary care programs (in
training of technical/husbandry staff and in
occupational health), inadequate sanitation
due to malfunctioning cage washers, room
temperature extremes due to HVAC failures, and
IACUC problems.
• Review administrative problems, such as policies
and procedures that do not meet institutional
requirements.
• Discuss strategies and best practices for
addressing these problems.
D14 ESSEX ABC
IACUC Review of Protocols: Balancing Ethics,
Compliance, and Science
Protocol Review Track
Faculty: George Babcock, Ernie Prentice
In this interactive session, faculty and attendees will:
• Explore the ethical issues that may arise when an
IACUC reviews a protocol.
• Examine ways that IACUC review can ensure
both institutional compliance and ethical
responsibility, while also facilitating research.
D15 GRAND BALLROOM II
How Eff ective is Your Investigator
Training Program?
Qualifications and Training Track
Faculty: Patricia Foley, Linda Fritz
This session will focus on strategies for improving and
refining training programs for investigators. Researcher
training is a critical aspect of any animal care and use
program, and is emphasized several times in the Guide.
While most institutions have a training program, it
is often left to function with insuff icient resources or
priority, once established. In this session, faculty will:
• Provide suggestions and tools for making your
training program more eff ective.
• Present lessons learned from their own
experiences as well as encourage attendees to
share best practices.
• Explore the pros and cons of various training
methods, including online versus in-person, didactic
versus hands-on, and mandatory versus voluntary.
• Provide insight into evaluating training eff icacy.
• Discuss how to assess your training program for
weak links and opportunities for improvement.
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5:30-6:30 PM WATERVIEW BALLROOM*
Closing reception…All are welcome to attend!
Join us to wish each other a fond farewell and to
make plans for the 2014 IACUC Conference! Light
refreshments will be served.
*Please note the Waterview Ballroom is located on
the lobby level of the hotel. Enter Grille 700, the
onsite restaurant, and proceed to the back toward the
Waterview Ballroom.
pre-registration required call for program contributions double session
Tuesday 3.19
D16 LAUREL AB
A Dialogue with USDA/APHIS
Updates: A Dialogue with… Track
Faculty: Elizabeth Goldentyer, Elizabeth Meeks,
Nicolette Petervary
For more than 40 years, Congress has entrusted
APHIS with the stewardship of animals covered under
the Animal Welfare and Horse Protection Acts. APHIS
continues to uphold that trust, giving protection
to millions of animals nationwide. APHIS provides
leadership for determining standards of humane care
and treatment of animals, implements those standards,
and achieves compliance through inspection, education,
cooperative eff orts, and enforcement. This session will
provide an opportunity for attendees to:
• Ask questions of representatives of USDA/APHIS.
• Participate in an open discussion about issues
relevant to USDA/APHIS stakeholders.
We asked andyou answered!
We’d like to extend a special thanks
to everyone who participated in
our Call for Program Contributions,
particularly those whose
recommendations were selected for
inclusion in the conference:
Chieko Azuma, Mary Beran, Anne Deschamps, Melissa Farwell, Hope Ferdowsian, Patricia Foley, David Pinson, Cory Goracke-Postle, Wendy Koch, Monte Matthews, Robin Minkel, Steven Niemi, Barbara Reynolds, and Sonja Wallace.
These sessions are marked with a star on the
schedule.
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PRIM&R is pleased to present the Annual Poster Presentation at the 2013 IACUC
Conference. Fifteen posters were selected for display throughout the conference,
and nine of those will also be presented in a special workshop series. Posters are
on display in the Harborside Foyer on the Fourth Floor of the Baltimore Marriott
Waterfront Hotel.
Many thanks are owed to the Planning Committee
for coordinating this conference event. Please note
that the inclusion of posters featuring commercial
products should not be considered an endorsement
by PRIM&R.
1. A Software Design for Post-Approval Monitoring
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
David M. Pinson, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACLAM
2. Accreditation Readiness—A Team Eff ort
Pfizer, Inc.
Robert Gunnels, DVM, MS, DACLAM; Stephen Baker,
BS, LATG; Jennifer Bielawne; Gary Borkowski, DVM;
Marcy Brown, BS, MA, CPIA; Marie Debrue, DVM;
Jeetendra Eswaraka, DVM, PhD; Larry Foresman, DVM,
DACLAM; Gloria Gaito, BS, MS; Rose Gillesby, DVM;
Sharron Kirchain, DVM, MBA, DACLAM; Scott Mischler,
DVM, PhD; Harshan Pisharath; Gary Robinson; Patrick
Sinnett-Smith, BSc, PhD; LaWanda Thompson, PhD;
Sherry Vaughn, DVM; and Donna Zyry, DVM, MS
3. An Eff icient and Educational Evaluation of the
8th Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of
Laboratory Animals
Penn State College of Medicine
Jenelle M. Tretter, DVM; and Jennifer Booth, DVM
4. COEUS Electronic IACUC Software
Purdue University
Lisa Snider, CPIA
5. Ensuring Animal Welfare Outside Our
(Pfizer) Walls!
Pfizer, Inc.
Brian Butler; Kimberly Frazier; Gloria Gaito, BS, MS;
Robert Gunnels, DVM, MS, DACLAM; Susan Kuhn;
Patrick Sinnett-Smith, BSc, PhD; Sherry Vaughn, DVM;
Tina Walsh-Spivey; and Esmail Warrakah
6. Hands-On and Face-to-Face: Training in a
Large Academic Research Setting
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emily Hearne, MS
7. Novartis Animal Use Training, Instruction,
and Certification System (NAUTICS): A
Comprehensive and Integrated Training Program
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
David DeOrnellis, BS, RLATg, CPIA, CM
8. Medical Records in the Big Picture
Northwestern University
Jesse Funk; and Mandy Kozlowski, CPIA
9. Montreal Neurological Institute Post-
Approval Monitoring (PAM) Program:
Data Collection and Creating a PAM Database
McGill University
Naomi Shalit, BSc; Marcus Arts; and Marc-Andre
Meloche
10. Post-Approval Monitoring: A Procedural
Observation to Facilitate Education and
Regulatory Compliance
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emily Hearne, MS
11. Post-Approval Monitoring: A Standardized
Global Approach
Pfizer, Inc.
Marcy Brown, BS, MA, CPIA; Jennifer Bielawne;
Monica DeFeo, BS, MS; Cyndi Filliettaz; Gloria Gaito,
BS, MS; Sharron Kirchain, DVM, MBA, DACLAM;
Toni O’Connell; Gina Prochilo-Cawston; LaWanda
Thompson, PhD; and Sandra Wenden
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12. Pre-Submitted Electronic Protocol
Development and Real-Time IACUC Tracking
and Assistance
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Mary Jo Fitzgerald; and David J. Lyons, PhD
13. Take What You Have and Do More
US Environmental Protection Agency
Jaimie Graff , BS, MA, CPIA; Crystal Walden; Donna
Kronstadt; Leslie Martin; and
Karen Brock Reichert
14. Towards Establishing an Ethical Committee
for Animal Research: Challenges and
Opportunities
Cairo University
Khadiga Gaafar, PhD; Abdelrhman Bashter; Amal
Mahmoud Soliman; Mohamed El-Shinawi, MD; Mona
Mostafa Mohamed, PhD; Abeer Mahmoud Badr; and
Hamida Hamdy
15. Web Based Tracking for Semi-Annual
Inspections
Northwestern University
Paul Mireles, RLAT; and Kimberley Heuer, BA, MS
Abstracts are online!
The full text of poster abstracts can be accessed at
www.primr.org/iacuc13/abstracts
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Conference Job Board
Take the next step in
your career! Employment
opportunities in the field
of animal care and use will
be on display at the 2013
IACUC Conference job
board. Any job that was
posted to PRIM&R’s Career
Center at careers.primr.org
between February 15 and
March 15, 2013 is represented
as a full-page ad on the
conference job board.
Stop by Grand Registration
on the third floor of the hotel
to browse the postings on
the conference job board.
Have an open position at
your institution? Stop by the
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on the onsite job board.
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Nine outstanding posters were selected for workshop presentation. These
posters, the abstracts of which can be found below, showcase novel
developments in three areas: electronic systems, post-approval monitoring, and
personnel training. A workshop session in the B series, on Monday, March 18,
from 4:15-5:30 PM, has been devoted to each of these topics.
B12 – Innovations in Electronic Systems
POSTER TITLE PRESENTING AUTHORS
COEUS Electronic IACUC
Software
Lisa Snider, CPIA
Pre-Submitted Electronic
Protocol Development and
Real-Time IACUC Tracking
and Assistance
Mary Jo Fitzgerald
Web Based Tracking for
Semi-Annual Inspections
Paul Mireles, RLAT
B14 – Innovations in Post-Approval Monitoring
POSTER TITLE PRESENTING AUTHORS
Montreal Neurological
Institute Post-Approval
Monitoring (PAM) Program:
Data Collection and
Creating a PAM Database
Naomi Shalit, BSc
Post-Approval Monitoring:
A Standardized Global
Approach
Marcy Brown, BS, MA, CPIA,
and Monica DeFeo, BS, MS
Take What You Have and
Do More
Jaimie Graff , CPIA, and
Leslie Martin
B16 – Innovations in Personnel Training
POSTER TITLE PRESENTING AUTHORS
Hands-On and Face-to-
Face: Training in a Large
Academic Research Setting
Emily Hearne, MS
Novartis Animal Use
Training, Instruction,
and Certification
System (NAUTICS): A
Comprehensive and
Integrated Training
Program
David DeOrnellis, BS, RLATg,
CPIA, CM
Post-Approval Monitoring:
A Procedural Observation
to Facilitate Education and
Regulatory Compliance
Emily Hearne, MS
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COEUS Electronic IACUC Software
Purdue University
Lisa Snider, CPIA
Statement of the Problem
Purdue University wanted to go from a paper-based
IACUC submission process to an electronic submission
process. After researching commercial vendors and their
electronic software products and not finding the right fit,
the university determined that it would use the COEUS
system developed by programmers at MIT. Purdue pre-
award was already using COEUS and Purdue wanted a
system that would interact with other compliance areas.
Program Description
In January 2008, a group of IACUC subject matter
experts met with MIT programmers to begin discussions
on developing an IACUC module for COEUS. Lisa Snider
(Purdue) has served as the leader for the development
of the IACUC module. On July 9, 2012, Purdue
implemented the COEUS IACUC module university-wide.
Purdue is the first university to implement COEUS IACUC
software from the consortium schools that participated
in the project.
Additional Information
A poster will be presented detailing the steps that were
necessary to develop the IACUC’s COEUS and how the
software system can work for other IACUCs.
Hands-On and Face to Face: Training in a Large
Academic Research Setting
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Author: Emily Hearne, MS
Statement of the Problem
As administrators of the IACUC at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Off ice of Animal Care and Use
(OACU) has created a comprehensive training program
designed to address requirements presented in the Guide
for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, the Animal
Welfare Act, and Public Health Service Policy. The Guide
states that, “All personnel involved in the care and use of
animals must be adequately educated, trained, and/or
qualified in basic principles of laboratory animal science
to ensure high-quality science and animal wellbeing.”
Program Description
The training program in place for over 11 years
has evolved to include hands-on wet lab courses,
individualized training sessions, policy and best practices
lectures, in addition to a mandatory online orientation.
The OACU currently maintains a lab space with a
capacity for 12 students ranging in experience and
competency levels, and off ers two and half hour classes
in Mouse Handling and Techniques, Rat Handling and
Techniques, and Aseptic Technique. Additionally, one-on-
one sessions are off ered at least weekly for those only
requiring certification in a few techniques, non-rodent
species, or who are unable to attend a full class. Persons
leaving each of these trainings receive a proficiency
rating, determined by the Training and Compliance
Team, to assist the OACU and the principal investigator
in understanding the ability level of the animal handler.
In an eff ort to ensure adequate training in rodent policies
and procedures supported by the IACUC, the OACU
Training and Compliance Team also present a lecture-
based training to cover a number of mandatory and
educational topics. The Laboratory Animal Coordinator
(LAC) lecture is mandatory for those listed on the animal
use application as LACs who, upon completion and
achievement of the highest proficiency score in hands-
on training, are able to train and certify other members
of their laboratory. The Mouse Breeding and Cage
Density Policy lecture is required for at least one person
on each animal use protocol describing breeding.
Additionally, an optional Mouse Colony Management
lecture is off ered to those seeking an introduction
and comprehensive overview of best practices and
resources in colony development and supervision.
Additional Information
In recent months, the OACU has compiled metrics
designed to showcase the rodent training program’s
strengths and outline a plan for future development.
Attendees are asked to complete a survey to address
adequacy of the instructors, course content, visual
aids, and availability of the necessary training. Data
from these metrics (to be included in the poster
presentation), in combination with decreased training
related non-compliance, are proof of the benefits of this
comprehensive training methodology.
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Montreal Neurological Institute Post-Approval
Monitoring (PAM) Program: Data Collection and
Creating a PAM Database
McGill University
Authors: Naomi Shalit, BSc; Marcus Arts; and Marc-
Andre Meloche
Statement of the Problem
Since May 2009, the Montreal Neurological Institute
(MNI) Compliance Off icer has been using a hardcopy of
the post-approval monitoring (PAM) audit checklist to
detail all observations made at the PAM assessment and
observation visits. The data from the PAM checklists and
reports are then tabulated in an Excel sheet.
After providing a PAM summary report to the MNI
Animal Care Committee last year, it became evident
that the Excel sheet was not suff icient to summarize
PAM visit statistics and track trending patterns. Also, it
was observed that it was not easy to locate previous
completed checklists and reports.
Program Description
Last year, the MNI Compliance Off icer discussed with
the Media Services Department at MNI the idea of
creating a PAM database. The creation of the PAM
database required several meetings and explanation of
the PAM process in order to build an appropriate and
functional database.
The MNI PAM database is it in its final phase of
development. With time, it is hoped that the MNI
PAM program can reduce the amount of paper used
through the use of an electronic audit checklist and the
cataloguing of reports and statistics in an electronic
format instead of hardcopy.
Also, it is assumed that the PAM database will improve
the eff icacy of recording PAM visit findings and
generating statistics for annual reports that aim to
improve the MNI animal care and use program.
Additional Information
This poster would provide useful best practices on
the following:
• PAM program and processes
• PAM data collection
• How the PAM data is tabulated
• How the PAM data is used to track trends and
improve the MNI Animal Care and Use Program
• How to work with an aff iliated department to
create a PAM database
Novartis Animal Use Training, Instruction,
& Certification System (NAUTICS): A
Comprehensive and Integrated Training Program
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Authors: David DeOrnellis, BS, RLATg, CPIA, CM
Program Description
This poster will describe the comprehensive and
integrated in vivo training program implemented at the
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Cambridge,
MA, in 2008. Designed to meet the broad scope of
training needs for the more than 400 employees in 13
research departments who work with the six species in
our vivaria, the Novartis Animal Use Training, Instruction,
& Certification System (NAUTICS) includes training in the
following areas: animal welfare; regulatory compliance;
documentation; occupational health and safety; animal
handling and in vivo technical/surgical procedures; and
controlled substances. Additionally, NAUTICS contains
specific modules for the laboratory animal care staff ,
including veterinary care, husbandry, and cagewash.
NAUTICS is inclusive of new hires, researchers, husbandry,
and cagewash personnel, interns, facilities personnel, and
visitors.
A variety of formats and specific modules are utilized
to allow a streamlined and eff icient approach to
training. Having received multiple commendations
from regulatory and accrediting bodies, NAUTICS
demonstrates the importance of an institution’s emphasis
on, and dedication to, training to ensure animal welfare
and regulatory compliance. Participants will be introduced
to the novel, comprehensive, and robust training
program at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
in Cambridge, MA. The importance of training for
ensuring animal welfare and regulatory compliance will
be discussed in the context of our institution’s history and
evolution. Since training is mandated by our institution’s
IACUC, participants will learn how we ensure compliance
with training requirements.
Specific details related to the development and
maintenance of this training program will be discussed,
including the dedication of specific training personnel,
the scheduling of training sessions, the use of training
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and practice animals under an approved IACUC
protocol, certification requirements, retraining, and
documentation of training. Finally, an overview of the
modules incorporated in NAUTICS will be provided. In
many cases, training is underemphasized at institutions
that utilize animals in research. This session will discuss
the importance of training and describe one institution’s
method for implementing a training program to ensure
animal welfare and data quality.
Additional Information
This poster aims to:
• Describe the evolution and development of a
robust, integrated training program at a large
pharmaceutical company
• Provide an overview of the modules incorporated
in NAUTICS
• Describe the connection between training,
animal welfare, and data quality
Post-Approval Monitoring: A Procedural
Observation to Facilitate Education and
Regulatory Compliance
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Author: Emily Hearne, MS
Statement of the Problem
While PAM is required by federal regulations and the
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals,
methods for creating a comprehensive program to
facilitate this monitoring are not well defined.
Program Description
In the last year, the Off ice of Animal Care and Use
(OACU) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, with the approval of the IACUC, has designed a
novel system to facilitate ongoing protocol assessment
and regulatory compliance, thereby accomplishing the
goals of PAM in an educational and facilitative manner
while not significantly increasing regulatory burden.
Previous PAM methods included an observation of
an actual procedure, performed on a live animal,
often resulting in undue anxiety among the surgeons
performing the procedure, scheduling concerns and,
in some cases, wasted supplies and/or animals. The
new method removes the requirement for the use of a
live animal and alleviates scheduling issues by utilizing
a mock demonstration technique and scheduling the
observation to coincide with already existing inspection
schedules. Researchers are asked to utilize the space,
equipment, and technique that they routinely would
during an actual procedure from the pre-surgical
planning phase to complete recovery of the patient (if
applicable). Training and compliance staff conducting
the observations use this time to educate researchers
on federal and institutional policies, best practices
and guidelines, and to identify protocol drift to
assist the researchers in reaching full compliance.
Institutional veterinarians accompany OACU
personnel for all USDA covered species and select
rodent observations to ensure adequate veterinary
involvement and facilitate communication between
the animal handlers and the veterinary staff .
Additional Information
The new method, identified as a Procedural
Observation, has received very positive feedback
from our researchers and has achieved increased
success in scheduling this type of observation while
still identifying areas for improvement, amendment,
and re-training. This presentation will provide an in
depth description of the methods utilized by our
team and the variety of outcomes we’ve encountered
as a result of recent observations.
Post-Approval Monitoring: A Standardized
Global Approach
Pfizer, Inc.
Authors: Marcy Brown, BS, MA, CPIA; Jennifer
Bielawne; Monica DeFeo, BS, MS; Cyndi Filliettaz; Gloria
Gaito, BS, MS; Sharron Kirchain, DVM, MBA, DACLAM;
Toni O’Connell; Gina Prochilo-Cawston; LaWanda
Thompson, PhD; and Sandra Wenden
Statement of the Problem
In the 2011 Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals, PAM is highlighted as a mechanism to
“ensure the well-being of the animals and may also
provide opportunities to refine research procedures.”
Two important strategic imperatives of Worldwide
Comparative Medicine (WCM) are:
• Never waver from our pursuit of providing
flawless animal care and welfare
• Leverage our scale and expertise to harmonize
and create eff iciencies and flexibility globally
To meet the standards of the Guide, as well as these
imperatives, a global, standardized PAM program was
developed and implemented across Pfizer sites.
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The Pfizer Global PAM Program conforms to the
following principles and processes:
• Each site’s IACUC will oversee PAM activities
through routine updates by a point of contact
(POC); PAM is to be an IACUC-driven process.
• At least 5% of active AUPs/protocols at each site
will be evaluated each year.
• A risk-based approach will be utilized (species,
level of invasiveness, pain category, PI
experience, animal numbers, other audits).
• The PAM program will be all inclusive, covering all
animal-based research across lines.
• Qualified WCM colleagues will conduct PAM
using a standardized PAM form that, when
complete, is uploaded to the Global PAM
SharePoint site by the POC.
As part of the Pfizer Global PAM Program, a PAM
Networking Group, consisting of the POCs from
each site, was formed. The group meets monthly via
teleconference to share best practices and ways to
enhance the program, discuss current issues, processes
and trends, review PAM reports, and share creative uses
of the standardized form, as well as integration of PAM
into other aspects of the animal care and use program.
Additional Information
The standardized PAM form was designed using
Microsoft InfoPath and the data from all site PAM reports
is stored on a SharePoint site accessible to all members
of the PAM Group. The form allows for export of the
data from the PAM reports into a variety of formats,
which can then be used for trending, historical, and
other types of analyses, which will be described on the
poster. Data can be sorted and extracted by a variety
of parameters including site, timeframe, type of review
performed, etc., and provide valuable information
about future needs, improvements, and adjustments
to the animal care and use program. The poster will
highlight how several distinctly diff erent sites creatively
implemented the global program without losing site
specific individuality and, at the same time, maintaining
a culture of collaboration with our scientists, researchers
and partner lines.
General Summary Data from 2012 will be
highlighted, including:
• Types and numbers of PAM reviews performed
• Types of procedures reviewed
• Outcomes (general types of
noncompliance noted)
• Follow-ups
• Commendations
Pre-Submitted Electronic Protocol
Development and Real-Time IACUC Tracking
and Assistance
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Authors: Mary Jo Fitzgerald, and David J. Lyons, PhD
Statement of the Problem
Our aim was to implement methods to shorten reviews
of electronically submitted protocols by assisting
investigators with pre-submitted protocol development
in order to facilitate the writing of a protocol once and
committee review of content versus omissions.
Program Description
It was commonly hoped by adopters of electronic
protocol systems that it would naturally shorten review
times and reduce burden on IACUC staff . The initial
implementation of the system did not provide the
expected benefits either to the investigator or to the
IACUC staff of Wake Forest University. Based on the initial
results, we changed the focus of resources and reviews
to assist users at the earliest stages of the protocol. Unlike
paper forms, the use of electronic forms often requires
special training, e.g. how to log in, navigate the system,
complete “smart” forms, and submission. Dispensing
guidance when new faculty or users enter the system
is the key to assisting during protocol development.
Implementing early training and early review facilitates
the writing of a protocol once. Several standard methods
to assist investigators are provided. In order to instruct
new faculty/users as soon as they are hired, a “welcome
wagon” email is sent outlining the IACUC processes. Early
classroom and/or one-on-one training are also off ered.
Continuous support is maintained by immediate or same
day response to all questions/concerns.
For new electronic users, early submission is highly
recommended. One non-standard method has proven
particularly useful. Once an electronic protocol is started
by an investigator, and before it is off icially submitted,
in the pre-submitted state, IACUC staff tracks its
progress and provides real-time assistance. During the
protocol development phase errors can be captured
and guidance given to avoid major rewrites after
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submission. At this stage, use of the phone is necessary
to catch complex problems, which often require a
conversation or personal visit rather than a simple
e-message. The pre-submission guidance ensures the
protocol is complete and ready for primary review by
the committee members who will be reviewing content
rather than finding omissions.
This protocol development assistance has become
feasible with electronic systems that allow IACUC
staff to view protocols in real-time at their own desks
while investigators write at theirs. This approach is not
possible with paper-based systems. We have found
if these steps are implemented, the review time after
submission is drastically reduced. Since many of the
questions/concerns have been addressed by the pre-
submission assistance, there are fewer iterations of
questions and answers during primary review. This also
increases the number of protocols given full approval at
the IACUC meeting.
Take What You Have and Do More
US Environmental Protection Agency
Authors: Jaimie Graff , BS, MA, CPIA; Crystal Walden;
Donna Kronstadt; Leslie Martin; and Karen Brock Reichert
Statement of the Problem
The needs of a good animal care and use program
evolve over time, but fitting program-wide innovations
into an existing institutional framework can be
challenging. Management at the National Health and
Environmental Eff ects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) of
the US Environmental Protection Agency was convinced
of the importance of formalizing oversight of animal
use post protocol approval and agreed to institute
a post-approval monitoring (PAM) program within
existing infrastructure. This challenge was handled by
expanding the role of the IACUC coordinator to include
PAM. As the PAM program became accepted in the
labs, it demonstrated its utility by revealing new needs.
Cumulative PAM visits indicated inconsistency in skill
sets of laboratory research staff , with dated techniques
and procedures appearing regularly.
Program Description
While PAM visits frequently resulted in on-the-spot
training, management considered this suboptimal
and approved construction of a revamped training
program using expertise and resources already in
house. A rodent training colony (animals most used in
NHEERL) was formed by collecting unused sentinel and
retired animals. The training staff was built by soliciting
observed expertise: the attending veterinarian, animal
care staff , and research staff all contribute to the training
program on a volunteer basis. Targeted classes cover
basic skills as well as specifically identified techniques.
Additionally, a subset of colony rats are habituated to
handling using positive reinforcement and inexperienced
or timid individuals are introduced to these animals
to build skill and confidence before graduating to
nonsocialized rats. This successful training program has
resulted in positive feedback and investigators actively
requesting additional training. Inexperienced and timid
individuals have learned to work with rats after previously
being unable to touch them. The basic training has
kept animal handling consistent across labs, making
observation and health checks easier for the animal care
staff . PAM visits have observed procedures across the
labs showing increased consistency and more current
practices, allowing PAM to move in new directions to be
incorporated into future training.
Additional Information
These successful, interrelated programs were
accomplished by creatively using available resources,
without increases in staff or budget.
Web Based Tracking for Semi-Annual Inspections
Northwestern University
Authors: Paul Mireles, RLAT; and Kimberley Heuer, BA, MS
Statement of the Problem
Performing the semi-annual inspection is a requirement
of the Animal Welfare Act, the Guide for the Care and
Use of Laboratory Animals, and Public Health Service
Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.
However, the methods of tracking and reporting the
findings can be cumbersome and in some cases
outdated. Tracking the responses from the principal
investigator, compiling the deficiencies, and comparing
past data for repeated deficiencies and trends can
therefore be a major hurdle for institutions to face.
Combining the semi-annual facility electronic inspection
module with a web based tracking system allows for an
eff icient method of tracking and monitoring the semi-
annual inspections
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At Northwestern University, the institutional animal care
and use committee has implemented an electronic
compliance module and a web based data system that
will track all the semi-annual inspection data. This system
is used to upload all data collected during the semi-
annual inspection, compile the findings, send the finding
to the principal investigator (PI), track the responses,
and collate all the data into a report which can compare
previous inspections showing repeat findings and
trends. This can especially time-consuming for large
institutions when comparing data from previous
inspections. Northwestern University employed the help
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of its IT department to develop a web based database
that tracks all the data gathered from the semi-annual
inspections. The data are sent to the PI using a link
to the website where they can log in and view the
findings. The PI can then make corrections directly to
the database. All findings for correction are tracked,
and can be “flagged” if a response is not received
during the corrective action timeframe. All past
inspection can be compared by PI, building, or room
number to see if any findings are trending. With all
data tracked via the website responses, reports can
be run in real time minimizing errors and maximizing
impeccable record keeping.
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ATim Allen, MS
Technical Information
Specialist
Animal Welfare
Information Center
USDA
Session: C16
Lynn C. Anderson, DVM,
DACLAM
Vice President,
Global Animal Welfare
& Comparative Medicine
Covance, Inc.
Session: Panel I, A9
Rob W. Anderson, BS,
LATG, CPIA
Director, IACUC
University of Cincinnati
Session: B15, C12
Chieko Azuma, DVM, PhD
Specialist
University of
Massachusetts
Medical School
Session: B10
BGeorge F. Babcock, PhD
Professor, Chair, IACUC
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Session: Panel IV, B8, D14
Kate C. Baker, PhD
Research Professor
Tulane National Primate
Research Center
Session: A3
Szczepan Baran VMD, MS
President and COO
Veterinary Bioscience
Institute
Session: A17
R. Wayne Barbee, PhD
IACUC Chairman,
Associate Research
Director
Virginia Commonwealth
University
Session: Panel I
Alfred Barron, MS
Senior Principal
Biostatician
Janssen Research &
Development
Session: B2
Kathryn Bayne, MS,
PhD, DVM
Global Director
AAALAC International
Session: A4, C19
Tom Beauchamp, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
Georgetown University
Session: D6
Allyson Bennett, PhD
Assistant Professor of
Psychology
University of Wisconsin-
Madison
Session: Keynote, March 19; Panel I, A9
Taylor Bennett,
DVM, PhD
Management Consultant;
Senior Scientific Advisor
National Association for
Biomedical Research
Session: A5, B8, D5
John Bradfield, DVM,
PhD
Senior Director
AAALAC International
Session: Panel II
Linda N. Brovarney, BS,
RVT, CMAR, CPIA
Director, IACUC
University of California,
San Francisco
Session: C10
Marcy Brown, BS,
MA, CPIA
Regulatory Compliance
Worldwide Comparative
Medicine - La Jolla
Pfizer, Worldwide
Research & Development
Session: B12, C11, D13
Patricia A. Brown, VMD,
MS, DACLAM
Director
Off ice of Laboratory
Animal Welfare, National
Institutes of Health
Session: Panel II, A15, B17, C10
Melinda Bruns, BS, RVT
PAM Compliance
Specialist
IACUC Administrator
University of Cincinnati
Session: C15
John A. Bryan, II, DVM, MS
Veterinary Medical
Off icer/ Wildlife
Veterinarian NPS IACUC;
Chair and Attending
Veterinarian,
Wildlife Health Branch
Biological Resource
Management
United States National
Park Service
Session: C8
CBrendan J. Canning, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions
Session: Panel IV, C5
David G. Cannon,
BA, CPIA
Director, IACUC
University of Alabama at
Birmingham
Session: C13
Samuel C. Cartner,
PhD, DVM
Director, Animal
Resources Program
University of Alabama at
Birmingham
Session: A7, B9
Mark S. Christensen, MA
Unaff iliated/Non-Scientist
IACUC Member
Lourdes University
Session: Panel IV, C6
Carol Clarke, DVM,
DACLAM
Senior Staff Veterinarian
for Research
USDA, APHIS, Animal Care
Session: Panel II, A8
Sylvie Cloutier, PhD
Research Assistant
Professor
Washington State
University
Session: A1
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J.G. (Jerry) Collins, PhD
IACUC Chair
Yale University
Session: A13, B13, C7, D8
P. Michael Conn, PhD
Director of Research
Advocacy
Oregon Health & Science
University
Session: B4
DMonica DeFeo, MS
Compliance Liaison
Pfizer, Inc.
Session: B14
Michelle Denning,
LATG, CPIA
Grants Specialist and
IACUC Manager
Off ice of Animal Care
and Use
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Session: D10
David DeOrnellis, BS,
RLATg, CPIA
Manager, Technical
Services
Novartis Institutes for
Biomedical Research, Inc.
Session: B16
Anne Deschamps, PhD
Science Policy Analyst
Federation of American
Societies for
Experimental Biology
Session: B4
Alexander E. Dreier, JD
Partner, Washington DC
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Session: Panel III
Nicole Duff ee, DVM, PhD
Director, Education and
Scientific Aff airs
American Association for
Laboratory Animal
Science
Session: A17, B16, C17
FHope Ferdowsian,
MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of
Medicine
George Washington
University Medical
Faculty Associates
Session: C5, D6
Mary Jo Fitzgerald
IACUC Protocol Analyst
Wake Forest University
School of Medicine
Session: B12
Patricia L. Foley, DVM,
DACLAM
Director, Off ice of
Animal Welfare
University of Virginia
Session: C1, D15
Elizabeth W. Ford, DVM,
MPVM
Senior Director
The Scripps
Research Institute
Session: C4, D3
Linda Fritz, RLATg
US Training Coordinator
GlaxoSmithKline
Session: D15
Deborah A. Frolicher,
BS, CPIA
Director, IACUC
The Scripps
Research Institute
Session: A11, B11
GBrianna Gaskill, PhD
Postdoctoral Research
Scientist
Charles River Laboratories
Session: A1, C3
Elizabeth Goldentyer,
DVM
Regional Director
USDA, APHIS, Animal Care
Session: Panel III, B5, C4, D16
Cory Goracke-Postle,
PhD, CPIA
Associate Director, IACUC
Off ice; IACUC Member
University of Minnesota
Session: B6
Jaimie Graff , BS,
MA, CPIA
IACUC Administrator;
Post Approval Monitor
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Session: B14
HTroy Hallman, MS, VMD,
DACLAM
Director of Animal Welfare
University of Pennsylvania
Session: C13
Lori Hampton
Animal Welfare
Program Specialist
Off ice of Laboratory
Animal Welfare
National Institutes
of Health
Session: D8
F. Claire Hankenson,
DVM, MS, DACLAM
Senior Associate Director,
University Laboratory
Animal Resources
University of
Pennsylvania
Session: Panel II, A16
Susan Harper, DVM, MS
Veterinary Medical
Off icer
Department of Veterans
Aff airs
Session: A18
Emily Hearne, MS
Training and Compliance
Manager
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Session: B16
Tracy Heenan,
DVM, CPIA
Director, IACUC;
Associate Professor
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Session: C14
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Jo Ann Henry,
LATg, CPIA
IACUC Compliance
Coordinator
NYU Langone
Medical Center
Session: B11
Annette K. Hildabrand,
DVM, MPH, DACLAM
Deputy Director
OSD DDR&E Animal Use
Program
Off ice of the Secretary of
Defense
Session: C9
Cindy M. Hoorn,
DVM, PhD
Director, Global Regulatory
and Compliance,
Pfizer, Inc.
Session: A6
Alice Huang, PhD, CPIA
Staff Scientist
Atlanta VA
Medical Center
Session: A18
Melissa Hunsley, PhD,
CPIA
Animal Care and Use
Program Consultant
ACUP Consulting
Session: C18
JTanise L. Jackson, DVM,
DACLAM
Director, Animal Welfare
and Research Integrity
Florida A&M University
Session: A15, B12
Mary Lou James, BA,
LATG, CPIA
Regulatory Compliance
Consultant
Research Animal Welfare
Session: A12
Donna Jarrell, DVM
Acting Director
Center for Comparative
Medicine,
Massachusetts General
Hospital
Session: C14
Ann Jernigan, DVM, PhD
Vice President,
Worldwide Comparative
Medicine
Pfizer Worldwide
Research & Development
Session: A4
KChand Khanna,
DVM, PhD
Head, Tumor and
Metastasis Biology Section
National Cancer Institute
Center for Cancer
Research
Session: Keynote, March 18
Dara Kraitchman, VMD,
PhD, FACC
Professor
Department of Radiology
Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine
Session: Panel III, B10, C2
Kevin C. Kregel, PhD
Professor
University of Iowa
Session: B4
LMargaret Landi, VMD,
MS, DACLAM
Chief of Animal Welfare
and Veterinary Medicine;
Global Head of
Laboratory Animal Science
GlaxoSmithKline
Pharmaceuticals
Session: D6
Amanda Lauer, PhD
Instructor
Johns Hopkins University
Session: C3
Robyn B. Lee, MS, CPIA
Statistician; IACUC Chair
US Army Medical
Research Institute of
Chemical Defense
Session: B2
Cathy Liss, BA
President
Animal Welfare Institute
Session: C5
MMonte Matthews, BA,
CPIA
Director, Veterinary
Services and
Animal Care
University of Oregon
Session: A11, B13
Natalie L. Mays, BA,
LATG, CPIA
IACUC and IBC Director
NYU Langone
Medical Center
Session: Panel IV, C12, D9
Leticia V. Medina, DVM,
DACLAM
Associate Director
Animal Welfare and
Compliance
AbbVie Inc.
Session: Panel I, A9, C2, D4
Elizabeth Meeks, PhD
Assistant Regional
Director, Western Off ice
USDA, APHIS, Animal Care
Session: D16
Greg Miller, PhD
Staff Science Writer
Wired Magazine
Session: Plenary, March 19; D4
Paul Mireles, RLAT
IACUC Coordinator
Northwestern University
Session: B12
Eileen Morgan, BS
Director, Division of
Assurances
Off ice of Laboratory
Animal Welfare
National Institutes of
Health
Session: A12, B10, D11
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Brent C. Morse, DVM,
DACLAM
Animal Welfare Program
Specialist
Off ice of Laboratory
Animal Welfare
National Institutes of
Health
Session: A7, B9, C8
NTeresa Neubauer,
RLATg, CMAR
Operations Manager for
Staff Development and
Training
Center for Comparative
Medicine
Session: C17
Chris E. Newcomer,
VMD DACLAM
Executive Director
AAALAC International
Session: A8, B14
Steven M. Niemi, DVM,
DACLAM
Director, Animal
Welfare Assurance
Massachusetts General
Hospital
Session: A3, C9, D7
OHelen O’Meara, MS,
CPIA
Associate Director
Responsible Research
Practices
Ohio State University
Session: D12
Tara G. Ooms Konecny,
DVM, DACLAM
Professor,
Comparative Medicine
Tulane University
Session: A14
PEmily Patterson-Kane,
PhD
Animal Welfare Scientist
American Veterinary
Medical Association
Session: A7
Nicolette Petervary, VMD
Regional Animal Care
Specialist
Eastern Region
USDA, APHIS, Animal Care
Session: D16
David Pinson, DVM,
PhD, DACVP, DACLAM
Director, LACF;
Professor, University of
Illinois College of
Medicine at Peoria
Session: C7
Ernest D. Prentice, PhD
Associate Vice
Chancellor
University of Nebraska
Medical Center
Session: D14
Kevin Prestia, DVM,
DACLAM
Chief, Comparative
Medicine; Assistant
Professor of Pathology
and Cell Biology
Columbia University
Session: A16, B3
Jennifer Pullium, MVB,
DACLAM
Director, Division of
Laboratory
Animal Resources
NYU Langone Medical
Center and
School of Medicine
Session: Panel IV
Joan Richerson, MS,
DVM, DACLAM, CPIA
Assistant Chief Veterinary
Medical Off icer
Department of Veterans
Aff airs
Off ice of Research and
Development
Session: A18
QRobert H. Quinn, DVM,
DACLAM
Director, Department
of Laboratory Animal
Resources
Assistant Professor of
Bioethics and Humanities
SUNY Upstate Medical
University
Session: B7
RCyndi Rosenblatt,
MPA, CPIA
IACUC Program Manager
Medical University of
South Carolina
Session: A13
Andrew N. Rowan, PhD
President and CEO
Humane Society
International
Session: Henry Spira Memorial Lecture
Harry Rozmiarek, DVM,
PhD, DACLAM
Professor Emeritus and
Director
University of
Pennsylvania and Fox
Chase Cancer Center
Session: C19
SRichelle Scales, CPIA
Protocol Analyst,
IACUC Off ice
University of California,
Berkeley
Session: C10
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James A. Serpell,
BSc, PhD
Marie A. Moore Professor
of Animal Ethics and
Welfare;
Director, Center for the
Interaction of Animals
and Society, Department
of Clinical Studies
School of Veterinary
Medicine, University of
Pennsylvania
Session: Panel I, A9
Naomi Shalit, BSc
Compliance Off icer
Montreal Neurological
Institute
Session: B14
Mary Jo Shepherd,
DVM, CPIA
Director, IACUC
Columbia University
Session: Panel IV, B1, C11, D9
Robert S. Sikes, PhD
ASM ACUC Chair;
Professor of Biology
University of Arkansas at
Little Rock
Session: C8
Susan Brust Silk, MS
Director
Division of Policy and
Education
Off ice of Laboratory
Animal Welfare
National Institutes of
Health
Session: A9, B8, C11, D8
Pamela Straeter
Assistant Director
Research Integrity
and Assurance
Princeton University
Session: C15
Lisa D. Snider, CPIA
IACUC Administrator
Lab Animal Program
Purdue University
Session: B12
Shannon Stutler, DVM,
MPH, CPIA
United States Army
(retired)
Session: D11
TVenita B. Thornton,
DVM, MPH
Senior Assurance Off icer
Off ice of Laboratory
Animal Welfare
National Institutes of Health
Session: A11, C14, D12
Anita M. Trichel,
DVM, PhD
Clinical Director,
Regional Biocontainment
Laboratory
University of Pittsburgh
Session: D1
WMark C. Wallace
Professor and Chair
Department of Natural
Resources Management
Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center
Session: C8
Sonja Wallace, BA, CPIA
Associate Director, IACUC
Stanford University
Session: A10
Jim Weed, PhD
Behaviorist
Division of Veterinary
Resources
National Institutes of
Health
Session: D2
Barton Weick, MS, DVM,
PhD, DACLAM
Animal Welfare
Program Specialist
Off ice of Laboratory
Animal Welfare
National Institutes of
Health
Session: A14, B15, D10
David Wendler, MA, PhD
Staff Fellow
Clinical Center
Bioethics Program
National Institutes of
Health
Session: D6
William White, MS,
VMD, DACLAM
Corporate Vice
President, Veterinary and
Professional Services
Charles River
Laboratories
Session: B9
Wendy Williams, DVM,
DACLAM
Clinical Veterinarian
Cornell Center for Animal
Resources and Education
Session: D1
Christina Winnicker,
DVM, MPH, DACLAM
Director, Enrichment and
Behavioral Medicine,
Animal Welfare and
Training Charles River
Laboratories
Session: A2, B3
Axel V. Wolff , MS, DVM
Director
Division of Compliance
Oversight
Off ice of Laboratory
Animal Welfare (OLAW)
National Institutes of
Health
Session: Panel III, A8, B3, C4, D13
Jeff rey Wyatt, DVM,
MPH, DACLAM
Professor and Chair
Comparative Medicine
University of Rochester
School of Medicine and
Dentistry
Session: A3
ZJoanne Zurlo, PhD
Director, Science Strategy
Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg
School of Public Health
Session: B1
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Lynn C. Anderson, DVM, DACLAM, is the vice president
of global animal welfare and comparative medicine for
Covance Research Laboratories, Inc. She has over 30
years of experience developing and directing animal
care and use programs, having served as the attending
veterinarian and, ultimately, as the institutional off icial
for Merck Research Laboratories. She also provided
leadership for a global consulting and staff ing business
that provided technical and scientific personnel to
academic, commercial, and government research
institutions in North America and Europe. In addition
to her clinical expertise, Dr. Anderson has extensive
experience in animal facility design, personnel training
and management, and regulatory aff airs. Dr. Anderson
is a diplomate and past president of ACLAM and past
president of AALAS and ASLAP. She was co-editor of
Laboratory Animal Medicine, 2nd edition and a member
of the editorial board for the OLAW/ARENA Institutional
Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook, 2nd
edition. She also serves as a specialist consultant and
trustee for AAALAC International.
George Babcock, PhD, is chair of the IACUC at the
University of Cincinnati (UC), a position he has held since
2000. The UC IACUC is responsible for the animals at
the two main campuses and two branch campuses
of UC, plus at the Shriners Hospitals for Children—
Cincinnati. Dr. Babcock also serves as a professor in the
department of surgery in the College of Medicine at UC.
Additionally, he represents the IACUC on the institutional
biosafety committee and interfaces with the radiation
safety department, the human health and safety
department, and the off ice of research compliance
and regulatory aff airs on issues relating to animals
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and animal workers. Dr. Babcock has a background in
immunology and obtained his PhD and postdoctoral
training in this area from the University of Nebraska
Medical Center and the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, respectively. He currently performs research
in the area of trauma, wound healing, and toxicology as
it relates to the immune system. He is a member of the
2013 IACUC Conference Planning Committee.
R. Wayne Barbee, PhD, is professor and director of
research at the department of emergency medicine,
School of Medicine, Senior VCURES (Virginia
Commonwealth University Reanimation Engineering
Science Center). He is also a fellow and chair of the
IACUC at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
Dr. Barbee holds a master’s degree and doctorate in
Physiology and has over three decades of research
experience involving a wide variety of animals including
bats, cats, crabs, dogs, rodents, and swine, in a number
of experimental settings. His research has focused on
circulatory shock and resuscitation, with expertise in
the areas of acute and chronic surgery, and mammalian
hemodynamics. He has been associated with IACUCs
at small and medium-sized institutions for over two
decades, and is familiar with the oversight of animal
care and use programs. Dr. Barbee has served on
study sections for the American Heart Association,
the Department of Defense, and the NIH. Dr. Barbee
was an Oxford, UK 2006 fellow (recipient, VCU Harris-
Manchester Award) where he examined policies,
training, and security issues related to animal care and
use within the UK. Finally, he also served as a member of
the National Academies Committee to revise the Guide
for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.
AAALAC International
AALAS
ACLAM
APHIS
ASLAP
CPIA®
IACUC
ILAM
NIH
OLAW
USDA
Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners
Certified Professional IACUC Administrator
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Institute for Laboratory Animal Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Off ice of Laboratory Animal Welfare
United States Department of Agriculture
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Allyson J. Bennett, PhD, is currently on the faculty
of the department of psychology at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Bennett is a developmental
psychobiologist whose comparative studies have
contributed new insights into the roles that genes
and early environments play in neurobehavioral
development and health across the lifespan. She is
the author of numerous publications on behavior,
physiology, genetics, and neurobiology in prosimians,
Old World monkeys, and chimpanzees. Her research
is funded by the NIH. Dr. Bennett’s research and
teaching program at the Harlow Center for Biological
Psychology provides students with training in primate
behavior, development, and neuroscience. She is an
associate editor for the scientific journal Developmental
Psychobiology. In addition to her scientific work, Dr.
Bennett has a long-standing commitment to public
education and dialogue about the importance of animal
research. She developed and directed a highly successful
and innovative outreach and education program at Wake
Forest University School of Medicine, where she also
served on the IACUC and chaired the Nonhuman Primate
Environmental Enrichment Committee. Dr. Bennett is the
current chair of the American Psychological Association’s
Committee on Animal Research Ethics. She is a member
of Speaking of Research, an advocacy group that
provides accurate information about the importance
of animal research in medical and veterinary science,
and she writes about science, animal welfare, and public
interest for their news blog.
John Bradfield, DVM, PhD, is senior director of AAALAC
International, a veterinarian, and a diplomate of ACLAM.
Dr. Bradfield has PhD in experimental pathology with
scholarly publications in various areas of laboratory
animal medicine, wound healing, and vascular and
platelet biology. Dr. Bradfield has had many years’
experience with the accreditation process as an ad
hoc consultant and 10 years’ service as a council
member, most recently as council president of AAALAC
International. He has served as director of the Division of
Laboratory Animal Medicine and attending veterinarian
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and
also as chair of the department of comparative medicine
at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University,
Greenville, North Carolina. He has extensive experience
in academic laboratory animal medicine, managing
animal programs, and working with animal care and
use committees. Prior to his career in laboratory animal
medicine, Dr. Bradfield was a large animal practitioner. In
his current role at AAALAC International, he is
responsible for education and outreach activities.
Patricia A. Brown, VMD, MS, DACLAM, currently
serves as the director of the OLAW at the NIH.
OLAW oversees the use of animals in NIH-supported
biomedical and behavioral research by providing
guidance and interpretation of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals (PHS Policy); monitoring compliance with the
PHS Policy; evaluating all allegations or indications
of noncompliance with Federal animal welfare
requirements; and supporting educational programs
that further the humane care and use of research animal
subjects. She received her Bachelor of Science in animal
science from the Pennsylvania State University and her
veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
She served in the United States Air Force for eight years
and while on active duty earned a Master of Science in
laboratory animal medicine from the Milton S. Hershey
Medical Center at Pennsylvania State University,
Hershey, PA. She joined the NIH in 1986, and has since
served in clinical and management positions in the
Veterinary Resources Branch, the National Cancer
Institute and the Off ice of Animal Care and Use before
joining OLAW in 2006 as the director.
Brendan J. Canning, PhD, is an associate professor
of medicine at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
He is currently co-editor in chief of Cough, associate
editor of the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental
Therapeutics, associate editor of Frontiers in Respiration
Physiology, and review editor for Pulmonary
Pharmacology and Therapeutics. His research focuses
on airway neural control and is funded by the NIH and
through collaborations with industry. Dr. Canning has
been a member of the Johns Hopkins University Animal
Care and Use Committee for over a decade.
Mark Christensen, MA, holds the rank of associate
professor at Lourdes University where he chairs the
philosophy department. His teaching load includes
courses in ethics, bioethics, and values. Mr. Christensen
has served on IACUCs since 1994 as an unaff iliated/
non-scientist member. He has participated in the animal
research community through a number of regional,
national, and international organizations and has
presented at past PRIM&R IACUC conferences. In 2008
Mr. Christensen was invited to give the Henry Spira
Memorial Lecture at PRIM&R’s IACUC Conference in
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to the provost and adjunct professor of law at the
University of Oklahoma. He is a frequent speaker
on legal developments of interest to education and
research clients, including at meetings of the National
Association of College and University Attorneys and
the American Health Lawyers’ Association. His views
have been published in such periodicals as the Journal
of College and University Law, the Bureau of National
Aff airs’ Medical Research Law and Policy Report, The
Chronicle of Higher Education, Trusteeship, and West’s
Education Law Reporter.
Betty Goldentyer, DVM, is the eastern regional director
for the Animal Care Program of USDA APHIS. Dr.
Goldentyer has been with the Animal Care Program
since its organization as a stand-alone unit in 1988. The
eastern region has a staff of 60 employees who issue
the licenses and registration; handle public complaints;
respond to FOIA requests; and perform compliance
inspections assuring humane care for animals used by
commercial dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, and in
commercial transport.
F. Claire Hankenson, DVM, MS, DACLAM, is the senior
associate director for laboratory animal resources at the
University of Pennsylvania, and is an associate professor
of laboratory animal medicine in the department of
pathobiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr.
Hankenson obtained her veterinary degree from Purdue
University. Following veterinary school, she completed
her laboratory animal medicine residency and her MS
in microbiology at the University of Washington. She
became a diplomate in ACLAM in 2002. Dr. Hankenson’s
current position at the University of Pennsylvania
combines administrative service, clinical eff ort, teaching
duties, and collaborative research. Her own research
involves investigations of rodent genotyping, clinical
pathology, and occupational health and safety. Dr.
Hankenson served on the AAALAS National Meeting
Program Committee from 2002 to 2007 and the ILAM
committee from 2008 to 2011. In 2011, she was appointed
as a member of the AALAS Scientific Advisory Committee.
She is an ad-hoc consultant to AAALAC International and
is currently on the Board of Directors for ACLAM. She is a
Co-Chair of the 2013 IACUC Conference.
Chand Khanna, DVM, PhD, completed his veterinary
training at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine
in 1991. He then received specialty training in the fields
of veterinary internal medicine and oncology first at
Atlanta. Mr. Christensen’s interest in applied ethics has
also led to his membership on the Institutional Review
Board at two institutions and 10 years as a clinical
ethicist at two hospitals.
Carol Clarke, DVM, DACLAM, is the research staff
off icer specialist for USDA APHIS, Animal Care. Dr. Clarke
received her bachelor’s degree in the natural sciences
from Johns Hopkins University and her DVM from the
Tuskegee School of Veterinary Medicine. After receiving
her DVM, she practiced small animal medicine in New
York City for 13 years before entering the laboratory
animal medicine training program at SmithKline
Beecham Pharmaceuticals in King of Prussia, PA. Upon
completion of the program, she entered the NIH in 1998
as the primate facility veterinarian for the Veterinary
Resources Program. In 2001, she accepted a position
with the Comparative Medicine Branch of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and
became a diplomate of ACLAM in 2005. During her 10
years with NIAID, she served as IACUC coordinator, vice
chair of the Rodent Gnotobiotic Committee, and chief
of Shared and Central Facility Operations. In addition,
she prepared all USDA, OLAW, and AAALAC annual
reports. Dr. Clarke accepted a position with the USDA in
2011, and currently serves as the research specialist staff
off icer at APHIS Animal Care headquarters located in
Riverdale, MD. Dr. Clarke is a member of the 2013 IACUC
Conference Planning Committee.
Alexander E. Dreier, JD, is a partner at Hogan
Lovells US LLP, and practices law focused on advising
universities, medical centers, and other educational
and research institutions on laws pertinent to research
and education. He advises on regulation of sponsored
research and clinical trials, including human subjects
and laboratory animal research, conflict of interest,
and research misconduct, as well as international
and domestic research collaboration. He helps clients
respond to government investigations and has
represented clients before the US Supreme Court and
other federal and state courts in litigation concerning
civil rights and aff irmative action, human subjects
research, privacy, school funding, employment
discrimination, disability discrimination, and special
education. He advises universities and their governing
boards on matters related to governance, conflicts
of interest, endowment management, international
initiatives, tenure, student aff airs, and financial exigency.
Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Mr. Dreier was assistant
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the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
and then the University of Minnesota. Dr. Khanna is
a board-certified diplomate of the American College
of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Oncology). Following
this clinical specialization, Dr. Khanna received a PhD
in pathobiology from the University of Minnesota and
then a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Cancer
Institute in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Khanna is currently head of
the Pediatric Oncology Branch’s Tumor and Metastasis
Biology Section, and director of the Center for Cancer
Research, Comparative Oncology Program at the National
Cancer Institute. His research interests and responsibilities
are focused on the problem of cancer metastasis and
the development of new options to treat patients with
metastasis. Dr. Khanna continues to be an active clinician
within his referral oncology practice, The Oncology
Service, LLC, based in the greater Washington DC area. Dr.
Khanna is president of the American College of Veterinary
Internal Medicine in Oncology and is chair of the
Children’s Oncology Groups Bone Biology Subcommittee.
Dr. Khanna is a founding member of the Canine
Comparative Oncology and Genomics Consortium.
Dara Kraitchman, VMD, PhD, FACC, is a professor in
The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and
Radiological Science and the cardiovascular interventional
section head in the Division of Magnetic Resonance
Research with a joint appointment in the department
of molecular and comparative pathobiology, and is
an aff iliate faculty member in the Institute for Cellular
Engineering, Institute for NanoBioTechnology, and the
Institute for Computational Medicine at The Johns
Hopkins University (JHU). She is a voting member of
her IACUC. She received her veterinary degree and PhD
in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
Her research focuses on minimally invasive imaging
and delivery techniques using clinical imaging scanners
for tracking stem cells for regenerative cardiovascular
therapy. Dr. Kraitchman has received continuous NIH
funding since her appointment at JHU in 1996, and is
on the editorial board of the Journal of Cardiovascular
Magnetic Resonance, Journal of the American College of
Cardiology Cardiovascular Imaging, and Nanomedicine.
She has published over 100 manuscripts, book chapters,
and patents, and is the editor of the first book on stem
cell labeling and tracking using non-invasive imaging.
She is also one of the few veterinarians nominated as a
fellow of the American College of Cardiology and to the
Council of Distinguished Investigators of the Academy
of Radiology. Dr. Kraitchman is a member of the 2013
IACUC Conference Planning Committee.
Natalie L. Mays, BA, LATG, CPIA, received a bachelor’s
degree in microbiology from Miami University in
Oxford, Ohio, obtained AALAS certification, and CPIA
certification from PRIM&R. Also a graduate of the ILAM
program sponsored by AALAS, Ms. Mays is currently
the director of the Off ice of the IACUC and Institutional
Biosafety Committee (IBC) at New York University
Langone Medical Center (NYULMC). In this position,
she is responsible for the administrative management
of the IACUC and the IBC. Prior to joining the team at
NYULMC, Ms. Mays was the IACUC director at Columbia
University and Columbia University Medical Center.
She has served on IACUCs since early 1988 in various
capacities including the role of regulatory compliance
and training coordinator. Originally from northeast Ohio,
Natalie is currently active in PRIM&R as a member of
PRIM&R’s Diversity Task Force and the 2013 IACUC
Conference Planning Committee. She has been active in
AALAS at the local and national levels serving on various
committees.
Leticia V. Medina, DVM, DACLAM, earned her BS in
Biology at the University of Notre Dame and her DVM
degree from Texas A&M University. She completed her
laboratory animal medicine post-doctoral training at
the University of Illinois, Chicago and is a diplomate of
ACLAM. She is currently the associate director of animal
welfare and compliance at AbbVie Inc., and serves as
the chair of Abbott Laboratory’s Global Animal Welfare
Committee. In these roles, she helps to ensure high animal
welfare standards at Abbott globally and has led the
development of an animal welfare culture at Abbott with
the creation of many innovative animal welfare initiatives.
She is also the current chair of the 3Rs Leadership Group
of the Innovation and Quality Consortium. Dr. Medina is
passionate about promoting animal welfare as a part of
good science and advocates for stronger animal welfare
leadership from the biomedical research community to
help proactively advance the most humane science and
the adoption of the 3Rs. She is a member of the 2013
IACUC Conference Planning Committee.
Greg Miller, PhD, is a staff science writer at Wired
magazine. Before joining Wired in January 2013, Dr.
Miller spent 11 years on the staff of Science, most
recently as the San Francisco news correspondent.
Dr. Miller’s writing focuses on neuroscience and other
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Ireland. Following veterinary school, she served a two-
year residency in laboratory animal medicine at the
Emory University. Dr. Pullium is a diplomate of ACLAM.
Andrew N. Rowan, PhD, is currently chief scientific
off icer of the Humane Society of the United States
(HSUS) and chief executive off icer of Humane Society
International. He is also treasurer of the World Society
for the Protection of Animals. Born in Zimbabwe, Dr.
Rowan received his BSc from Cape Town University
and his DPhil in biochemistry from Oxford University.
He worked for the Fund for the Replacement of Animals
in Medical Experiments, London from 1976 to 1978. In
1978, he became associate director of the Institute for
the Study of Animal Problems of the HSUS. Dr. Rowan
joined the Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine in 1983,
and is the founder of the Tufts Center for Animals
and Public Policy, for which he was the director from
1983 to 1997. He was also a professor and chair of the
department of environmental studies from 1995 to 1997.
In 1997, he rejoined the HSUS as senior vice president.
Dr. Rowan was a recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship in
1968, and the Russell and Burch Award for Promotion
of Alternatives in 1996. He served as a member of the
PRIM&R Board of Directors from 1987 to 2010 and
served on the Planning Committee for the IACUC
Conference for many years.
James A. Serpell, BSc, PhD, is the Marie A. Moore
Professor of Animal Ethics and Welfare at the School of
Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, where
he also directs the Center for the Interaction of Animals
and Society. He received his bachelor’s degree in
zoology from University College London, London, UK, in
1974, and his PhD in animal behavior from the University
of Liverpool in 1980. In 1985, he established the
Companion Animal Research Group at the University of
Cambridge before moving in 1993 to his current position
at the University of Pennsylvania where he lectures on
veterinary ethics, applied animal behavior and welfare,
and human-animal interactions. His research focuses
mainly on the behavior and welfare of dogs and cats,
the development of human attitudes to animals, and
the history and impact of human-animal relationships. In
addition to publishing more than 100 articles and book
chapters on these and related topics, he is the author,
editor, or co-editor of several books including Animals
& Human Society: Changing Perspectives (1994), The
Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions
areas of biological, behavioral, and social science. He has
also written extensively about animal rights extremism
and the evolving legal status of animals. In 2011, he
won a Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Award from the
Foundation for Biomedical Research in recognition of
“outstanding journalism demonstrating the essential role
of humane animal research in medical discoveries and
scientific breakthroughs.” As a Rosalynn Carter Fellow for
Mental Health Journalism, Dr. Miller traveled to Sri Lanka,
India, and China in 2005 to report a series of articles for
Science on the challenges of treating mental illness in
developing countries. In 2012, he visited Aceh, Indonesia
to report on a novel community mental health program
in development there. Before becoming a journalist,
Dr. Miller earned his PhD in neuroscience at Stanford
University and attended the graduate science writing
program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He
lives in San Francisco with his veterinarian wife and their
very lucky dog.
Christian E. Newcomer, VMD, MS, DACLAM, is the
executive director of AAALAC International and has
participated in AAALAC’s review activities for the past 27
years. He is a 1977 graduate of the School of Veterinary
Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Following
a year in a large animal internship at Pennsylvania
State University, he entered post-doctoral training in
laboratory animal medicine at the University of Michigan
(1978-1981) and subsequently became board certified as
a diplomate in ACLAM in 1982. Prior to his appointment
at AAALAC International he held academic and
leadership positions in laboratory animal medicine at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1981-1987), Tufts-
New England Medical Center (1987-1994), University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1994-2001), the Veterinary
Resources Program at the NIH (2001-2003), and the
Johns Hopkins University (2003-2008). He is a past
president of ACLAM (1996) and of AALAS (2008), and a
past vice president of the AAALAC International Council
on Accreditation (1996-8). Dr. Newcomer is a member
of the PRIM&R Board of Directors, has frequently
participated as a member of the IACUC Conference
faculty since 1989, and is a Co-Chair of the 2013 IACUC
Conference Planning Committee.
Jennifer K. Pullium, MVB, DACLAM, currently serves
as director of the Division of Laboratory Animal
Resources and associate professor of pathology at New
York University School of Medicine. Dr. Pullium earned
her veterinary degree from University College Dublin,
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with People (1995), In the Company of Animals (1996),
and Companion Animals and Us (2000).
Mary Jo Shepherd, DVM, CPIA, is currently director
of the Off ice of the IACUC at Columbia University. In
this position she administers two IACUCs for a large
animal care and use program. She has served on
IACUCs since early 1988, and was a member of five
IACUCs for a number of years while serving as attending
veterinarian for a privately owned medical device testing
laboratory. She has spent over eight years working in the
pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Shepherd is currently active
in PRIM&R and is the chair of PRIM&R’s Council on the
Certification of Professional IACUC Administrators. She
has been active in AALAS at the local and national levels
and is currently serving on AALAS’s Editorial Review
Board. She has been actively involved in the planning of
the New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research’s
annual IACUC conference for over 11 years and was also
on the Americans for Medical Progress Board of Directors
for five years. Dr. Shepherd is a member of the 2013
IACUC Conference Planning Committee, and a recipient
of PRIM&R’s 2012 Distinguished Service Award.
Axel Wolff , MS, DVM, currently serves as director for the
Division of Compliance Oversight, OLAW NIH. At OLAW
he has also served as a senior assurance off icer. Prior to
joining OLAW, Dr. Wolff was the director of the Veterinary
Resources Program, NIH’s intramural biomedical
research support program. He also directed NIH’s
animal quarantine facility and served at the neurology
institute. Dr. Wolff ’s interest in unique research animals
has involved him in work with armadillos, chimpanzees,
and fruit bats, as well as the more common species.
He serves on the editorial board of Lab Animal and
has published on various topics including primate
enrichment and interpretations of various provisions of
the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and
Use of Laboratory Animals.
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