2013 IACUC Conference Guide

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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prim&r’s 2013 institutional animal care & use committee (IACUC) conference

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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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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


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


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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Special Events

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.

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 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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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


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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


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.


Edstrom

262.534.5181 • www.edstrom.com/eRESEARCH

Booth: 10

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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™

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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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InfoEd Global

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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Panel I: Practical Strategies for Conducting Harm/

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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)


(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.


(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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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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(presentation-based).

Indicates a workshop (interactive).

Indicates session will be recorded for

conference proceedings.

Pre-registration was required. Please

visit the Help Desk to inquire about

space availability.

Indicates a session chosen from our

Call for Program Contributions.

Indicates a double session, which

includes both lecture and discussion

segments. Double sessions are held

over lunch and will end at 1:30 PM

on March 19. Pre-registration was

required to attend and a lunch ticket

will be included on your name badge.

A boxed lunch will be served before

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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


Continental Breakfast to Welcome


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


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


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

Monday, March 18

Icon Key didactic session interactive workshop recorded session

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


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


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

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A5 GRAND BALLROOM IX

Conflict Resolution: When the AV, IACUC,

and Compliance Off ices Disagree


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


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


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


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


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


Faculty: Jerry Collins, Cyndi Rosenblatt


• 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


• 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


• 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?


Faculty: F. Claire Hankenson, Kevin Prestia


• 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


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.


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.



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


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

PRIM&R would like to thank Lovelace Respiratory

Research Institute for supporting the afternoon break.

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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?


Faculty: P. Michael Conn, Anne Deschamps, Kevin Kregel


• 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


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


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


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


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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B6 CHASSEUR

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


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


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


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?


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


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)


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


Faculty: Rob Anderson, Barton Weick


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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


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


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


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.

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Schedule

7:00 AM GRAND REGISTRATION

Registration Opens

7:00-8:00 AM HARBORSIDE BALLROOM C

Continental Breakfast


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.


Welcome


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


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?


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


[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.]

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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


Faculty: Brianna Gaskill, Amanda Lauer


• 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


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


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


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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C7 KENT AB

Open Forum for IACUC Chairs


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






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


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?


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





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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






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


Faculty: David Cannon, Troy Hallman


• 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)






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)






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.

C16 Advanced IRON

Alternative Searches



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


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






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


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.


relevant to AAALAC International stakeholders.



Lunch


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.



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


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.


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


Faculty: Anita Trichel, Wendy Williams


• 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!


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


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


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


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


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


Faculty: Steven Niemi


• 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


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


Faculty: Natalie Mays, Mary Jo Shepherd


• 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


Faculty: Michelle Denning, Barton Weick


• 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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D11 CHASSEUR

Ensuring Adequate and Eff ective

Record Keeping


Faculty: Eileen Morgan, Shannon Stutler


• 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?


Faculty: Helen O’Meara, Venita Thornton


• 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


Faculty: Marcy Brown, Axel Wolff


• 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


Faculty: George Babcock, Ernie Prentice


• 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?


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.


Tuesday 3.19

D16 LAUREL AB

A Dialogue with USDA/APHIS


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.


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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sPosters Selected for Presentation

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


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


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

or by scanning this code with your mobile device:

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

Help Desk to purchase an ad

on the onsite job board.


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sPosters Selected for Workshop Presentation

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


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


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


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


Author: Emily Hearne, MS


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.


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


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.


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.


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



Author: Emily Hearne, MS


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 .


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


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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Program Description

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.


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


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


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.


These successful, interrelated programs were

accomplished by creatively using available resources,

without increases in staff or budget.

Web Based Tracking for Semi-Annual Inspections


Authors: Paul Mireles, RLAT; and Kimberley Heuer, BA, MS


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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Faculty List

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


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


Session: Panel II

Linda N. Brovarney, BS,

RVT, CMAR, CPIA

Director, IACUC

University of California,

San Francisco

Session: C10

Marcy Brown, BS,

MA, CPIA


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


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


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


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


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


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


Session: B16

Tracy Heenan,

DVM, CPIA

Director, IACUC;

Associate Professor

University of North


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


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


Session: D16

Greg Miller, PhD

Staff Science Writer

Wired Magazine

Session: Plenary, March 19; D4

Paul Mireles, RLAT

IACUC Coordinator


Session: B12

Eileen Morgan, BS

Director, Division of

Assurances


Animal Welfare

National Institutes of

Health

Session: A12, B10, D11

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Brent C. Morse, DVM,

DACLAM

Animal Welfare Program

Specialist


Animal Welfare


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


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


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


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


Animal Welfare


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


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


Health

Session: D2

Barton Weick, MS, DVM,

PhD, DACLAM

Animal Welfare

Program Specialist


Animal Welfare


Health

Session: A14, B15, D10

David Wendler, MA, PhD

Staff Fellow

Clinical Center

Bioethics Program


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


Animal Welfare (OLAW)


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

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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.


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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


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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*The Waterview Ballroom may be accessed through the hotel lobby.Walk through Grille 700 toward the back of the restaurant.


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IACUC Management Redefined

Documents

2013 IACUC Conference Guide