The Committee

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable regulations and guidelines governing the care and use of live, vertebrate animals in research, teaching, and training activities conducted by the university community. All such activities must be described in an approved Animal Use Protocol.

The IACUC roster may be found here. Members are appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. Meetings take place monthly; the schedule for upcoming meetings may be found below.

Note: All protools must be submitted one week prior to the meeting by 2:00 pm. A quorum of members (50% + 1) must be present for the IACUC to conduct official business.

IACUC Meetings

Upcoming IACUC meetings are listed below. Presently, meetings are held via Microsoft Teams.

Here is a complete list of Research Integrity and Compliance events.

Reporting Animal Welfare Concerns

Any individual who has specific concerns that animals are not being used or treated in a humane and responsible manner by University faculty, staff, or students is encouraged to report such concerns to any member of the IACUC Program Staff (see below). The IACUC Chair, or other members of the IACUC appointed by the Chair, will investigate. If deficiencies are found, the IACUC will take whatever steps are necessary to ensure the safety and welfare of animals, and compliance with federal and state regulations and university policy on the care and use of animals in research, training and teaching activities.

Submit Anonymous Animal Welfare Report

From a mobile device, text @concerns to 35134. Reply with 1-YES to be sent a link to the reporting form.

Every effort will be made to protect the confidentiality, to the extent possible, of those reporting animal welfare concerns. Institutional members may not retaliate in any way against those reporting animal welfare concerns.