Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee
Appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Policy); the USDA Animal Welfare Act and Regulations (AWAR); the institutional Animal Welfare Assurance; the University Policy on Animal Care and Use; and all other applicable statutes and regulations pertaining to the use of live, vertebrate animals in research and teaching activities. All research protocols subject to oversight must be approved by the IACUC prior to initiation.
The IACUC shall comprise, at minimum, five members. Members are appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation (VCRI). At least one member must hold a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. One member must be a scientist who has experience conducting research with animals. One member must be a non-scientist from a discipline that does not conduct animal research. One member must be unaffiliated with the university except for his/her appointment on the IACUC; this member must not be an immediate family member of anyone affiliated with the university. The attending veterinarian is an ex officio, voting member of the IACUC. The Director of Research Compliance is an ex officio, non-voting member. The VCRI shall appoint an IACUC Chair, and, at his/her discretion, a Vice Chair who serves in the Chair’s absence, from among the members who have served at least one year on the committee.
Nominations to the committee may be made from the deans of the colleges with activities overseen by the IACUC or from other individuals familiar with the committee’s roles and responsibilities. No more than two members of the IACUC may be from the same administrative unit (departmental level) of the university.
The VCRI may, at his/her discretion, periodically make changes to the IACUC’s composition to meet the evolving research needs of the University upon the approval of the provost.
Jennifer Mortensen | Biological Sciences | 2025 |
Kristian Forbes | Biological Sciences | 2023 |
J.D. Willson, alternate | Biological Sciences | 2025 |
Woodrow Shew | Physics | 2025 |
Kyle Quinn | College of Engineering | 2025 |
Jeff Wolchok | College of Engineering | 2025 |
Narasimhan Rajaram, alternate | College of Engineering | 2025 |
Nicholas Greene, Chair | Health, Human Performance, and Recreation | 2025 |
Tyrone Washington, alternate | Health, Human Performance, and Recreation | 2025 |
Samantha Robinson, Vice Chair | Mathematics, Nonscientist |
2025 |
Ken Jensen | Community Member | Standing member |
Kate Williams* | Attending Veterinarian | Standing member |
Shatara Porchia-White** | Research Integrity and Compliance | Standing member |
Robb Jones* | Alternate Attending Veterinarian | Standing member |
**=ex officio non-voting
Updated
12/03/2021
06/15/2021
02/03/2021
07/07/2020
08/13/2019
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