Before receiving final saif approval, the pi must assign a funding source to the study before using the facility. For security purposes, most of the website is restricted to penn employees and students. The iacuc submission process is being facilitated through the online topaz electronic protocol application system. Cohen was curriculum director of the neuroscience graduate group and. Frequently asked questions faq office for responsible. Thank you for visiting the university of pennsylvania s website for the institutional animal use and care committee iacuc and the office of animal welfare oaw. The iacuc is qualified through the experience and expertise of its members to oversee the institutions animal program, facilities, and procedures. The vice provost for research, the division of finance, the office of regulatory affairs, and information systems and computing are pleased to announce the release of the animal research information electronic submissions system aries.
Institutional animal care and use committee membership fiscal year 2019. Case western reserve university institutional animal care and. The software has a large set of tools for measuring regional and global changes in vascularity and gray scale texture. Please email the iacuc office to request access for other staff members. Institutional animal care and use committee wikipedia. You may be seeing this page because you used the back button while browsing a secure web site or application. Protocol submission and guidelines institutional animal. All administrative and protocol details associated with a submission can be coded and tracked. Mice are transferred to the core iacuc protocol and relocated to our facilities on the sixth floor of the smilow center for translational research.
Your institutional iacuc committee may require changes or additions to this protocol this document is only a starting point. This historic, ivy league school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual u. Institutional animal care and use committee office of. Sample iacuc protocol evaluation of compound effects on eae development in c57bl6 mice introduction and use permissions this document is offered as a sample iacuc protocol. If a preread is requested, the protocol will be read by the iacuc chair, iacuc administrator, campus veterinarian, or a combination of the above people. Welcome to penn animal welfare penn animal welfare. New protocol and amendment form word document amendment form for minor changes only word document toxic chemical form word document radioactive substance form pdf. Iacuc process office of sponsored programs university of. Alternatively, you may have mistakenly bookmarked the web login form instead of the actual web site you wanted to bookmark or used a link created by somebody else who made the same mistake. By federal policy, the iacuc must be composed of, at a minimum, five members. How to work with your institutional animal care and use committee iacuc richard e. Approvalsif this research requires iacuc approval if the iacuc protocol has not yet been submitted.
The cmroi is dedicated to the development and application of innovative, novel magnetic resonance and optical imaging techniques. A principal investigator may modify the protocol application several times based on the feedback from the iacuc committee or change in research methodology. University of pennsylvania policy on conflicts of interest related to research. This document outlines those processes and the mechanisms employed to determine which steps are required to secure approval.
Prior to working with animals, ugs must complete all necessary iacuc related training associated with the ugs role on the protocol. One iacuc protocolmultiple funding sources project complete. Cayuse iacuc formerly esirius iacuc removes the complexity from iacuc protocol creation and management. Fish, phd, dvm director, university animal resources and associate professor of clinical sciences, college of veterinary medicine. Compliance with federal, state, and institutional policies is an essential component of any animal care and use program. Nonaffiliated ugs who will work with nonhuman primates or tissuebody fluids from nonhuman primate must complete specialized iacuc related training in addition to standard training for other species. Our staff penn animal welfare university of pennsylvania. Frequently asked questions faq whose approval do i need to use animals in research, teaching, and testing on the iowa state university campus. In the next popup, check the boxes next to the sections you would like included in the pdf. Since a committee of this size would not be able to accomplish the numerous regulatory tasks that are federally required, the penn state iacuc is composed of sixteen voting members, and three alternate members. Iacuc protocol management institutional animal care and use. The iacuc conducts a conference call every monday or tuesday in case of a holiday. By federal regulations, the iacuc must have members who are not.
Saif ultrasound and photoacoustic services radiology. Click on the links below to view, print or save these files to your computer. Click on manage studies protocols at the top of the page e. When you submit an iacuc protocol involving rsna work, you will be required to enter an ibc approval number in aries. Welcome to the atune program through iowa state university. Submit the signed protocol form in paper or electronic email attachment format along with a copy of the grant proposal to the iacuc coordinator in chp 234. Policy on undergraduate students, high school students and. Infoed animal studies iacuc core functions protocol development. Please note that failure to renew a protocol that covers currently housed animals, jeopardizes the continuation of the animal protocol and could result in suspension of animal use privileges and confiscation of animals.
The other menu options on the left, also restricted to penn affiliates, will link you to pages that contain information about the iacuc about the iacuc and oaw about the office of animal welfare, frequently asked questions faqs, and contact information for oaw our staff. We seek community members to serve on penn states institutional animal care and use committee iacuc, which oversees research involving vertebrate animals. The office of research services 1 sponsored programs at penn module 2 proposal preparation and submission and budgeting. One iacuc protocol can have multiple funding sources office of research services page 3 nih previously announced the transition to new u. The system administrators must add users to the atune software before personnel. Iacuc committee members sign in university of minnesota login and committee membership. How to work with your institutional animal care and use. Rather than having all laboratories who wish to work with primary cells obtain their own irbapproved protocol, recruit donors, and develop the expertise to purify cells, the immunology core performs all of these functions, and since the entire apheresis. Protocol approval process institutional animal care and.
Gene therapy program university of pennsylvania hiring. Iacuc software for animal protocol submission and management. The goals of the skin procurement and engineering core are to facilitate basic and translational research in skin biology through the acquisition of fresh skin and primary skin cells from normal and diseased humans and mice, and to foster innovation in skin research through the engineering of normal and genetically modified human skin in vitro and in vivo. If problems or questions arise when filling out the iacuc protocols in atune, contact any iacuc administrator. The list below was created to help investigators and avoid potential compliance issues. The university of pennsylvania, the largest private employer in philadelphia, is a worldrenowned leader in education, research, and innovation. Iacuc office of research protections main line health. Compliance with iacuc regulations is essential, but its taxing on your organizations entire research community. This computer program is particularly suited for evaluating the kinetic response of the organs to pharmaceuticals. You can create a pdf of your iacuc protocol by selecting print view in the blue menu within your eprotocol.
Aalas is an association of professionals that advances responsible laboratory animal care and use to benefit people and animals. Below is some general information about animal research at penn for nonaffiliated visitors. Standard adverse effects and early removal criteria policy. Iacuc community membership office of the senior vice. Forms and manuals iacuc office of research protections. Protocols involving work with usda covered species must be submitted for annual recertification. This page contains the current iacuc forms that are required with each type of submission. Aalas is a membership association of laboratory animal science professionals dedicated to the humane care and treatment of laboratory animals, as well as the quality research that leads to scientific gains that benefit people and animals. Saif application instructions radiology research penn. Consultation with the veterinary staff is expected when unanticipated adverse effects are observed.
Protocol number, approval date and iacuc approval letter. Compliance institutional animal care and use committee. C procedures will be invasive and may cause prolonged physiological or psychological stress. All data and digital recording of procedures performed are returned to the pi. Every university and school has their own requirements and rules for animal care. Volume 1, issue 1 office of research services newsletter date. Institutional animal care and use committee program. Ram protocol summary form university of pennsylvania. Personnel from the pi lab can be amended to our protocol and trained to perform the procedures at reduced cost. Enter iacuc number, expiration date, title, grant number from iacuc protocol not the 26 digit finmis number g. This form must be completed prior to submission to the iacuc. Hershey medical center and penn state college of medicine should access information about their iacuc on the infonet.
Texas tech university office of the vice president for research institutional animal care and use committee. Saif application directions university of pennsylvania. This is an ideal core function because the effort required to isolate 10 million cells is the same as that to isolate one billion cells. The iacuc approves protocols for a threeyear period, even if sponsored funding is for a longer term. The iacuc has the purview of requesting a new protocol submission if the requested modification is too substantial. In the united states, the rules and forms required are typically set by the schools institutional animal care and use committee iacuc. We are a nihnibib biomedical technology research center in the perelman school of medicine at the university of pennsylvania. Email all supporting documents iacuc protocol and amendments, iacuc approval letter, etc. Animal protocols sets the standard for engaging, comprehensive, and intuitive animal research software solutions for online iacuc protocol management. Immunology core penn center for aids research perelman. Department of health and human services hhs payment policies for domestic, noncompeting continuation awards and use of payment management.
The ibc and ehrs strongly encourage the university of pennsylvania research community to submit rsna registrations well in advance of submitting iacuc protocols via aries. Create your own submissions and route them electronically to the iacuc office, minimizing redundant data entry. Using penneraproposal development for sponsored research agreements log on to pennera select proposals. A blog post about a childs hunting jacket made of caribou hide, written by anthropologist margaret bruchac and a penn student, caught the attention of high school students in the naskapi nation in quebec. Web login service stale request university of pennsylvania. The iacuc protocol compliance module can be integrated with other eprotocol modules such as ibc, scro, rsc, csc, and cs. The penn state office for research protections is seeking the help of community members in our mission to ensure the welfare of animals involved in penn state research. Protocol approval process institutional animal care and use. Animal research information electronic submission aries. The drexel university institutional animal care and use committee iacuc has a key oversite role in evaluating projects which involve the use of use live vertebrate animals in research, teaching and testing. Iacuc guideline rodent tumor and cancer models key. The immunology core provides a wide range of services and reagents to benefit the immunological research of the penn cfar community. Services are provided by facilities in both the university of pennsylvania and the childrens hospital of philadelphia research institute and are housed at several sites. Iacuc quick reference sponsored program services coeus.
Gtp with iacuc protocol procedure design, approval, and implementation. Cmroi sop perelman school of medicine perelman school of. The application maintains a history of all submitted versions of the protocol application so that the. Core b skin procurement and engineering penn sbdrc. Iacuc forms institutional animal care and use committee.
Sponsored programs at penn module 2 proposal preparation and. Your institutional iacuc committee may require changes or additions. Welcome to penn animal welfare university of pennsylvania. Aries penn animal welfare university of pennsylvania. Without transparency and efficient collaboration, its timeconsuming and can delay research start time. Every institution that uses animals for federally funded laboratory research must have an institutional animal care and use committee iacuc. Animal research information electronic submission aries now available. Ac b p y attachments may need to be completed depending on your responses to the checklist in section v of the. This overview guides you through the protocol submission process including. Animal research information electronic submission aries now.
Instructions for electronic submission before receiving final saif approval, the pi must assign a funding source to. A copy of the current iacuc approved protocol s must be immediately and conveniently available to all laboratory personnel. Members or your staff or laboratory may have access to esirius and enter information into unfinished protocols. Information must be consistent with information presented in the protocol narrative. Institutional animal care and use committee office of the. Contact the office of research support and compliance with any questions, comments or concerns.
We provide animal and human research software solutions, and weve been the industrys leading vendor for nearly 40 years. Talent acquisition specialist at gene therapy program university of pennsylvania. Connect with the university of pennsylvania on the following social media platforms flickr twitter facebook instagram youtube linkedin. The software efficiently manages a protocol s entire lifecycle from authorship to end of study lessening turnaround time, improving internal communications, and reducing the risk of noncompliance for your research organization. The university of pennsylvania institutional animal care and use committee iacuc has developed the following guideline to help research investigators develop criteria for assessment of tumor burden on the welfare of rodents used in cancer experiments. As pi you are the only one who can actually submit the protocol to iacuc. The intent of this policy is to describe the protocol approval process by the. Isc partnered with university laboratory animal resources ular and the office of animal welfare iacuc on the one iacuc protocolmultiple funding. Guide for animal users institutional animal care and use. Ram protocol summary form please submit one form for each proposed use. The system will also integrate research, teaching and testing protocols, animal procurement and management, as well as veterinary medical records. The penn office of animal welfare is here to support you through. Using this software will allow you, the user, to better fill out and submit forms and applications to the iacuc and ibc office. Permission is hereby granted to use, modify, and reproduce these protocols without limitation.
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