OFFICE OF EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH NOTICE OF WORKSHOP ON REGULATORY ISSUES IN ANIMAL CARE AND USE Release Date: June 12, 2000 NOTICE: OD-00-041 National Institutes of Health The NIH Office of Extramural Research announces a Workshop on Definition of Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals, supported in part through the NIH, conducted under the auspices of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR), Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences. ILAR is hosting the workshop on the public policy implications of changes to the definitions of pain and distress in USDA's Policy #11, "Painful/Distressful Procedures" and in the pain/distress categories on the USDA annual report. Speakers at the workshop will provide operative definitions of pain and distress based upon the principles described in the 1992 ILAR report entitled "Recognition and Alleviation of Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals." The workshop is responsive to the report "NIH Initiative to Reduce Regulatory Burden - Identification of Issues and Potential Solutions" (see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/regulatoryburden/index.htm) issued March 10, 1999, which recommended increased collaboration between the research community and OLAW, USDA, and AAALAC, in the formulation and interpretation of policies and guidelines, and addressed a number of regulatory burdens in the area of laboratory animal welfare, including the USDA pain classifications and the associated paperwork requirements. The workshop will be held June 22, 2000, in the auditorium of the National Academy of Sciences Building, 2100 C Street, NW, Washington, D.C., from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. There is no registration fee and the meeting is open to the public. If you would like to attend please email Kathleen Beil at kbeil@nas.edu (phone 202-334-1264). The workshop web site which contains the agenda is at: http://www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/MeetingDisplay2/ILAR-K-00-01-A?OpenDocument For additional information contact: Carol Wigglesworth Senior Policy Analyst Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare Office of Extramural Research, NIH RKL1, Suite 1050, MSC 7982 6705 Rockledge Drive phone: 301-402-5913 email: wigglesc@od.nih.gov
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