NATIONAL ANIMAL WELFARE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS

NIH GUIDE, Volume 24, Number 2, January 20, 1995



P.T. 42



Keywords:

  Animal Care 

  Animal Research Policy 



National Institutes of Health



The National Institutes of Health, Office for Protection from

Research Risks is continuing to sponsor workshops on implementing the

Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory

Animals.  Each of the workshops scheduled for Fiscal Year 1995 will

focus on a specific theme.  The workshops are open to institutional

administrators, members of Institutional Animal Care and Use

Committees, laboratory animal veterinarians, investigators and other

institutional staff who have responsibility for high-quality

management of sound institutional animal care and use programs.

Ample opportunities will be provided to exchange ideas and interests

through question and answer sessions and informal discussions.



DATES:  March 12-14, 1995



TOPIC:  Animal Care and Research: Challenges and Changes for the

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee



LOCATION

San Diego Princess

1404 West Vacation Road

San Diego, CA  92109-7994

Telephone:  (619) 274-4630 or (1-800) 344-2626

FAX:  (619) 581-5929



SPONSORS

Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine

Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research



REGISTRATION

Ms. Danielle Demko

Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research

132 Boylston Street

Boston, MA  02116

Telephone:  (617) 423-4112

FAX:  (617) 423-1185



FEE:  $300



DESCRIPTION:  The Workshop will focus on revisions to the

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook; assessment and

reduction of pain and distress in animal research; occupational

health risks ad biohazards; and a host of other regulatory and

administrative issues that are central to the successful operation of

laboratory animal care and research programs.



Immediately preceding the Tufts University School of Veterinary

Medicine/NIH/OPRR Workshop, Applied Research Ethics National

Association (ARENA) will sponsor its annual animal issues meeting on

Sunday, March 12, also at the San Diego Princess.



INQUIRIES



For further information concerning these workshops and future

NIH/OPRR Animal Welfare Education Workshops, contact:



Mrs. Roberta Sonneborn

Office of Protection from Research Risks

National Institutes of Health

6100 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7507

Bethesda, MD  20892-7507

Telephone:  (301) 496-7163

FAX:  (301) 402-2071



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