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Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
933 19th St. South, Suite 403
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0021
UAB Station: CH19 403
(205) 934-7692 or (205) 934-7880
Fax: (205) 934-1188
Director of the Office of the IACUC
CH19
(205) 934-7847
Amanda Watts
Director
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
CH19 403
(205) 934-7834
Chad Dunaway
Assistant Director
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
CH19 403
(205) 934-7847
Amber Sargent
Program Manager I
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
CH19 403
(205) 996-2044
Lynn Tolliver
Office Associate II
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
CH19 403
(205) 934-7692
Cara Williams
Program Coordinator II
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
CH19 403
(205) 934-4294
Fleurette D Pruitt
Administrative Associate
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
CH19 403
(205) 934-7880
Erika McMillian
Compliance Coordinator
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
CH19 403
(205) 934-4271
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) oversees the use of animals for research, teaching, and testing conducted at or by UAB. The responsibility of the committee is to provide support, guidance, and oversight to research investigators and all staff working with and caring for animals in the animal use program while upholding the regulatory requirements and standards of federal and international oversight agencies. Compliance with international, federal, and university policies, regulations, and standards is important for animal welfare and continued financial support of the researchers and the university.
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) office is responsible for maintaining proper record-keeping required to ensure clear accountability for the quality of the program, proper record-keeping for the issuance of approval for use of vertebrate animals (and some invertebrate animals), and ensuring that the laws governed by the Public Health Service (PHS)/Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) are followed.
In order to assure institutional compliance with sound principles of humane animal care and existing laws, and to protect the research interests of the community, all protocols requiring the use of animals must be reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. This policy extends to all grants submitted for extramural funding, all internally funded research projects (including pilot studies), all testing, and any teaching involving the use of animals.