ICARE VIRTUAL SESSIONS

The Interagency Collaborative Animal Research Education (ICARE) Project
The ICARE (Interagency Collaborative Animal Research Education) Project invites you to join us for Virtual Sessions
 
https://olaw.nih.gov/education/icare-interagency aims to empower IACUCs and their institutions to improve animal welfare and thus increase the quality of data collected, and increase compliance with federal standards while minimizing regulatory burden. 

Those who care for biomedical research animals have the responsibility of providing support to scientists and exemplary care to the animals that depend upon us. To support IACUC members and staff and animal care and use program personnel, the ICARE faculty offers new online programs, OLAW Conversations. The program will provide institutional animal care and use program personnel the opportunity to view presentations on the following topics:

OLAW CONVERSATIONS

OLAW CONVERSATIONS presented by ICARE will be offered at NO CHARGE.  Participants are invited to register for any session of interest.

The program is in webinar format with opportunities for attendee discussion.

TOPICS for OLAW CONVERSATIONS presented by ICARE

All sessions will include closed captioning.

Each session will be offered 1:30 - 3:30 PM Eastern time on the date provided in the schedule below which corresponds to:

  • 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Central
  • 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Mountain
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific

The sessions are live only and will not be recorded.

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Institutional Training Programs

Panelists:

  • William Singleton, DVM, DACLAM, Animal Care Training Services
  • Shannon Stutler, DVM, MPH, DACLAM, Independent Veterinary Consultant

June 1, 2022

Dysfunctional IACUCs: How to Spot and Proactively Address Issues

Speakers:

  • George Babcock, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, IACUC Chair, University of Cincinnati
  • Ron Banks, DVM, DACAW, DACLAM, DACVPM

Tuesday, July 26, 2023

Humane Endpoints

Speakers:

  • John Bradfield, DVM, PhD, DACLAM, Director, Comparative Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Joseph D. Thulin, DVM, MS, DACLAM, Assistant Provost of Research, Director, Biomedical Resource Center, Medical College of Wisconsin

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Rabbit Social Housing

Speakers:

  • Tara Martin, DVM, MS, DACLAM, Director, Refinement & Enrichment Advancements Laboratory, University of Michigan
  • Jenny Jones, BS, CLABP, RLATg, Animal Husbandry Supervisor and Animal Enrichment Coordinator, University of Michigan
  • Kiirsa Pokryfke, MS, CMAR Manager, Training Core and Technical Services, University of Michigan

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Developing Enrichment That Works

Speakers:

Kristina C Bartley, B.Sc., M.Sc., CLAP, Director, Behavior Management and Enrichment Program, Center for Comparative Medicine and Surgery, ICAHN School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Crystal Howard Johnson MHP, DVM, DACLAM, Director, Division of Comparative Medicine Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University

Participants may register for any session(s) of interest. The goal of the ICARE Project is to improve animal welfare while reducing regulatory burden and improving compliance with federal standards. To reach that goal, the ICARE faculty have developed and offered workshops since 2016.

REGISTRATION

IACUC members and Institutional personnel involved in animal care and use programs (veterinarians, compliance, PAM, trainers, investigators, administrators) may register to participate in the ICARE Virtual sessions.

  • Registration is FREE and limited to 500 participants per session; there is no fee for participating in the ICARE Virtual Sessions.
  • If more than 500 people register, ICARE will maintain a wait list; more session(s) may be offered if demand is sufficient.
  • Participants may register for any session(s) of interest.

REGISTRATION COST: 
NO CHARGE

FORMAT OF ICARE VIRTUAL SESSIONS

The presentations will be conducted via webinar. Participants may submit questions and comments via the chat/Q&A features.   

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

ICARE will be flexible in our offerings, with the priority to meet the needs of the community we serve in this rapidly changing environment.

REGISTER NOW