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25
Jul2013

Respond in a calm, professional manner: An interview with Kristen Kenney

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25 Jul
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Welcome to another installment of our featured member interviews where we introduce you to PRIM&R’s members—individuals who work to advance ethical research on a daily basis. Please read on to learn more about their professional experiences, how membership helps connect them to a larger community, and what goes on behind-the-scenes in their lives!

Today we’d like to introduce you to Kristen Kenney, assistant director, Office of Research Integrity and Compliance at Children’s [...] Read more

26
Apr2013

Witnessing an IACUC Meeting in Session

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26 Apr
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On March 19, I was able to view the final plenary session of the 2013 Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Conference in real time, by attending the conference’s Virtual Meeting; this session was an interactive simulation of an IACUC meeting, complete with fictional scenarios the audience could to respond to via a text-message voting process. Overall, the panel was dynamic and [...] Read more

12
Apr2013

Never stop learning: An interview with Tony Valero

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12 Apr
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by Megan Frame, Membership Coordinator

 

Welcome to another installment of our featured member interviews series where we introduce you to more of our members—individuals who work to advance ethical research on a daily basis. Please read on to learn more about their professional experiences, how membership helps connect them to a larger community, and what goes on behind-the-scenes in their lives!

 Today we’d like to introduce you to <[...] Read more

1
Apr2013

Walking the line between emotion and fact: Advocating for animal research

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1 Apr
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by Avery Avrakotos, Education and Policy Coordinator

What do you picture when you think of animal research? What has shaped that image? More likely than not, the public discourse surrounding animal research has had an impact.

Ever since the story of Pepper the Dalmatian was featured in Sports Illustrated in 1965, powerful imagery has accompanied the [...] Read more

28
Mar2013

Can an ethical framework for conducting animal research be modeled after the existing framework for conducting human research?

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28 Mar
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by Amy Davis , Senior Director for Programs and Publications

During the final series of breakout sessions at the 2013 IACUC Conference there was a discussion of the Implementation of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report on the Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Hope Ferdowsian, MD, MPH, moderated the discussion [...] Read more