Animal Care & Use

 

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) conducts animal care facility site visits, evaluates programs of animal care, reviews animal use proposals and ensures through staff development activities that people who work with laboratory animals are appropriately trained.

For general inquiries please contact our staff at iacuc@uga.edu.

Animal Use Proposal Submissions

All animal use proposals are submitted through Artemis to the Office of Animal Care & Use for review by IACUC.

In order to meet UGA network security requirements, off campus access to Artemis now requires the use of the UGA remote access VPN.

Information regarding the installation and configuration of the VPN client can be found at https://eits.uga.edu/access_and_security/infosec/tools/vpn/.

Once connected to the UGA remote access VPN on your device or computer, Artemis can be accessed via https://artemis.ovpr.uga.edu.

For UGA VPN support, please contact the EITS helpdesk at https://eitshelpdesk.uga.edu/ or 706-542-3106.

For Artemis support, please contact Christopher Carter at crcarter@uga.edu or 706-542-7378.

Important Information for Protocol Review

IACUC Meeting Dates	Last Recommended Date for Submission for Full Committee Review
Aug 18th	June 1st
Sept 15th	July 1st
October 20th	Aug 1st

Animal Use Category	Average Number of Days to Approval
A	34
B	49
C	73
D	16
These values were last calculated 01/2021.

Inspection Schedule

Inspection	Date & Time	Estimated Time Commitment	Contact to Participate
URAR *in-person*	8/13 @ 9:30AM	> 2 hrs	ES
Satellite *in-person*	8/19 @ 9:30AM	< 4 hrs	ES

IACUC Primary Members

Name of Member or Code	Degree/Credential	Position Title	PHS Policy Membership Requirements
Gaylen Edwards	DVM, PhD	Department Head, Physiology & Pharmacology	IACUC Chair
1	DVM, MS, DACLAM	Director, Office of Animal Care and Use; Attending Veterinarian	Veterinarian
2	MD, PhD, MA	Retired Physician	Non-Affiliated
3	PhD, MS	Associate Professor, Animal and Dairy Science	Scientist
4	PhD, MS	Professor, Poultry Science	Scientist
5	BS, CHMM	Senior Safety & Compliance Officer, Research Safety	Member
6	DVM, PhD	Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases	Scientist
7	PhD	Professor, Psychology	Scientist
8	AS, RLAT	URAR Facility Supervisor	Member
9	PhD	Associate Professor, Cellular Biology	Scientist; IACUC Vice Chair
10	PhD	Professor, Wildlife	Scientist
11	DVM, PhD, DACVS, DACLAM, CMAR, CPIA	Director, University Research Animal Resources	Veterinarian
12	BS, ALAT	IACUC Coordinator, Office of Research	Member
13	MS, RBP	Biosafety Officer, Office of Research	Member

IACUC Alternate Members

Name of Member or Code	Degree/Credential	Position Title	PHS Policy Membership Requirements
M1	MS, RLATG	Support Services Director, Office of Research	Alternate for Members 5, 8, 12, 13
M2	MPH, CSP	Industrial Hygienist, Environmental Safety Division	Alternate for 5, 8, 12, 13
M3	BS	Bioresources, Laboratory Animal Technician/ Biocontainment	Alternate for Members 5, 8, 12, 13
M4	BS, RLATG, CPIA	IACUC Specialist, Office of Research	Alternate for Members 5, 8, 12, 13

IACUC Alternate Scientists

Name of Member or Code	Degree/Credential	Position Title	PHS Policy Membership Requirements
S1	DVM, PhD	Assistant Professor, Large Animal Medicine	Alternate for 3, 4, 6 ,7, 9, 10
S2	VMD, DACVAA, DACVECC	Professor, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery	Alternate for 3, 4, 6 ,7, 9, 10
S3	PhD	Assistant Research Scientist, Infectious Diseases	Alternate for 3, 4, 6 ,7, 9, 10
S4	PhD	Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases	Alternate for 3, 4, 6 ,7, 9, 10
S5	PhD	Associate Professor, Poultry Science	Alternate for 3, 4, 6 ,7, 9, 10
S6	PhD	Professor, Population Health	Alternate for 3, 4, 6 ,7, 9, 10
S7	PhD	Associate Professor, Population Health; Professor, Wildlife Disease	Alternate for 3, 4, 6 ,7, 9, 10

IACUC Alternate Veterinarians

Name of Member or Code	Degree/Credential	Position Title	PHS Policy Membership Requirements
V1	DVM, MS, DACLAM	Assistant Director, URAR	Alternate for 1, 11
V2	DVM, DACLAM	VP for Research Compliance, Office of Research	Alternate for 1, 11