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
August 21st	June 1
September 18th	July 1
October 16th	August 1

Animal Use Category	Median Number of Days to Approval
A	52
B	71
C	86
D	7
These values were last calculated 05/2024.

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	N/A	Farmer, Animal Rescue Organizer	Non-Affiliated, Non-Scientist
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	Scientist
6	BS	Business Administrator for Equine Rescue (Retired)	Non-Affiliated
7	AS, RLAT	URAR Facility Supervisor	Scientist
8	PhD, RBP	Biosafety Manager	Scientist
9	PhD	Associate Professor, Cellular Biology	Scientist; IACUC Vice Chair
10	DVM, PhD, DACVS, DACLAM, CMAR, CPIA	Director, University Research Animal Resources	Veterinarian
11	PhD, MS	Professor, Biomedical Sciences	Scientist
12	BS, ALAT	IACUC Coordinator, Office of Research	Scientist
13	PhD	Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases	Scientist

IACUC Alternate Scientists

Name of Member or Code	Degree/Credential	Position Title	PHS Policy Membership Requirements
S1	BS	Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Safety Manager	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S2	DVM, PhD	Assistant Professor, Large Animal Medicine	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S3	VMD, DACVAA, DACVECC	Professor, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S4	PhD	Professor, Wildlife Ecology and Management	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S5	DVM, MAM, PhD	Professor, Population Health	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S6	PhD	Associate Research Scientist, Infectious Diseases	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S7	AAS, LAT	IACUC Specialist, Office of Research	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S8	PhD	Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S9	BS, CPIA, RLATG	OACU Coordinator, Office of Research	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S10	PhD	Associate Professor, Poultry Science	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S11	PhD	Professor, Population Health	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S12	PhD	Assistant Professor, Poultry Science	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S13	DVM, PhD	Assistant Professor, Population Health	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S14	MPH	Biosafety Specialist	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S15	AS, RLAT	URAR Facility Supervisor	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
S16	PhD	Associate Professor, Population Health; Professor, Wildlife Disease	Alternate for 3, 4 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13

IACUC Alternate Veterinarians

Name of Member or Code	Degree/Credential	Position Title	PHS Policy Membership Requirements
V1	DVM, MLAS	Clinical Veterinarian, URAR	Alternate for 1, 10
V2	DVM, PhD	Clinical Veterinarian, URAR	Alternate for 1, 10
V3	DVM, MS	Clinical Veterinarian, URAR	Alternate for 1, 10
V4	DVM, DACLAM	VP for Research Integrity & Safety, Office of Research	Alternate for 1, 10