Committee

The Mount Holyoke College Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is an official college committee whose members are appointed by the President of the College. PHS Policy mandates that an IACUC Committee consist of not less than 5 members and shall include at least one Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, one practicing scientist experienced in research involving animals, one non-science member, and one individual who is not affiliated with the institution in any way except as a member of the IACUC. This last person represents community concerns. Current members are:

Along with the above mentioned function of the IACUC to review vertebrate animal use proposals with respect to animal numbers and pain assessment, the IACUC is also obligated to halt unnecessarily duplicative research (AWA, Part 2, subpart C, sect.2.3 l,d iii). The burden of proof concerning duplicative research rests with the principal investigator. The IACUC also has oversight of training of all persons using vertebrate animals, and develops policy on vertebrate animal use for the institution.