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Research Ethics & Compliance

Animal Subjects (IACUC)

The Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) oversees all vertebrate animal research and instruction at UA in order to ensure that ethical regulatory and policy mandates governing the use of animals in research and instruction are met. The Committee is comprised of members, including representatives of the public, qualified to oversee the animal program, facilities, and procedures. The IACUC’s responsibility is to:

  • Review and approve the animal welfare aspects or all research and instruction at UA
  • Review UA’s program for the humane care and use of animals twice annually
  • Conduct inspections twice annually on all UA animal facilities
  • Prepare and submit reports of its evaluations to the Vice President for Research & Economic Development
  • Make recommendations to the Vice President for Research & Economic Development regarding any aspect of UA’s animal program, facilities, or personnel training
  • Suspend any activity involving animals that violates applicable regulations, policies, or procedures, or an approved protocol

General Inquiries
iacuc@ua.edu

Deanna Smoke, Animal Care and Use Program Lead
dsmoke@ua.edu
(205) 348-6683
157 Rose Administration Building

VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS
ACUP virtual office hours will be held via Zoom on the first Tuesday and third Tuesday of each month from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.

Training

Principal Investigators are responsible for assuring that everyone under their supervision involved in the care and use of laboratory animals is properly trained and understands his or her obligation to comply with state and federal regulations, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, University policies and procedures set forth by the IACUC, and the specifics of the approved protocol.

The IACUC requires that all IACUC members, researchers, students, and anyone working with laboratory animals complete training prior to any involvement with animal subjects. The IACUC supports two online training programs that are designed to provide the user with the required information on the humane care and use of laboratory animals as mandated by federal regulations.

Registration

In order to become a registered animal care facility user, all users must complete the following information:

  1. Animal Care Facility Registration Form
  2. Health History Medical Evaluation Form
  3. Complete Training Requirements

Completed copies of the Animal Care Facility Registration Form and Health History Medical Evaluation Form should be submitted to the Animal Care Facility Box 870334.

CITI Training: University of Alabama faculty, staff, and students can access the CITI Program’s IACUC Training through their existing myBama accounts. Access to CITI via myBama is ONLY for individuals with valid myBama accounts. UA users should log into the myBama CITI Login Portal using their myBama user name and password. All other non-UA investigators should go to www.citiprogram.org to access the training. This course will automatically provide UA with a record of the training you completed.

IACUC MEMBERS are required to take the following annual training: myBama CITI Login Portal

  • Essentials for IACUC Members

FACULTY/STAFF are required to take the following annual training: myBama CITI Login Portal

  • Working with the IACUC Course
  • Complete species specific module for relevant animals.

STUDENTS are required to take the following training: myBama CITI Login Portal

  • Working with the IACUC Course
  • Species specific module based on species identified in protocol.