Cutting Red Tape ~ Improving Animal Welfare

Register Now!Cancellations received on or before November 1, 2018 will receive a full refund less $20 processing fee.  If you cancel after November 1, 2018 or  are a "no show," no refund will be granted, and if you selected to “Pay by Check” you will be responsible for the full payment.   NJABR reserves the right to deny registration for any reason.

On November 9, 2018, the New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research (NJABR) is pleased to offer its 25th Annual IACUC Conference - the region's premier training conference for Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee members, lab animal veterinarians, animal welfare compliance specialists and lab animal research team members.

This year's conference will focus on opportunities to improve laboratory animal welfare, while reducing regulatory burdens, cutting red tape and ensuring that institutional policies are followed regardless of where your research is being conducted.   

IACUC 25 will open with a keynote presentation from Paula Clifford, Executive Director of Americans for Medical Progress about the importance of collaboration, openness, and transparency among organizations and institutions seeking to advance scientific discovery.  The morning session will also feature presentations and a moderated panel discussion with regulatory experts in the field, including representatives from AAALAC, USDA, and OLAW. Highlighting the morning plenary session will be a presentation discussing outsourcing animal studies and ensuring animal welfare led by NJABR member institution representatives.

The conference will also offer a selection of afternoon workshops led by morning session speakers and other leading professionals in the laboratory animal welfare field.  Among this year's workshops are an ask the regulators session, our popular new IACUC member workshop, animal re-homing, an animal law legal update, and many others.  An "ask the experts" and IACUC 25 recap session will again close the event.  The full IACUC 25 agenda is below.

Thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors!

                                        

 

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Link to Sponsorship and Vendor Registration Site 

Registration Options and Fees

 

NJABR/PSBR Member Institution Rate	$350
NJABR/PSBR Member Group Rate (4 Registrations)	$1300
Non-Member Institution Rate	$400
Non-Member Institution Group Rate	$1500

Program Agenda

Morning Session

7:30  AM

Registration and Breakfast

8:00  AM

NJABR Annual Meeting (open to all conference attendees)

8:30  AM

Opening Remarks

8:35  AM

Morning Keynote

Paula Clifford, MLA, CVT, RLATG, Executive Director
Americans for Medical Progress

9:15 AM 

Hot Topics in Regulatory Compliance

Brent Morse, DVM, DACLAM
Director, Division of Compliance Oversight, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare

9:40 AM

Networking Break and Vendor Browsing

10:10 AM

Regulatory Insights with the USDA

Tonya Hadjis
Supervisory Animal Care Specialist, USDA, APHIS, Animal Care

10:35 AM

Panel:

• Pharmaceutical: Chris Charlebois, Associate Director, MRL QA Animal Welfare, Merck
• Academic: Brian Karolewski, VMD, PhD, DACLAM, Director, Institute of Comparative Medicine & Attending Veterinarian, Columbia University
• CRO: Lauren Healy, BS, LAT, Envigo

11:20 AM

Moderated Q &A Panel

Moderator: Stuart Leland, DVM, Director, Research Integrity & Assurance
Princeton University

Panel:

• OLAW: Brent Morse, DVM, DACLAM
• USDA: Tonya Hadjis, DVM
• AAALAC: Gary Borkowski, DVM, MS, DACLAM, Senior Director,              AAALAC International

12:05 PM

Networking Lunch

Afternoon Session

1:05 – 2:05 PM     Workshop Session One 

2:10 – 3:10 PM     Workshop Session Two

3:15 – 4:15 PM     Workshop Session Three

4:15 – 5:00 PM     Ask the Experts and IACUC 25 Recap

Workshop Schedule and Options

AAALAC International - Updates and Perspectives

Presenter: Gary Borkowski, DVM, MS, DACLAM, AAALAC International

Ask the Regulators - Animal Welfare Scenarios                                                     

Presenters:

• Melissa Carlson, DVM, Veterinary Medical Officer, USDA, APHIS, Animal Care
• Jessica Gowins, Veterinary Medical Officer, USDA, APHIS, Animal Care
• Tonya Hadjis, DVM, USDA, APHIS, Animal Care
• John F. Lopinto, DVM, Veterinary Medical Officer, USDA, APHIS, Animal Care
• Brent Morse, DVM, DACLAM, OLAW

Walk-Through Instructional Software: A Training Tool for Electronic Protocol Submissions

Presenters: Kelly Albanese, BS, RLATG, Compliance Administrator, and Brian Khaitman, MA, Research Regulatory Affairs Administrator, Rutgers University

Legal Update: USDA, Animals and the Law                                

Presenter: Nancy Halpern, DVM, Esq., Attorney, Fox Rothschild

New IACUC Member - Double Session    

Presenter: Amy Salem, PhD, Associate Director of Operations and Training for Animal Welfare, Merck

Presenters: Chris Charlebois, Merck and Brian Karolewski, VMD, PhD, DACLAM, Columbia University, Lauren Healy, BS, LAT, Envigo

Q&A with the DEA

Presenter: Nancy Coffey, Supervisory Investigator & Diversion Program Manager, United States Drug Enforcement Agency.

Supporting Science and Medical Progress through Increased communication and Transparency In-Depth

Presenter: Paula Clifford, MLA, CVT, RLATG, Americans for Medical Progress

Register Now!Cancellations received on or before November 1, 2018 will receive a full refund less $20 processing fee.  If you cancel after November 1, 2018 or  are a "no show," no refund will be granted, and if you selected to “Pay by Check” you will be responsible for the full payment.   NJABR reserves the right to deny registration for any reason.