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UC Davis has An IACUC Assistant Director position
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Under general direction, assist the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Director in the supervision and management of the UC Davis IACUC Office and in convening IACUC meetings. Provide expert level technical support and subject matter expertise to the UC Davis IACUC and other campus units for a wide variety of both routine and non-routine tasks. Participate in the Animal Care Leadership Team Task Force. Assume lead responsibility and accountability for the overall management and maintenance of IACUC policies to ensure compliance with AAALAC International, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Welfare Act (AWA), Public Health Service (PHS) and other policies, regulations, and guidelines governing the use of animals in research and teaching. Coordinate development, refinement and implementation of the IACUC post approval monitoring (PAM) program. Review and refine complex and highly sensitive research and teaching protocols; conduct compliance inspections of vivaria, surgical suites and laboratories. Under general guidance from the Director, act as lead for IACUC staff and assume supervision for the Research Compliance Analyst 3 staff. Collaborate with Director to review workload, assign projects/tasks and manage performance. Act as a liaison and escort for USDA Animal Welfare, Federal and State inspectors during campus visits and AAALAC site visits. Assume lead role of IACUC Office liaison in absence of IACUC Director. Coordinate corrections of deficiencies cited by regulators. Participate in departmental and campus work groups. Participate in the IACUC on-call program. Serve as a voting/alternate voting member of the IACUC.
For Full Consideration Apply By: 4/23/2021
Requisition Number: 17182
Payroll Title: RSCH CMPLNC ANL 5
Position Number: 02007812
Department: OR – INST. ANIMAL CARE & USE - 062014
Salary Range: $5,916.67 - $12,733.33/MO
Quick Link To This Position: https://careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucdavis/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&JobOpeningId=17182&PostingSeq=1&SiteId=7&languageCd=ENG&FOCUS=Applicant
UC Davis has An IACUC Specialist position
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An IACUC Specialist position, has posted for recruitment.
Brief Description:
Under the direction of the IACUC Assistant Director, perform inspections of animal facilities and PI laboratories; evaluate programs of animal care and use; review animal research projects-in-progress. Responsible for reviewing and editing new research proposals and amendments to existing proposals to ensure consistency with federal and state laws and regulations, and university policies as they pertain to the use of animals in research and teaching. Provide small group lecture and practical methodology hands-on training. Facilitate IACUC subcommittees; draft policies and guidelines. Provide IACUC Office general function support including but not limited to IACUC web page development and maintenance, Animal Tracking System (ATS) oversight, management of protocol expirations, annual renewals and personnel training reminder notifications. Assist the IACUC Director, Assistant Director, and senior level IACUC Specialists by acting as a liaison and escort for USDA Animal Welfare, Federal and State inspectors during campus visits, and AAALAC site visits. Coordinate corrections of deficiencies cited by regulators. Participate in departmental and campus work groups, and in the IACUC on-call program. May serve as an alternate IACUC voting member.
For Full Consideration Apply By: 4/21/2021
Requisition Number: 17057
Payroll Title: RSCH CMPLNC ANL 3
Position Number: 02008646
Department: OR – INST. ANIMAL CARE & USE - 062014
Salary Range: $4,883.33 - $9,983.33/MO
Quick Link To This Position: https://careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucdavis/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&JobOpeningId=17057&PostingSeq=1&SiteId=7&languageCd=ENG&FOCUS=Applicant
Current Newsletter
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Current Newsletter:
*Message from the President
*Awards Update
*Meet Our Members with Mickey
*Meet the Board
*District and Trustee Update
Congratulations to our new 2021 SVAALAS Board of Directors
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Congratulations to our new 2021 SVAALAS Board of Directors
We'd like to welcome our incoming SVAALAS 2021 Board of Directors!
President: Emily Slocum
Vice President: Leslie Bauer
Secretary: Taylor Hunsucker
Treasurer: Rhonda Oates
Director (2nd yr): Kelly Sison
Director (1st yr): Vatthana Vongphakham
Past President: Betty Ma
If you're interested in getting involved with SVAALAS or have any ideas for how we can better serve our membership and educate our community about laboratory animal science we'd be happy to have you!
Email Taylor Hunsucker at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we'd be happy to have you join or lead a committee.
Share your knowledge with SVAALAS
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Share your knowledge and expertise with SVAALAS membership!
We're looking for speakers for our monthly lecture series! These one hour presentations are offered as CEU opportunities for our members every second Wednesday of the month from 5:30-6:30pm. We're happy to hear from a wide range of topics such as (but definitely not limited to):
-Research projects
-Case studies
-Information on uncommonly used laboratory animal species
-New technology and techniques
-Tips and tricks you've learned and established to keep your animals happy and produce better research results.
We're happy to hear from every corner of the lab animal world. If you have something you'd be interested in presenting (or a topic you'd like to hear about), please email Taylor Hunsucker at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..