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The Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW) will present the Winter Conference on December 7 and 8, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas with support from The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, the NIH, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The two-day conference is for IACUC members and administrators, principal investigators, … Continue reading “SCAW Winter Conference”

Northwestern University and Loyola University Medical Center will present IACUC 101 and 201 PLUS Workshops in Chicago, Illinois. IACUC 101 – “The Basics” – is a full day didactic and interactive educational program designed to provide Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) members, administrators, veterinarians, animal care staff, researchers, regulatory personnel and compliance officers … Continue reading “Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) 101 and 201 PLUS Workshops”

The Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW) will present an IACUC Advanced workshop in Notre Dame, Indiana. IACUC-Advanced – SCAW developed this one day educational workshop for experienced IACUC members and administrators, principal investigators, attending veterinarians, regulatory personnel and laboratory animal care staff. The program focuses on topics such as advanced protocol review and provides … Continue reading “Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Advanced Workshop”

Friday, October 30, 2009 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Main Auditorium, Natcher Conference Center, Building 45, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD Electronic health records have yet to be broadly implemented, but there are large national efforts underway to address this lag in technology adoption. At the same time, adopters of health information technology are looking toward … Continue reading “Widening the Use of Electronic Health Record Data for Research”

Betty Goldentyer, D.V.M., USDA APHIS Animal Care, will be the guest speaker for the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) Outreach Program, a free online seminar series entitled “Emerging Issues, USDA Perspective.” IO Seminar – September 17, 2009 – Noon to 1 p.m. (ET)This seminar is limited to Institutional Officials (IOs) at PHS Assured institutions. … Continue reading “Animal Welfare Online Seminars – Emerging Issues: A USDA Perspective”

This workshop, taking place on July 14 and 15 at the Natcher Auditorium on the NIH Main Campus, will focus on assessing the state of existing NIH-funded research core facilities, identifying common problems encountered during their operation and use, and discussing+ solutions to maximize their use and efficiency. During session discussions, workshop participants will review … Continue reading “Efficient Management and Utilization of Core Facilities Workshop”

July 16, 2009 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Main Auditorium, Natcher Conference Center, Building 45, NIH campus, Bethesda, MD View agenda Register This conconference will provide a forum to: Discuss lessons learned from the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network Highlight successful collaborations to improve rare diseases research Highlight the involvement and essential role of patient … Continue reading “Advancing Rare Diseases Research through Networks and Collaboration”

This two-day event (June 25-26) will bring together stakeholders from government agencies, academic institutions, health care organizations, and technologies to review the state of telehealth science and technology, identify gaps in knowledge that can be addressed through targeted research and evaluation initiatives, and to explore ways to leverage evolving information and communication technologies to advance … Continue reading “Future of Telehealth: Essential Tools and Technologies for Clinical Research and Care”

Thanks to the 850 wonderful folks who joined us at our Regional Seminar in Atlanta in April! Our upcoming NIH Regional Seminar in Las Vegas offers still another opportunity to receive great grant tips and to share ideas with approximately 25 NIH policy officials, grants management and program staff representing various Institutes and/or Centers, as … Continue reading “Las Vegas Regional Seminar”

On June 11, Dr. Christian Newcomer, AAALAC International, will be the guest speaker for the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) Outreach Program, a free online seminar series. From 2 to 3 p.m. (Eastern time) – Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) staff will hear “What Every IACUC Should Know About AAALAC”. Preregistration is … Continue reading “Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare Online Seminars”