Animal Use In Research

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is devoted to assuring the finest care and most humane use of our experimental animals. The IACUC works closely with our faculty, students and staff to ensure that meaningful scientific research is conducted that:

1. avoids or minimizes discomfort, distress, and pain in experimental animals consistent with sound scientific practices
2. uses the minimum number of animals necessary to obtain valid results, and
3. considers non-animal models wherever possible

Stony Brook University operates under Assurance #A3011-01, approved by the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)

In order for you to be certified to conduct research involving human subjects, you must:

1. Be registered in IRBNet
2. And then satisfy the following FIVE requirements (along with obtaining IACUC approval for the activity):
1. Completion of Divsion of Occupational, Environmental, and Clinical Preventive Medicine Compliance for all individuals listed on applications and registration forms. (i.e. Occ. Health Clearance).
2. Contact the Division of Laboratory Animal Resources (DLAR) for the required CITI MODULES that pertain to your research.
3. Complete the Mandatory DLAR Introductionto the Division of Laboratory Animal Resources.
4. Review all Standard Procedures that pertain to the research you are doing before you begin your research activities. The procedures are listed in the application.
5. Familiarize yourself with DLAR SBU, DLAR, federal policies on animal research

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