Promoting the highest standards of housing, husbandry, and procedures in laboratory animal care.
Stimulating Refinement related knowledge, research, and impactful interactions in North America and beyond.
Objectives:
To identify, curate, and promote evidence-based Refinement resources to improve animal welfare and scientific rigor.
Planned deliverables:
- Develop and implement a survey of the research community to help target what content will be most valuable. This will help us understand needs, species, research, and institutions.
- Based on the survey results create a virtual hub(s) of resources. We will collaborate with others working in the Refinement space to avoid duplication of efforts, but will link to other key organization pages.
- Potential resources include: IACUC resources, handouts, videos from North American institutions, virtual courses, etc.
- Act as a resource/consulting group for institutions that would like an outside review of their research protocols to identify areas of refinement.
- Highlight refinement champions in our monthly newsletter
Who should join?
Anyone interested in collaborating to curate & create scientifically-based refinement materials
- Researchers
- Managers
- Veterinarians
- Laboratory technicians/animal caretakers
- Internal/regulatory decision-makers
- Animal welfare evaluators
- Other stakeholders
How can I join?
Working Group Leadership Contact Information
Jennifer McMillan, jmcmil3 "at" emory.edu
Melanie Graham, graha066 "at" umn.edu
