Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is a federally mandated committee charged with overseeing the care and well-being of vertebrate animals used for research and educational purposes. We are responsible for ensuring institutional compliance with ethical and legal standards for the use of animals in research.  We establish policies for ethical animal use.  

Our committee is composed of faculty members, including the IACUC chair, who use animals, an attending veterinarian (the IAS director); one or more nonscientists (who do not use animals); and one or more community representatives otherwise unaffiliated with Einstein. The members of the IACUC are appointed by the Dean.

We approve protocols involving the use of experimental animals, investigate all reports of animal mistreatment, and oversee animal husbandry and veterinary care provided by the Institute for Animal Studies (IAS).  We oversee training of faculty, students, and staff on the use of experimental animals.  We also act as a dean’s advisory committee on the operation of the IAS.  As such, we recommend changes in service fees and reviews proposed budgets for the IAS.