Webinar: (10-2023) Recognizing, Investigating, and Reporting Noncompliance and Adverse Events

Description

Amidst the increasing complexity of research, heightened institutional and public scrutiny, and evolving regulations, maintaining meticulous oversight of animal care and use programs remains a steadfast obligation of every Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). A critical part of IACUC oversight involves identifying when things go wrong, implementing corrective actions, and, in some cases, reporting to regulatory and oversight bodies.

This interactive webinar will use a mix of lecture, scenarios, and Q&A to examine the IACUC’s role in identifying noncompliance and other adverse events in the animal care and use program.

Topics to be addressed include:

What is noncompliance?
What is an adverse event?
How should IACUCs investigate and document noncompliance and adverse events?
What are the requirements for reporting such events to AAALAC, OLAW, and the USDA?

We invite attendees to submit questions here in advance of the webinar. Time is also reserved for questions raised during the session.

Who should attend?
IACUC administrative staff, IACUC members, veterinary staff, researchers

Continuing Education
Course participants who hold the Certified Professional in IACUC Administration (CPIA®) credential may apply 1.5 continuing education credits towards CPIA recertification credit for each course in the IACUC Core Training. Learn More

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Contributors

Jennifer A. Klahn, MA, CPIA

Jennifer A. Klahn is the Director, Research Safety & Animal Welfare and Institutional Contact for Dual Use Research (ICDUR) at UCLA. Jennifer earned her BA (Psychology) from UCLA and her MA (Psychology) from California State University, Long Beach. She worked in HIV risk reduction with “hard-to-reach” populations until beginning her career in Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) administration in 2000. Under her direction, the UCLA IACUC office has expanded to include administrative support for the Institutional Biosafety Committee, Radiation Safety Committees, Dual Use Review Entity, and other safety committees. In addition to her role at UCLA, Ms. Klahn serves as faculty for the Interagency Collaborative Animal Research Education (ICARE) Project and is a member of the Board of Directors for the California Biomedical Research Association (CBRA).
Jori K. Leszczynski, DVM, DACLAM

Jori K. Leszczynski is the assistant vice chancellor for animal resources, director of the office of laboratory animal resources and attending veterinarian at the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus. She is also a professor of pathology in the School of Medicine. Dr. Leszczynski attended The Ohio State University for her bachelor’s and veterinary degrees, performed her residency in laboratory animal medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and became a Diplomate of ACLAM in 2004. In 2002, Dr. Leszczynski became the Assistant Director of the biological resources unit at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and was named Associate Director in 2004. In 2006, she was named Director and Attending Veterinarian of the Biological Resources Center at National Jewish Health and, in 2009, she was named Director of the animal program at the CU Denver | Anschutz. For most of 2013, Dr. Leszczynski also served in the role of Interim Director and Attending veterinarian at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Leszczynski has performed service for ACLAM and ASLAP on committees and as a member of the Board of Directors for both organizations, as well as served since 2017 as an AAALAC International site visitor. She has been involved in AALAS regionally as Mile High Branch and nationally on the ILAM Committee and as Local Arrangements Committee Chair for the 2019 National AALAS meeting in Denver, CO. Dr. Leszczynski has been a member of the PRIM&R IACUC Conference Planning Committee (2013-2020), serving as co-chair from 2016-2018 and has been a member of the PRIM&R Board of Directors since 2019. She has served as treasurer for 2 years and is currently chair of the board.

Description

Contributors

Jennifer A. Klahn, MA, CPIA

Jori K. Leszczynski, DVM, DACLAM