NIH Hosting Webinar on Openness and Transparency at Research Facilities

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service sent this bulletin at 12/01/2014 03:23 PM EST

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), is hosting a free webinar, “Openness and Transparency and Biomedical Research Oversight: What Your Institution Should Know,” on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, at 1 p.m. EST.

 

This presentation is part of a series of webinars held quarterly to help institutional animal care and use committees (IACUCs) and institutional officials explore their responsibilities in overseeing research funded by the U.S. Public Health Service.

 

On OLAW’s webinar page, found here, you can register to attend, view archived webinars and also see the full upcoming schedule of webinars.

 

Most webinars include a 20-minute presentation followed by 30 minutes for questions and answers. Participants can submit questions to OLAW ahead of time and can also submit suggestions for future webinars by emailing olawdpe@mail.nih.gov.

 

Dr. Betty Goldentyer, USDA Animal Care, will be one of the speakers on the Dec. 4 webinar, along with: Dr. Axel Wolff, OLAW; Dr. Margaret Snyder, NIH; and Dr. B. Taylor Bennett, National Association for Biomedical Research.

 

 

At USDA Animal Care, ensuring the welfare of the animals we regulate is at the heart of everything we do.