Navigator Newsletter-May 2023 Special

A Message from our Attending Veterinarian

AAALAC international will be on-site in Seattle June 26-30 to evaluate our animal care and research program for continued accreditation.
Maintaining continued full accreditation is critical for our research program. AAALAC accreditation provides enhanced funding opportunities, strengthens both grant applications and publication submissions, and helps UW remain one of the top research universities in the country.

AAALAC will be visiting all of the centralized animal areas and will ask to visit many other lab spaces used for animal procedures or housing. It’s critical that we all put our best foot forward for this important visit.

Today’s Navigator newsletter includes links to several Town Hall options.

I strongly encourage you and key members of your lab to attend one of those sessions so you are prepared for this visit.

If you can’t make time for one of those sessions, please reach out to your OAW liaison for more information about how to prepare for the visit.

Christina L. Cruzen, DVM, DACLAM

“Get Ready for AAALAC 2023!” Virtual Town Hall Events

Office of Animal Welfare (OAW) is hosting three virtual Town Hall events in June. Come learn about what to expect during the AAALAC site visit, tips for preparing, and answers to any questions that you have about the visit.

We recommend all researchers and staff that work with animals attend one of these events.

No registration is necessary to attend the events below that will be held on Zoom.

June 1, 12:00pm-1:00pm.

June 6, 2:30pm-3:30pm.

June 9, 9:00am-10:00am.

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