The Committee on Animal Care solicits feedback

Friday, March 31, 2017 - 14:02 in Health & Medicine

The Committee on Animal Care (CAC) and the vice president for research welcome any information which would aid our efforts to assure the humane care of research animals used at MIT and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Established to ensure that MIT researchers working with animals comply with federal, state, local and institutional regulations on animal care, the CAC inspects animals, animal facilities, and laboratories, and reviews all research and teaching exercises that involve animals before experiments are performed. If you have concerns about animal welfare, please contact the Committee on Animal Care (CAC) by calling 617-324-6892, or send your concern in writing to the CAC Office (Room 16-408), or email us at cacpo@mit.edu. The issue will be forwarded to the Chair of the CAC and the Attending Veterinarian. You may also contact any of the following: Vice president for research: 617-253-3206, mtz@mit.edu Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine: 617-253-1735, jgfox@mit.edu CAC chair: 617-253-9436, opra@med.mit.edu Attending...

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