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Council on Accreditation

AAALAC's Council on Accreditation is comprised of some of the best animal care and use professionals and researchers from around the globe. They conduct the site visits and program evaluations that determine which institutions are awarded AAALAC accreditation. The Council includes North American, European and Asia-Pacific sections which evaluate programs in their respective regions.

The Council's Mission Statement is as follows:

The AAALAC International Council on Accreditation promotes quality and continuing improvement of the well-being of animals used in research, testing, and teaching, the health and safety of personnel, and the animal-based research itself. These are accomplished through the conduct of peer reviews of animal care and use programs, conferring an accreditation status, educational efforts, and on-going communications with stakeholders. The Council's activities are principled in the application of performance-based standards and professional judgment within the framework of Three Primary Standards, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (NRC 2011), the Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching (FASS 2010), and the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes (ETS 123), as well as applicable reference resources, and relevant governmental regulations.

Current Council members include:

Yu Bai , D.V.M., Ph.D., M.B,A.
Director
Animal Facility & Operations
Novo Nordisk Research Centre China
www.novonordisk.com/

David E. Bentzel , V.M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director, Veterinary Service Center
Department of Comparative Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
www.stanford.edu

Marion Berard , M.M.B.S., D.V.M., Ph.D.
Deputy Manager of the Animal Facilities
Animalerie Centrale
Institut Pasteur

Valerie K. Bergdall , D.V.M.
Senior Director
Animal Care and Use Program
The Ohio State University
www.osu.edu

Iris D. Bolton , D.V.M., DACLAM
Director and Attending Veterinarian
Freimann Life Science Center
University of Notre Dame
www.nd.edu/

Heinz Brandstetter , Dr. med. vet.
Head of Animal Research
Faculty of Medicine
University of Augsburg
www.uni-augsburg.de/en/

Laurie Brignolo , D.V.M.
Private Consultant

Aurora M. Bronstad , D.V.M., Ph.D.
Chief Veterinarian/Facility Leader Animal
Department of Clinical Medicine
University of Bergen
www.uib.no

Tiffanie A. Brooks , D.V.M., M.S., DACLAM
Attending Veterinarian and Director
Animal Care Services
Texas Tech University
www.ttu.edu/

Andrew J. Burich , D.V.M., M.S., CPIA, DACLAM
Director
Animal Resources
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason

Ralph J. Callicott , D.V.M., Ph.D., DCLAM
Director, Animal Resource Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center
utswmed.org

Calvin B. Carpenter , D.V.M.
Private Consultant

Donald B. Casebolt , D.V.M., M.P.V.M.
Chair
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
University of Southern California
www.usc.edu

Amy E. Cassano , D.V.M, ,DACLAM, ,CVMA
Attending Veterinarian, Director
of Veterinary Services, Division of Laboratory Animal Resources
University of Pittsburgh
www.pitt.edu/

Hou-Chun Chen , Ph.D.
Advisor to the Director
Laboratory Animal Center, Office of Advanced Science and Technology
Thammasat University
tu.ac.th/

Patty H. Chen , D.V.M.
Private Consultant

Chen-En Cheng , D.V.M., M.Sc., DABT
Associate Director
Toxicology
TaiGen Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
www.taigenbiotech.com/en

Sonja T. Chou , V.M.D., M.S.
Director
Acinonyx Consulting Partners Limited

Lesley A. Colby , D.V.M., M.S.
Senior Director, Animal Resources and Operations
Department of Comparative Medicine
University of Washington
www.washington.edu/

Delphine G. Denais-Lalieve , D.V.M.
Designated Veterinarian/Animal Resources Head
ASNR- French Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiological Protection
www.irsn.fr

Cynthia J. Doane , D.V.M., DACLAM
Director, University Animal Care
University Animal Care
University of Arizona
www.arizona.edu/

Melissa C. Dyson , D.V.M., M.S.
Deputy Director
Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine
University of Michigan
umich.edu/

Stephen A. Felt , D.V.M., M.P.H., DACLAM, DACVAM
Professor
Comparative Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
www.stanford.edu

Troy M. Hallman , M.S., V.M.D. DACLAM
Director, Office of Animal Research
Office of Research Administration
Yale University
www.yale.edu

Susan B. Harper , D.V.M., M.S.
Private Consultant

Michael W. Hart , D.V.M., M.S., DACLAM
Attending Veterinarian and Director
Office of the Attending Veterinarian
University of Kentucky
www.uky.edu/

Kelly D. Heath , D.V.M.
Director, Institutional Animal Care Program
Office of Research and Economic Development
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
www.unl.edu/

Tracy M. Heenan , D.V.M., CPIA
Director, Office of Animal Care and Use
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
www.unc.edu/

Judy M. Hickman-Davis , D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor and Director
University Lab Animal Resources
The Ohio State University
www.osu.edu

Gabi Itter , D.V.M., Ph.D.
Head, In Vivo Research Center Frankfurt
Translational In vivo Models (TIM)
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
www.sanofi.de/

Vickie L. Jarrell , M.S., Ph.D.
Private Consultant

Young-Shin Joo , D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., DKCLAM
Attending Veterinarian/Unit Manager
Laboratory Animal Research Center
The Catholic University of Korea
cuk.catholic.ac.kr/english/main.do

Thattawan Kaewsakhorn , D.V.M., Ph.D., RLATG
Lecturer
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Chiang Mai University
www.cmu.ac.th/en/

Rony Kalman , D.V.M., Ph.D.
Director
Authority for Biological and Biomedical Models
The Hebrew University
new.huji.ac.il/en

Maria Kamper , D.V.M., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Director, Biological Services Facility
FBMH
University of Manchester
www.manchester.ac.uk/

Connie Y.H. Leung , D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Technical Director
Centre for Comparative Medicine Research
The University of Hong Kong
www.lau.hku.hk

Yao Li , Ph.D., D.V.M., RLATG, ILAM, SLAV
Associate Professor and Director
Department of Laboratory Animal Science
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine
en.sjtu.edu.cn/

Chung-Tiang Liang , D.V.M., Ph.D.
Chief Veterinarian, Executive Director
Veterinarian Department
Pharmaron Beijing Co., Ltd.
www.novonordisk.com.cn

Jihong (Kobe) Liu , D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D.
Deputy General Manager
Project Management
Shanghai Kaichun

Jin Liu , D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Beijing InnoModels Biotechnologies
en.imodels.tech/

Natividad M. Lood , D.V.M.
Private Consultant

Jin Lu , M.V.M., NVLE
Attending Veterinarian
Department of Laboratory Animal Science
School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
www.shsmu.edu.cn/english/

Xiao (Frank) Lu , D.V.M., Ph.D., RLATG
Director and IACUC Chair
Dizal (Jiangsu) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
www.dizalpharma.com/

Sean Maguire , V.M.D., M.S., MRCVS, DACLAM
Scientific Director
Laboratory Animal Science and Governance (LASG)
GSK
www.gsk.com

Mary Ann McCrackin , D.V.M., Ph.D., DACLAM, DACVS. CMAR
Director
Division of Laboratory Animal Resources
Duke University
www.uga.edu

Justin A. McNulty , MLAS, CPIA, RLATG
Consultant
LabDog Consulting, LLC

Christopher L. Medina , D.V.M., DACLAM
Director
Comparative Medicine
AbbVie
www.abbvie.com

Keiji Miyata , Ph.D., D.V.M.
Secretary General
Veterinary Education Support Organization

Daniel D. Myers, Jr. , D.V.M., M.P.H., DACLAM
Conrad & Caroline Jobst Res Prof of Vasc Surg
and Professor, Laboratory Animal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
umich.edu/

Randall J. Nelson , Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Anatomy and Neurobiology
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
www.uthsc.edu

Xueying Pan , Ph.D., D.V.M.
General Manager
Laboratory Animal Medicine and Welfare
Huangshan InnoStar Bio-tech Co. Ltd
www.innostar.cn/en/about

Helena Paradell , D.V.M., M.Sc.
Animal Welfare Director
Zoetis Manufacturing & Research Spain, S.L.
www.zoetis.es/

Krushnarvind B. Patel , B.V.Sc., M.V.Sc.
Chief Veterinary Officer
Center for Comparative Medicine
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS)
www.ilbs.in/

Nathaniel Powell , D.V.M., M.S.
Private Consultant

Jan-Bas Prins , Prof. Dr. Ir.
Professor of Laboratory Animal Science
Faculty of Medicine
Leiden University Medical Centre
www.lumc.nl/

Susanne Rensing , D.V.M.
Associate Director Animal Resources and
Animal Welfare Officer
Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG
www.abbvie.com

Dewi K. Rowlands , M.Phil., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Director, Centre for Comparative Medicine Research
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
The University of Hong Kong
www.lau.hku.hk

Kazumasu Sasaki , B.V.Sc., Ph.D.
Principal Scientist
Anesthesiology
Akita Cerebrospinal and Cardiovascular Center
www.akita-noken.jp/

Kim E. Saunders , D.V.M., DACLAM
Director and Professor
Comparative Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University
www.ohsu.edu

David G. Schabdach , D.V.M., M.S.
Private Consultant
vt.edu/

Rebecca S. Schwiebert , D.V.M., Ph.D., DACLAM
Attending Veterinarian
Center for Comparative Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
www.bcm.edu/

Seung Hyeok Seok , D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
College of Medicine, Seoul National University
medicine.snu.ac.kr/en/

James T. Sheets , D.V.M., M.P.H.
Director
Office of Animal Resources
University of Iowa
www.uiowa.edu

Robert S. Sikes , M.S., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biology
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
www.ualr.edu

Thomas Steckler , M.D.
Associate Director, Animal Welfare & Reg Compl EU
In Vivo Sciences
Janssen Pharmaceutical NV, Johnson & Johnson
www.janssen.com/

Karen R. Strait , D.V.M., DACLAM
Attending Veterinarian
Center for Laboratory Animal Resources
Morehouse School of Medicine
www.msm.edu

James G. Strake , D.V.M.
Private Consultant
www.zoetis.com

Francis J. Sun , D.V.M., M.B.A., DACLAM
Associate Vice Chancellor Veterinary Affairs
Department of Comparative Medicine
Washington University Medical Center
medschool.duke.edu/

Makoto Suzuki , D.V.M., Ph.D.
Advisor for Animal Welfare
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
www.oist.jp

Douglas K. Taylor , D.V.M., M.S.
Director, Division of Laboratory Animal Services,
Attending Veterinarian, Professor of Physiology
Augusta University
www.augusta.edu/

Mayu Uchihashi , D.V.M., DACLAM, DJCLAM
Vet Services Manager
Medtronic Innovation Center Japan
Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd.
www.medtronic.com

Mark T. Whary , D.V.M., Ph.D.
Private Consultant

Ronald P. Wilson , V.M.D., M.S.
George T. Harrell Professor and Chair
Department of Comparative Medicine
Penn State College of Medicine
www.med.psu.edu

Imelda L. Winoto , D.V.M., Sert. DHPHL
IACUC Chair and Head of QA Division
Primaco Indonesia
www.mrinstitute.org

Shikha Yadav , B.V.Sc. & AH, M.V.Sc., Ph.D.
Scientist Grade I and Head
In-Vivo Bioassay Laboratory & Animal Facility
National Institute of Biologicals
nib.gov.in/

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