Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
The UVA Institutional ACUC is mandated by federal law to oversee the University's animal care and use program, facilities, and procedures and to ensure the appropriate care, use and humane treatment of animals being used for research, testing, and education. The UVA ACUC is also responsible for reviewing all animal use protocols, ensuring compliance with federal regulations, inspecting animal facilities and laboratories, overseeing training and educational programs, and ensuring that investigators are covered by an occupational health program. The IACUC also serves as a resource for faculty, investigators, technicians, students, and staff, further ensuring that all research, teaching, and testing are conducted in accordance with the highest scientific, humane, and ethical principles. Before any investigator purchases, obtains, or works with vertebrate animals, an animal research protocol must be submitted for review and approval by the UVA ACUC.