Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

Membership
Composition

The IACUC must be composed of no fewer than five members with the following representation:

• Not more han three members may be from a single academic unit
• One non-scientist
• One member non-affiliated with the University of Kansas Medical Center
• One graduate veterinarian with training or experience with the species used in the University's research programs
• One representative from the University Safety Office
• The University's attending veterinarian shall be a voting member
• An effort shall be made to have a trained biostatistician as a member

When an uncommon, unusual or discipline-specific knowledge is required for the review of a given proposal and appropriate expertise is not represented in the IACUC, the Director of the Animal Research Protection Program, in consultation with the IACUC Chair and the Director of LAR, shall identity and seat appropriate consultants who shall serve in non-voting, advisory capacities on an as-needed basis.