Training

 

UCUCA Office Roster

The University Committee on Use and Care of Animals (UCUCA)

Mailing Address:

018 ARF 0614
University of Michigan
1301 Catherine St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5614
Office Location:
971 300 NIB (North Ingalls Building)
Phone:
(734) 763-8028
Fax:
(734) 936-3234
Email:
Website:

 

Jessica Durkin , MS

Title:

UCUCA Manager

Duties:

Manages the Office and is the principal administrator for the Committee; serves as the University's liaison with regulatory bodies.

Email:

 

Dawn O’Connor, LVT, LATG

Title:

Senior Regulatory Compliance Associate

Duties:

 

Assists the UCUCA Manager; conducts and hosts inspections of animal care facilities; performs review of animal use applications and modifications; does final administrative approval on animal use applications and modifications; Clinical Management Team (CMT) issues; develops UCUCA policies.
Email:

 

Julie Laundree

Title:

UCUCA Office Manager

Duties:

 

Oversees the UCUCA administrative office; processes eSirius access request forms; provides eSirius training; assists PIs with corrections to animal use category deductions; runs database queries and reports; organizes Committee functions and reports; maintains UCUCA PI email list.
Email:

 

Claire Whittaker-Smith

Title:

Administrative Assistant

Duties:

 

Sends protocol expiration notices and tracks expiring protocols; processes 8225-C and 8225-D forms; sends Annual Review Forms; processes administrative changes to protocols.
Email:

 

Hazel Schroen

Title:

Office Assistant

Duties:

 

Front desk and main phone reception; administers training program; assembles and delivers materials for weekly protocol review and monthly Committee meetings; sends protocol approval packets to investigators; manages the main mailing list; prints and mails out The Backbone.
Email:

 

Astrid Haakonstad, BA , LVT

Title:

Regulatory Compliance Associate

Duties:

For PIs with last names A-F: Performs administrative review of animal use applications and modifications; compiles Committee reviewers’ requests to investigators for more information during the application review process; conducts post-approval monitoring and rodent survival surgery inspections; reviews and approves exceptions to Committee review; investigates and reports animal concerns.
Sends 3rd round protocol expiration notices; processes 8225-C forms for expiring protocols; editing and layout for The Backbone; webmaster for UCUCA website.
Email:

 

Marie Cornell, BS , RLAT

Title:

Regulatory Compliance Associate

Duties:

For PIs with last names G-L: Performs administrative review of animal use applications and modifications; compiles Committee reviewers’ requests to investigators for more information during the application review process; conducts post-approval monitoring and rodent survival surgery inspections; reviews and approves exceptions to Committee review; investigates and reports animal concerns.
Email:
Sara Waugh, BS , RALAT

Title:

Regulatory Compliance Associate

Duties:

For PIs with last names M-R: Performs administrative review of animal use applications and modifications; compiles Committee reviewers’ requests to investigators for more information during the application review process; conducts post-approval monitoring and rodent survival surgery inspections; reviews and approves exceptions to Committee review; investigates and reports animal concerns.
Email:
Matt Taylor, BS , CMAR, ILAM, RLATG

Title:

Regulatory Compliance Associate

Duties:

For PIs with last names S-Z: Performs administrative review of animal use applications and modifications; compiles Committee reviewers’ requests to investigators for more information during the application review process; conducts post-approval monitoring and rodent survival surgery inspections; reviews and approves exceptions to Committee review; investigates and reports animal concerns.
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