Training

 

UCUCA Office Roster

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

Mailing Address:

018 ARF 5614
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:
ucuca.office@umich.edu
Website:
http://www.ucuca.umich.edu

 

Jessica Durkin , MS, CPIA

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:
jesskan@umich.edu

 

Dawn O’Connor, LVT, LATG

Title:
Senior Regulatory Compliance Associate

Duties:

 
Assists the UCUCA Manager; conducts and hosts inspections of animal care facilities; performs final administrative approval on animal use applications; resides on the Clinical Management Team (CMT); develops and updates UCUCA policies.
Email:
oconnord@umich.edu

 

Julie Laundree, BS

Title:
UCUCA Office Manager

Duties:

 
Oversees the UCUCA administrative office; provides eSirius training; assists PIs with corrections to animal use category deductions; webmaster for the UCUCA website; sends third round protocol expiration notices; processes 8225-C forms for expiring protocols.
Email:
julesgi@umich.edu

 

Claire Whittaker-Smith

Title:
Administrative Assistant

Duties:

 
Processes eSirius access request forms; sends protocol expiration notices and tracks expiring protocols; processes 8225-A, 8225-C and 8225-D forms; tracks the workflow of submitted protocols and amendments; organizes Committee functions and reports; maintains UCUCA PI email list; assists PIs with administrative queries.
Email:
clairew@umich.edu

 

Hazel Schroen

Title:
Office Assistant

Duties:
Front desk and main phone receptionist; processes all administrative changes; creates inspection reports and approval letters.
Email:
hschroen@umich.edu

 
Karen Revill

Title:
Office Assistant

Duties:
Compiles and distributes Annual Review Forms; communicates with PIs regarding protocol information requests.
Email:
krevill@umich.edu

 

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; completes final administrative approval of modifications to animal use applications; conducts post-approval monitoring and rodent survival surgery inspections; reviews and approves exceptions to Committee review; investigates and reports animal concerns; completes editing and layout for The Backbone.
Email:
astridh@umich.edu

 
Marie Cornell, BS , RLATG

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; does final administrative approval of modifications to animal use applications; conducts post-approval monitoring and rodent survival surgery inspections; reviews and approves exceptions to Committee review; investigates and reports animal concerns.
Email:

mhaeussl@umich.edu

 
Patrick Kehres, BS , RLATG

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; does final administrative approval of modifications to animal use applications; conducts post-approval monitoring and rodent survival surgery inspections; reviews and approves exceptions to Committee review; investigates and reports animal concerns.
Email:

kehres@umich.edu

 
Matt Taylor, BS , CMAR, ILAM, RLATG, CPIA

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; does final administrative approval of modifications to animal use applications; conducts post-approval monitoring and rodent survival surgery inspections; reviews and approves exceptions to Committee review; investigates and reports animal concerns.
Email:

matttayl@umich.edu