Past Events

For more information, visit the Changing Patients Lives Conference site.

Topics presented at this educational Winter Conference  will help to fulfill the training requirements in USDA/APHIS/AC Policy 15 that states ”IACUC members should be trained in understanding the Animal Welfare Act, protocol review and facility inspections.”  You may also click on the above tabs to see other upcoming educational programs and SCAW publications.

Animal Rights: The Threat to Research

Where is public opinion now?

What are the animal rights groups up to?

What is their end-game?

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November 17-19, 2010 Innovation. Defined as the application of information, imagination, and initiative in deriving greater or different value from resources to be converted into useful products. This is what is expected of applicants who strive to become CPRIT grantees. It is also the standard we have set for our first Innovations in Cancer Prevention and Research Conference. The formal program will begin Wednesday, November 17 and run through the morning of Friday, November 19.

Animal Rights: The Threat to Research, A lecture by Paul McKellips, Executive Director of the Foundation for Biomedical Research Paul McKellips brings his dynamic report to UTMB on the state of public opinions toward animal research as well as the threats presented by the animal rights movement.

Contact: Email: Research Education or Phone: Ext. 21278

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For more information: Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching

The symposium will acknowledge the achievements of two and a half decades of biomedical research conducted under the U.S. Government Principles, the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and the Animal Welfare Act and Regulations.

What is the universe made of? Why did dinosaurs go extinct? What do magic tricks and hip-hop have to with math? What can amphibians and reptiles tell us about the environment? What do engineers have to do with baseball? Find out at the first ever USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo on the National Mall! Explore science & engineering with hundreds of free, hands-on activities and over 40 science shows on three different stages.