Qualifications and Training
Need Help with Animal Procedures?
Did you know?
Our IACUC Training Program offers hands-on, in-lab support to help ensure your research team is confident and compliant when working with animals.
You are welcome to request a trainer for:
- Visiting your lab for one-on-one training
- Being present the first time anesthesia or surgery is conducted
- Conducting group training for your entire lab staff
- AND MORE
Whether you’re a new researcher or experienced with updated techniques, we are here to support you!
To schedule a session, please contact:
Carol Dowell, dowellc@purdue.edu
765-494-2521
IACUC Training Program Manager
Katy Harringer, klharrin@purdue.edu
765-494-8523
IACUC Assistant Training Coordinator
Animal Use Qualifications and CITI Training Information
(1) Animal Use Qualifications
To be approved to work with vertebrate animals at Purdue University, you must have an Animal Use Qualification Form on file with the Purdue Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). This is the first step that must be taken to use vertebrate animals at Purdue. To complete the Animal Use Qualification Form, please refer to the links below:
Purdue Employees with Career Accounts
- Guidelines to complete the Animal Use Qualification Database
- Link to the Animal Use Qualification Database: https://engineering.purdue.edu/VPR/LAP/
Non-Purdue Employees or Non-Career Account Holders
(2) CITI Training
After you have completed the Animal Use Qualification Form, you will be asked by the IACUC office to complete step 2 which involves completing relevant Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) on-line modules. Information on how to complete these on-line modules will be sent to you via email once the IACUC office has received your Animal Use Qualification Form.
If you prefer to begin completing the CITI modules prior to the IACUC office contacting you, you may do so by following the instructions at the link below.
(3) Vertebrate Animal Protocol Application
The third step that must be completed to use animals at Purdue University is to make sure that you are listed on an approved protocol application. Protocol applications / Amendments to Protocol Applications may only be submitted by faculty or senior research scientists/associates (commonly called Principal Investigators – PI’s). PI’s must list all personnel on the protocol application who will be working with vertebrate animals as part of their research, teaching, or testing activities. If a PI needs to add personnel after a protocol application has been approved by IACUC, they may do so by submitting an Amendment to the approved protocol. No one should be listed on, or added to, a protocol application unless he/she has completed Steps 1 and 2 above.
For further assistance with this process, please contact the IACUC office at iacuc@purdue.edu or (765) 494-7259.