What is the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)?
The WOU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is a group of university and community members, as well as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. This university-level committee acts to oversee and ensure the ethical utilization of vertebrate animals (fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) in university research, teaching, and outreach, and is under the purview of the Office of Research and Graduate Studies.
The primary role of the IACUC is to review, deliberate, approve, amend, and withhold approval of animal use protocols involving university personnel or facilities. The committee’s guiding principle for animal use protocol decisions is the weight of harm to animal subjects relative to the relevance of the research, teaching, or outreach to human or animal health, the advancement of knowledge, and the good of society.
IACUC Animal Welfare Reporting Form
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at Western Oregon University has the responsibility to provide an opportunity for members of the public to report potential concerns regarding the welfare of animals used in teaching, research, or other official capacities by Western Oregon University personnel. All reports will be treat as confidential and there will be no retaliation for reporting concerns. All reports of concern will be investigated thoroughly and promptly by members of the WOU IACUC. The more detail you can provide in your report the better we are able to identify the concern.
Please note that you will be required to register and create a Submittable profile prior to completing your first submission.
When providing contact information during registration, you will need to use the “@mail.wou.edu” version of your email address in order to receive notifications from the system.
WOU IACUC Contact Information:
503-838-9395
