IACUC Specialist

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We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a IACUC Specialist. Reporting to the IACUC Assistant Director, the IACUC Specialist in partnership with a second IACUC Specialist, advises Principal Investigators (PIs) and their research teams as they draft new protocols, amendments and renewals. This individual is also responsible for collaborating and coordinating with the IACUC to ensure compliance with all institutional policies and procedures as well as federal and state regulatory guidelines, policies and procedures pertaining to the use of animals in research.

• Participates in special projects and performs other job related duties as required.
• Engages in both an administrative and substantive pre-review of the protocol before it is routed to other reviewers and eventually to the IACUC for review. The administrative review includes such tasks as guidance in routing the protocol to the appropriate resources for grant congruency review and/or hazardous materials review as appropriate.
• Assists principal investigators and research teams with annual renewals, 3-year renewals and amendments. If an amendment is needed, the IACUC specialist will collaborate with the principal investigator for prompt submission to the IACUC.
• Serves as a resource to the PI in discussing the animal research protocol with a Designated Member Reviewer of the IACUC or in preparing the submission for Full Committee Review
• Provides clarification to the PI on any modifications requested during the Designated Member or Full Committee Review of the IACUC protocol.
• Works with the principal investigator to self-report unanticipated adverse events or events of noncompliance to the IACUC as appropriate.
• Answers questions from the PI and his/her research team that arise in day-to-day work that relate to animal research. Responds to customer inquiries by first verifying understanding of the inquiry, then assists the customer in retrieving an answer to the inquiry (either through providing it directly or connecting the customer to the appropriate resource within the animal care and use program) and finally confirming the customers understanding of the answer.
• Informs all interested parties of the available training options and requirements within the NYU Grossman School of Medicine Animal Care and Use Program and helps arrange for such training as appropriate as training needs are identified through protocol development or other interactions with the PI and research team. In these cases, the IACUC specialist may attend the training session to both self-educate and ensure the PIs understanding of expectations.
• Conducts the regulatory portion of the New Researcher orientation lecture.
• Provides regular updates to the PI and the research team on external regulatory developments and internal policy changes which may impact the PIs research.
• Provides additional context for internal and external policy and procedure changes which may impact the PIs research
• Carries forward questions and concerns arising from the PI or the research team, obtains adequate responses and discusses them with concerned parties.
• Conducts post-approval monitoring activities by assessing PI or Research Team compliance with terms of approved animal research protocols
• Conduct for-cause and…