| 
|
|
Human and Animal Regulatory Committees: Introduction
HARC
The Human and Animal Regulatory Committees office, HARC, assists
researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in
complying with federal and state regulations covering the protection
of human subjects and animals used in scientific research. The HARC
office is located in Building 26, room 103. Chris Byrne, x5507 (cebyrne@lbl.gov) is the program administrator, and Dianna Bolt,
x6005 (dgbolt@lbl.gov ) is her assistant. The general phone
number for the HARC office is 510/486-5399; the fax number for the HARC office is x5499. The
HARC office administers three committees at LBNL:
-
The Animal
Welfare and Research Committee is chaired by Dr. Jack C.
Bartley. The AWRC meets once a
month and consists of staff scientists at the Lab, the Animal
Colony consulting veterinarian, the Animal Colony manager, HARC
staff, and a public member. Federal regulations concerning scientific research
using animals may be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm
. Please see the AWRC web page for more information.
-
The Human
Subjects Committee is chaired by Dr. Peter Lichty. The HSC
is LBNL's IRB and meets once a month. The committee is made up
of staff scientists and communitiy members and considers any research at LBNL
involving humans or human tissues.
Federal regulations
concerning scientific research using human subjects may be found
at http://www.science.doe.gov/ober/humsubj/regulation.html.
Please see the HSC web page for more information.
-
The Radioactive
Drug Research Committee is chaired by Dr. Henry Stauffer.
The RDRC meets quarterly to consider research involving the use of
radioactive drugs. The RDRC makes recommendations to the HSC on
the appropriateness, dosage, etc. of proposed radioactive drugs
in research at the Lab involving human subjects. Federal
regulations concerning the use of radioactive drugs in Positron
Emission Tomography, or PET, research involving human
subjects may be found at http://www.fda.gov/cder/regulatory/pet/default.htm
.
Please see the RDRC web page for more information.
Back to Top
|
|
