Committee for the Humane Use of Animals (CHUA)

For more information, contact:

Department of Laboratory Animal Resources

Phone: 315 464-4292
FAX: 315 464-4295

As required by the Animal Welfare Act, Public Health Service Guidelines and New York State regulations, any investigator planning to use live vertebrate animals for research or education must secure prior approval of an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).

At the SUNY Upstate Medical University, this committee goes by the name of CHUA, which is the acronym for the Committee for the Humane Use of Animals.

Members of this committee include

Chair
Basic Scientists
Clinicians
Veterinarians
Community Members.

This committee reports to the Associate Vice President for Research, and is responsible for evaluating the care and use of all animals at Upstate Medical University.