Workshops, Webinars, & Symposium

 

Professional Development Workshops

CBRA’s signature program, IACUC Your Way, from AtoZ™, offered annually and, upon request, individually on-site at member facilities, is a full-day, groundbreaking, and interactive training program for both new and seasoned Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs), and those who support them. This workshop carries RACE and CPIA CEUs.

Next IACUC Workshop

May 2025
Northern California
Look for Register Information in March 2025

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On-Site Programs

CBRA develops facility-specific training and continuing education programs on a variety of topics for animal care staff, researchers, scientists, veterinarians, and compliance, IACUC, security, and facility personal on-site at member institutions.

Request an On-Site Training

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Webinars

CBRA offers webinars on topical issues pertinent to research practices and animal care including compliances issues, accreditation and inspections, animal law, and research ethics. Webinars are free to CBRA Members and are $50 for Non-Members. Webinars are available as recordings for four months following the presentations.

UP-COMING WEBINARS

August 5, 2025
“Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Assay Alternatives”, Sherri Hopple , MSc, Scientific Portfolio Specialist
Microbial Solutions, Charles River
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September 9, 2025
“Practical Approach to AI & Digital Measures Synergies for Two and Four Legged Patients”, Szczepan Baran, MS, VMD, CEO Baran Cafe
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January 13, 2026
“Thoughts on Post-Approval Monitoring”, Stacy Pritt, DVM, MS, MBA, CPIA, CHRC, EXCS, ECoP(EAR), DACAW; Associate Vice Chancellor & Chief Research Compliance Officer; The Texas A&M University System, Adjunct Professor; The Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences; Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
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February 17, 2026
“AAALAC Program Description Development”, Jennifer Castle Hickerson, Director, Animal Resources Operations, The Scripps Research Institute
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February 24, 2026
“Using Foreign CROs: Experience and Expectation”, Sonja “Scout” Chou, MS, VMD, Director, Acinonyx Consulting Partners Limited
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March 10, 2026
“Crisis Planning for Animal Care Programs”, Jeff Goodwin, DVM, PhD, Executive Director, DLAM, School of Medicine, UCLA
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Past Webinars
Environmental Diagnostic Approaches and Implementation Strategies for Rodent Health Monitoring
Marcia L. Hart, DVM, PhD, DACLAM, R&D Manager, Serology and Scientific Affairs, IDEXX

Update and Overview from OLAW
Nicolette Petervary VMD, MS, DACAW, Director, Division of Policy and Education, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), National Institutes of Health

“How to Talk about Vivarium, IACUCs, Research Programs, and Animals with Upper Management and Research Administration: A Panel”
Clifford R. Roberts DVM DACLAM, Senior Veterinarian, Laboratory Animal Resource Center, University of California San Francisco; Richard Ermel, DVM, PhD, Director and Professor, Division of Comparative Medicine, City of Hope

“Training and Re-Training of PIs and Researchers”
Karen Thomsen, Director, DIVO Cytokinetics; Amanda Rumans, MS, Sr. Manager, Global Training Program, BMS; Amy Salem, MS, PhD, Associate Director, Animal Welfare Operations and Training, Merck

Beyond the 3Rs
Joseph Garner, D.Phil, Professor of Comparative Medicine and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

“AAALAC Update and Q & A”
Helen E. Diggs, MEd, DVM, DACLAM, Senior Director for North America, AAALAC International

“EHS and the Vivarium”
Kaitlyn M. Hanley, MPH-VPH, LVT, RVT, Vivarium Safety Officer, Animal Research Safety, UCLA

“Townhall with the USDA”
Louis DiVincenti, DVM, MS, DACLAM, DACAW, Senior Veterinary Medical Officer – Research Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | Animal Care | National Policy Staff, USDA

“A Panel on Marmosets in Research”
Megan Albertelli, DVM, PhD, DACLAM, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Medicine Stanford University and Trinka Adamson, MS, DVM, DACLAM, Sr Director/Attending Veterinarian, Animal Resources Department, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

“A Panel on Sentinels in the Vivarium”
James Finlay, DVM, PhD, DACLAM, Associate Director, Center for Comparative Medicine, Associate Research Professor, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope and Kelly Walton, MS, DVM, DACLAM, Director, Veterinary Sciences, Bristol, Myers, Squibb

“Laboratory Animal Adoption from Research: Best Practices”
Laurie Brignolo, DVM, DACLAM, Executive Director, Research and Teaching Animal Care Program, UC Davis and Eric Nelson, DVM, DACLAM, Executive Director, Comparative Medicine-Irvine, Attending Veterinarian, AbbVie

“Developing and Retaining Operations Staff”
John David, DVM, PhD, ACLAM, Director and Attending Veterinarian, Amgen Inc

“Fish in Biomedical Research”
David Chu, DVM, DACLAM, Veterinary Service Center, Stanford University