School of Medicine Animal Research Committee (SOM-ARC)

Membership / Policies and Guidelines / Memorandums

Please direct all questions regarding the School of Medicine Animal Research Committee to
the Associate Dean for Research at somar@mail.med.upenn.edu

2016 Committee Membership

Stuart Isaacs, MD - Chair
Associate Dean for Animal Research
Associate Professor, Medicine

Marisa Bartolomei, PhD
Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology

Lewis Chodosh, MD, PhD
Professor, Cancer Biology

Yale Cohen, PhD
Chair, Intitutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Associate Professor, Otorhinolaryngology

Robert Gorman, MD
Professor, Surgery

R. Christopher Pierce, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry

Louis Soslowsky, PhD
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

James M. Wilson, MD, PhD
Professor, Medicine

Ex-Officio

Derrick A. Dow
Associate Director, Husbandry and Facilities, ULAR

Diane J. Gaertner, DVM, ACLAM
Director, University Laboratory Animal Resources

Gregory Reinhard, MBA, DVM, DACLAM
Director, Office of Animal Welfare

Phillip Scott, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
School of Veterinary Medicine

Abigail L. Smith, AB, MPH, PhD
Associate Director, University Laboratory Animal Resources

Staff Support

Susan R. Passante
Senior Executive Director
Office of the Executive Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer

Kristine Gindele
Associate Director
Office of the Executive Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer

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Policies and Guidelines

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Memorandums

PSOM Subvention of Mouse Cryopreservation Services (March 2015) [pdf]