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 Assistant Dean for Research at somar@mail.med.upenn.edu

2013 Committee Membership

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

Marisa Bartolomei, PhD
Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology

Julie Blendy, PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacology

David L. Gasser, PhD
Professor, Genetics

Joshua Gold, PhD
Associate Professor, Neuroscience

Robert Gorman, MD
Professor, Surgery (Cardiothoracic Surgery)

Jonathan Maltzman, MD, PhD
Assitant Professor, Medicine

James M. Wilson, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Ex-Officio

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

Peter J. Felsburg, VMD, PhD
Trustee Professor, Immunology
Chair, IACUC

Steve J. Fluharty, PhD
Vice Provost for Research

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

Troy M. Hallman, PhD, MS, VMD
Director, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

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

Staff Support

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

Marta Bartholomew
Associate Director
Office of the Executive Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer