REQUIRED FACE TO FACE TRAINING SESSIONS:
Below is a list of all required face to face training sessions. You will be registered for training by the IACUC office ONLY AFTER you have completed the requites outlined under Training for Investigators, Students and Staff.
Training #1 - New User Orientation to Research Animal Use at Einstein
Training #2 - Safe and Humane Rodent Handling, Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Euthanasia (HANDS-ON)
Training #3 - Sterile Survival Surgery for Rodents - Principles & Practices (HANDS-ON)
Training #4 - Sterile Survival for Non-Rodents - Principles & Practices (HANDS-ON)
Tour of animal facility - You will automatically receive an invitation with instructions on how to complete the tour, AFTER: 1) you have been medically cleared, 2) completed all required
CITI online training, and 3) submitted documentation to be added to an animal use protocol through eSIRIUS.
In addition to the above REQUIRED face to face training, the IACUC offers the following training sessions:
How to Write Your Animal Use Protocol for Speedy Approval
Animal Necropsy Techniques - The purpose to help researchers identify tissues and organs and how to appropriately handle those tissues for their research.
If you are interested in the above training sessions, have any other training needs or wish individualized training to utilize a specific technique in animal not covered above, contact Dr. Sunder Shrestha, Animal Welfare Officer, at (718) 839-7145.