Committee for the Humane Use
of Animals (CHUA) Policy

Research involving animals must be approved by the Committee for the Humane Use of Animals. Many agencies require a CHUA approval before they will review an application that involves animals and no project may begin, nor any animals procured, without final CHUA approval.

Protocol application forms and information can be obtained online or:

Department of Laboratory Animal Resources (DLAR)
Room 4159 Weiskotten Hall
Phone:315 464-6563

Only Upstate Medical University may serve as the PI-PD on a CHUA protocol. An Institutional Assurance for the proper use of animals is filed with the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Public Health Service, DHHS. This assurance is Upstate Medical University's guarantee that all research conducted at Upstate, or conducted by persons paid by Upstate, is in full compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and other federal regulations. Failure to adhere to these regulations may mean the suspension of all federal funding for research at the campus, even if the project in question is funded through intramural funds. The campus, including any laboratory using animals, is subject to random inspections from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

GENERAL POLICIES