Pain Management and Humane Endpoints Meeting

A workshop of
The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
National Institutes of Health Office for Protection from Research Risks
The National Institutes of Health Office for Animal Care and Use
and
The National Academy of Sciences Institute for Laboratory Animal Research

November 2-3, 1998
National Academy of Sciences Auditorium
2101 C Street, NW
Washington, DC


Proceedings

Description. This workshop will focus on the science, ethics, assessment and alleviation of pain, stress and distress in animals involved in research.

Workshop Sponsors.

Program Committee.

Ralph B. Dell - NAS/ILAR
Ronald Dubner - University of Maryland
Nelson L. Garnett - NIH/OPR
Jean Larson - USDA/AWIC
Martin Stephens - HSUS
Joanne Zurlo - JHU/CAAT

Workshop Faculty

Charles B. Berde, PhD, MD
Pain Treatment Service
Children's Hospital, Boston

Kenneth R. Boschert, DVM
Associate Director
Division of Comparative Medicine
Washington University, St. Louis

Judith Davis, PhD
AHCS, DIR, NINDS, NIH

David DeGrazia, PhD
Associate Professor of Philosophy
George Washington University

W. Ron DeHaven, DVM, MBA
Acting Deputy Administrator of APHIS
US Department of Agriculture

Ralph B. Dell, MD
Director of the Institute of Laboratory Animal Research
National Academy of Sciences

Melvin B. Dennis, Jr., DVM
Professor and Chairman of Comparative Medicine
University of Washington

Paul A. Flecknell, VetMB, PhD, DLAS, MRCVS
Director of Comparative Biology Center
University of Newcastle Medical School, UK

Nelson L. Garnett, DVM
Director, Division of Animal Welfare
Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR)
National Institutes of Health

Gerald F. Gebhardt, PhD
Professor and Head of Pharmacology
University of Iowa School of Medicine

Dennis R. Geiser
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine

Alan M. Goldberg, Phd
Associate Dean, Corporate Affairs
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Director, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health

John G. Miller, DVM
Executive Director
Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)

Gary P. Moberg, PhD
Professor of Animal Science, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
University of California at Davis

David B. Morton, PhD, FiBiol, MRCVS
Professor of Biomedical Science and Ethics
University of Birmingham, UK

Ernest D. Olfert, DVM, MSc
Director of Animal Resources Centre
University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Scott Plous, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
Wesleyan University

Andrew N. Rowan, PhD
Senior Vice President for Research
Education and International Issues
Humane Society of the United States

Jeri A. Sechzer, AM, PhD
Visiting Professor of Psychology
Pace University

Charles E. Short, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DECVA
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University

William S. Stokes, DVM
Associate Director of Animals and Alternatives
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
and Director, ICCVAM

James H. Wong, DVM
Director of Assessments
Canadian Council on Animal Care