The Animal Research Advisory Committee (ARAC) meets monthly or as needed (a) to advise the DDIR on the Intstitution's program for the humane care and use of animals and (b) to support the Institution's conformance to recommendations of the National Research Council Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. ARAC also reviews IC and/or trans-NIH concerns involving the care and use of animals at NIH following investigation, deliberation, and closure by the IC ACUCs. Further, ARAC drafts, endorses, and promulgates formalized guidance concerning various practices and procedures carried out in the intramural NIH Animal Care and Use program.

Members:
Dr. Richard Wyatt (Chair), OIR/OD	Dr. Ashok Kulkarni, NIDCR
Dr. James F. Taylor, OACU	Mr. David Lankford, Attorney, OD/OGC
Donald Bordine (Executive Secretary)	Ms. Jean Larson, AWIC, NAL (Non-Affiliated Member)
Dr. David M. Bodine, NHGRI	Dr. Albert Lock, Division of Safety, ORS
Dr. Phillip J. Brooks, NIAAA	Dr. Christy Ludlow, NINDS
Dr. Rachel Caspi, NEI	Dr. John Mascola, VRC
Dr. Kuo-Ping Huang, NICHD	Dr. Glenn Merlino, NIH Animal Ombudsman
Dr. Michael L. Cunningham, NIEHS	Ms. Julia Misplon, FDA
Dr. Samuel Cushman, NIDDK	Dr. Richard Race, RML, NIAID
Dr. Eliot Gardner, NIDA	Dr. Juan Rivera, NIAMS
Dr. Michael Collins, NIAID	Dr. Gene Shearer, NCI/CCR
Dr. Nigel Greig, NIA	Dr. Carolyn B. Smith, NIMH
Dr. MacDonald Horne, CC	Dr. Margaret Snyder, Office of Scientific Affairs,OER
Dr. Mary Kathryn Izard, Alamogordo Primate Facility	Dr. Thomas J. Walsh, NCI/CCR
Dr. Howard Kruth, NHLBI	Dr. Deborah Wilson, ORS/DS