Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Mission and Vision
The mission of the Qatar University’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (QU-IACUC) is to ensure the humane care and use of animals in research and teaching and to ensure compliance with guidelines and regulations.
QU-IACUC’s vision is to ensure the humane care and use of animals while interpreting the regulations in a practical, meaningful, and reasonable manner that facilitates valuable research and teaching.
Purpose
QU-IACUC must approve any activities that involve the use of live vertebrate animals. Specific examples of such activities and/or uses are:
- research, including field studies and clinical trials;
- use of blood donor animals;
- breeding colonies;
- scheduled courses;
- continuing education offerings.
Faculty are expected to obtain QU-IACUC approval for these activities regardless of where the animals are maintained and/or the project is carried out. However, if a project is to be done at a site or in cooperation with an institution that has its own Animal Care and Use Committee, a copy of that committee's approved form may be submitted to the QU-IACUC.
IACUC approval is not required when all procedures are being carried out on tissues obtained from a slaughterhouse or from animals euthanized for another purpose. If, however, animals are procured and euthanized/slaughtered to obtain tissues for a particular project, that project must be approved by the QU-IACUC.
Partners
The IACUC works closely with its program partners and the Institutional Official to assure that all components of the program are appropriately administered. We also work closely with the Laboratory Animal Research Center (LARC) at QU and other institutions within Qatar and abroad.
QU-IACUC is registered with MOPH under the following name and numbers:
- Name of the IACUC: Qatar University- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (QU-IACUC)
- Registration No.: IACUC-QU-2019-002
- Assurance No.: IACUC-A-QU-2019-0004 to (Expiration date: 20 – OCT -2022)
QU-IACUC Download Center
Submit Application/Contact Us
The forms, templates and checklists are available at IRBNet website: www.irbnet.org
The application package along with the supporting documents must be submitted through IRBNet website.
For assistance please contact us at:
Tel.: 4403-6676
Email: QU.IACUC@qu.edu.qa