Compliance Unit Standard Procedure (CUSP) Working Group
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CUSP or "Compliance Unit Standard Procedures" is a multi-institutional initiative in collaboration with FDP to develop an online resource where participating institutions can share standard procedures used in animal care protocols. CUSP hopes to relieve administrative burden and increase inter-institutional communication between researchers and regulators while improving animal care through the promulgation of procedures that have proven to meet the standards of IACUC's, veterinarians, researchers, and national regulatory bodies.
GOAL: To create an online repository where institutions can share standard procedures used in animal care protocols with the broader animal welfare compliance community.
Current State of the Project
For more information on the history and progress of the CUSP project visit the Education and Outreach / History and Development of CUSP
Key Resources and Links:
- CUSP Project Proposal (October 2017)
- 21CCA Final Report - Reducing Administrative Burden for Researchers (August 2019)
Steering Committee:
Sally Thompson-Iritani, University of Washington; Michelle Brot, Univ of Washington; Scott Bury, Vanderbilt Univ.; Elaine Kim, Colorado State Univ.; April Ripka, Penn State Univ.; Eva McGee, Drew Univ.; Axel Wolff, OLAW; Cyndi Rosenblatt, Medical University of South Carolina; Amber Wolfe, VA; Neera Gopee, OLAW; Julie Sharp, University of California, San Fransisco; Aubrey Schoenleben, University of Washington.
CUSP Steering Committee & Team Leads:
| Subcommitees/Teams | Leads |
| Overall Direction and Oversight |
Aubrey Schoenleben, University of Washington Sally Thomspon-Iritani, University of Washington |
| Project Management |
Aubrey Schoenleben, University of Washington |
| Federal Agencies (advisory role only) |
Axel Wolff and Neera Gopee, NIH/OLAW TBD, USDA Alice Huang and Amber Wolfe, VA |
| Education and Outreach |
Michelle Brot, University of Washington Scott Bury, Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Help Desk |
Julie Sharp, University of California, San Francisco April Ripka, Penn State University |
| Quality Control |
Eva McGhee, Charles R. Drew University |
| IT Support |
Mark Hnath, Society of Research Administrators International Cyndi Rosenblatt, Medical University of South Carolina |
Note: Any FDP member is welcome to participate in this working group. The working group currently meets on the fourth Friday of every month. If interested, please email Aubrey (aubreys@uw.edu) or Sally (sti2@uw.edu).
FDP Meeting Summaries and Presentations:
FDP meeting summaries are available here.
| Meeting | Session Slides and Videos |
| September 2022 | |
| May 2022 | |
| January 2022 | |
| September 2021 | |
| May 2021 | Session Slides Session Video |
| January 2021 | Session Slides Session Video |
| September 2020 | Session Slides Session Video |
| May 2020 | Session Slides |
| January 2020 | Session Slides |
| May 2019 | Session Slides |
| January 2019 | Session Slides |
| September 2018 | Session Slides |
| May 2018 | Session Slides |
| January 2018 | Session Slides |
| September 2017 | Session Slides |
| May 2017 | Session Slides |
| January 2017 | Session Slides |
For additional presentations on the CUSP project, visit the Education and Outreach/ Resources and Materials