The Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing is an academic center affiliated with the Division of Toxicological Sciences in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Charles River Laboratories' Excellence in Refinement Awards Call for Nominations

Nominations are being accepted for the 2007 Charles River Laboratories' Excellence in Refinement Award. Sponsored by Charles River Laboratories Foundation, in cooperation with the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), the award will honor an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the development, promotion and/or implementation of refinement alternatives. This award is based on the conviction that the humane care of laboratory animals is both a moral imperative and a scientific necessity.

The award, which includes $5,000 to further the recipient's scientific endeavors, will be presented at the World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences. A panel drawn from industry, academia, and government will review the nominations. The second presentation of this award will be at the 6th World Congress, to be held August 2007 in Tokyo, Japan (see here). The winner must be present to receive the award

Nominations for the Charles River Laboratories' Excellence in Refinement Award should include a one-page letter outlining why this person should be recognized and a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae.

Please e-mail nominations to rbrady@jhsph.edu.

Deadline for receipt of nominations is April 1, 2007.

For information on the Charles River Laboratories' "Humane Care Initiative," please see the Charles River Laboratories site here.