D12 - Dealing With Conflict and Difficult Discussions: The Role of the IACUC Chair

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For many institutions, the IACUC chair is often perceived as the leader of the animal care and use program. In that role, the IACUC chair is required to balance programmatic oversight with research productivity with nonhuman animals and this balancing act often requires a unique set of skills to detect and prevent issues before they fester into full-blown problems. Many of the problems faced by IACUC chairs deal with conflict among members of the IACUC, during the IACUC meeting itself, or even among different interacting committees. This session will use scenarios to explore strategies for coping with conflict resolution in an IACUC meeting.