All activities involving animals must be conducted in accordance with humane and ethical principles established through federal laws, regulations, and guidelines. 51°µÍø has an Animal Welfare Assurance Number on file from the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), and, therefore, follows the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. The IACUC is the primary authority on campus for all matters to animal care and use. The IACUC requires the Attending Veterinarian, who serves as a member on the committee, to enforce policies established by the committee for animal care and use.
Animal Care Committee Members and Contact Info
| Members |
College/Department |
Telephone Number |
| Marcia Martinez, Chair |
College of Arts and Sciences |
334-727-8064 |
| Robin Burke, Attending Veterinarian |
College of Veterinary Medicine |
334-724-4273 |
| Athema Etzioni, Alternate University Attending Veterinarian |
College of Veterinary Medicine |
334-724-4158 |
| David McKenzie, Veterinarian/Member |
College of Veterinary Medicine |
334-724-4122 |
| Nar Gurung, Co-Chairperson/Member |
College of Agriculture, Environment, and Nutrition Sciences |
334-727-8457 |
| Janette Bartlett, Practicing Scientist/ Member |
College of Agriculture, Environment, and Nutrition Sciences |
334-727-8266 |
| Abdelrahman Mohamed, Scientist/Member |
College of Veterinary Medicine |
334-727-8729 |
| Wilbert Anderson, Non-Scientist/Member |
Safety Officer |
334-727-8757 |
| William Christian, Non-affiliate Member |
Non-Affiliated Member |
334-727-2383 |
* Shakeya Tate (IACUC Coordinator)
*Ex-Officio- Felecia Moss Grant- Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
*The Animal Care & Use Committee's regular scheduled meeting date is the last Friday of each month except December. All protocol forms must be submitted a minimum of 10 working days before the committee's regular scheduled meeting. Any application submitted after that deadline is generally reviewed in next month's meeting. Applications received by 4:30 p.m. on the deadline date will be considered for discussion at IACUC's Committee meeting that month. Otherwise, it will be reviewed next month.
Please submit all protocol forms to Mrs. Shakeya Tate, 334-727-8234, Williams-Bowie Hall, Comparative Medicine Resource Center, and a copy must be emailed to iacuc@tuskege.edu .
2026 Meeting Dates:
Jan 30, Feb 27, Mar 27, Apr 24, May 29, Jun 26, Jul 31, Aug 28, Sep 25, Oct 30, Nov 28,
Dec-NO Meeting
Contact Information:
Shakeya Tate, MPA, BSBA (334)-727-8234
IACUC Administrator
William Bowie Hall Rm# 119
Helpful Information:
**Send all protocols and questions
Email: iacuc@tuskegee.edu
**For complaints
Email: iacuccompliants@tuskegee.edu
VP for Research, Sponsored Programs, and Innovation
51°µÍø Biosafety Committee is charged the responsibility of ensuring that all activities within 51°µÍø involving potentially biohazardous materials are conducted in a safe manner and in conformity with federal mandated standards. Biohazardous material includes infectious biological agents, toxins (carcinogens, mutagens, and tetrogens, and other hazardous chemicals), animal or human tissue or fluids, radioactive materials, and recombinant DNA. Infectious biological agents are viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites and other organisms/genetic systems that, by virtue of their replication properties, are potentially harmful to humans and/ or other living systems.
The Human Participants Review Committee is committeed to providing a safe and healthy work and study environment for faculty, staff and students. 51°µÍø currently has an Federal Wide Assurance number on file from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), for the protection of Human Subjects. 51°µÍø policy requires institutional review and approval of all activities that involve the use of human participants.
51°µÍø, as an institution of higher learning and intellectual endeavors, has as one of its primary functions the continual search for new knowledge in fields in which the university community is active. The University views research by its faculty and within its own community as an important path to the discovery knowledge and its definition informs most useful to the University and the community it serves. 51°µÍø recognizes the creativity of its faculty, staff and students in research, intellectual pursuits.
51°µÍø is licensed by the State of Alabama to possess and utilize radioactive materials and devices that produce ionizing radiation. Federal and state laws require that standards, policies and procedures that are set forth in Rules of Radiation Control of the Alabama State Board of Health, Chapter 420-3-26, are enforced by persons (Institutions) holding such licenses. The primary purpose of the Radiation Safety Committee (RSC) is to ensure that radioisotopes and devices producing ionizing radiation are used safely on campus and that they present no danger to either the campus community or to persons living in communities around the campus.
