Dr.
Gaertner: Director of University
Laboratory Animal
Resources
Dr.
Diane Gaertner, has been appointed
Director of University Laboratory Animal
Resources, effective February 1, 2003,
replacing Dr. Jeffrey Linn who retired
December 31, 2002. Dr. Gaertner, currently
Director of the Institute for Animal
Studies at Albert Einstein College
of Medicine, is a nationally recognized
leader in the field of laboratory animal
medicine and is the current President
of the American College of Laboratory
Animal Medicine.
Dr.
Gaertner will direct laboratory animal
services and also plans to develop
an expanded academic training program
in this veterinary specialty, working
with the faculties of the Schools of
Veterinary Medicine, and Medicine.
In support of this expanded mission,
the offices of ULAR will be moved to
a site at the School of Veterinary
Medicine, and an additional vivarium
will be included in the planned new
building of the SVM. "We look
forward to Dr. Gaertner's arrival and
have high expectations for the performance
of University Laboratory Animal Resources
under her direction," said Dr.
Neal Nathanson, Vice Provost for Research.
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