Improving Animal Resources

描述（由申请人提供）： 波士顿明爱圣伊丽莎白医疗中心（CSEMC）是一家小型独立医院，致力于生物医学研究。这一承诺在一定程度上受到我们饲养研究动物的能力以及改进动物实验程序的设备需求的限制。本申请要求NCRR资金用于购买设备，以满足我们AAALAC认证的动物护理设施的这些需求。在未来几年积极招聘新的教师只会给动物设施内的动物的可用住房空间带来更大的压力。扩大的住房能力和额外的研究设备将为我们目前接受公共卫生服务资助的研究人员提供服务。该项目将提高它们开展高质量和高影响力生物医学研究的能力，这与CSEMO的长期研究目标直接相关。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (CSEMC) in Boston is a small independent hospital with a large commitment to biomedical research. This commitment is constrained in part by our ability to house research animals as well as the need for equipment to refine animal experimental procedures. This application requests NCRR funds for the purchase of equipment to meet these demands in our AAALAC-accredited animal care facility. The active recruitment of new faculty over the next few years will only put more pressure on the available housing space of animals within the animal facility. The expanded housing capabilities and additional research equipment will serve our researchers who currently receive funding from the Public Health Service. This project will increase their capacity to carry out high-quality and high- impact biomedical research, which relates directly to CSEMOs long-term goals for research.