EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请请求支持 建造一个永久设施，用于提供住房和照料国家卫生保健计划。这个 该设施将设在一座由 UTHSC-H。UTHSC-H的调查人员持有约1000万美元(直接 国家卫生研究院(NIH)为以下研究提供资金的成本) NHPS，但热带风暴艾莉森完全摧毁了ACC，那里是大部分 这些动物用于他们的研究。可悲的是，78只动物在 暴风雨。拟建的设施将位于一栋新的九层楼的第八层 大楼。新大楼将与UTHSC-H有封闭的连接 医学院大楼和分子医学研究所大楼， 因此，它将支持所有三栋建筑的调查人员的工作。这个 拟议的设施将包括5,223个可分配的面积。英国《金融时报》对于住房和 测试NHP，最多可容纳180只动物。该设施将 占据了专门用于动物护理活动的大约半个楼层。 该设施将由实验动物中心控制 管理和运营所有动物护理和使用的医学和护理(CLAMC) UTHSC-H的活动。CLAMC最初是由 AAALAC-1978年成为国际认证机构，至今仍获得完全认证。署长 直接向负责研究的执行副总裁汇报 UTHSC-H。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): This application requests support for construction of a permanent facility for housing and care of NHPs. The facility will be located in a new research building being designed by the UTHSC-H. Investigators at the UTHSC-H hold approximately $10 million (direct costs) of active National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for studies with NHPs, but tropical storm Allison totally destroyed the ACC that housed most of the animals used for their research. Tragically, 78 animals were lost in the Storm. The proposed facility will be on the eighth floor of a new nine story building. The new building will have enclosed connections to the UTHSC-H Medical School Building and to the Institute for Molecular Medicine Building, so that it will support the work of investigators in all three buildings. The proposed facility will contain 5,223 assignable sq. ft. for housing and testing of NHP and will accommodate up to 180 animals. The facility will occupy roughly half of a floor devoted exclusively to animal care activities. The facility will be under the control of the Center for Laboratory Animal Medicine and Care (CLAMC), which manages and operates all animal care and use activities at the UTHSC-H. The CLAMC was initially accredited by AAALAC-international in 1978 and remains fully accredited today. The Director of the CLAMC reports directly to the Executive Vice President for Research of the UTHSC-H.