CELEBRATING 8 YEARS AT CBSET... Lisa joined CBSET in 2016 as a Clinical Veterinarian. She has worked in clinical veterinary medicine, academia, and industry for nearly 20 years - including Biotech, Pharma, Veterinary Medicine and CRO. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DR. LISA E. CLAREY
She has broad expertise and hands-on experience.
Prior to CBSET, Lisa worked as a Clinical Veterinarian at Biogen Idec for six years. One of her primary responsibilities was to consult with investigators on design of their animal use protocols to maximize animal welfare "and decrease experimental variability," she says. In addition, she served as a voting member of the Biogen Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC), inquiring into adverse events and resolving protocol deficiencies. After Biogen, Lisa served as Medical Director at VCA Blackstone Valley Veterinary Hospital for 5 years. Concurrently, she worked as Attending Veterinarian for Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, providing primary veterinary oversight for research protocols, including ADME/PK and surgical oncology models. In November 2016 she joined CBSET as a Clinical Veterinarian, ultimately earning promotion to her current position as Senior Clinical Veterinarian and IACUC Chair.
She is a Certified Professional in Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) Administration
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is established by federal mandate at institutions that use live, vertebrate animals for research. "IACUCs are vitally important in applying the laws about animal research in the United States," explains Dr. Clarey. "Every institution that uses certain animals for federally funded laboratory research must have an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee," said Dr. Clarey, who chairs the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at CBSET and is CPIA® (Certified Professional in IACUC Administration)-certified. "Our IACUC reviews the research protocols of our sponsors and conducts evaluations of our institution's animal care and use, which includes the results of inspections of facilities that are required by law," she said. "For comparison, the corresponding and equivalent local ethical body responsible for overseeing U.S. federally funded research in humans is the Institutional Review Board, or IRB."