IACUC Coordinator

Dr. Robin Broussard

Phone: 337-482-1419
E-mail: robin.broussard@louisiana.edu
Began Service at UL Lafayette: 2008

Degrees:

• Doctor of Philosophy (Environmental and Evolutionary Biology),
  University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Bachelor of Science (Biology-Chemistry),
  University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Dr. Robin Broussard joined ORSP in May 2008 as a Research Associate. Her primary responsibility is as the Coordinator for the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) where she is coordinating the review process for animal protocols, monitoring compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and creating a database to manage the animal protocols. She is also assisting the Institutional Biosafety Committee, Institutional Review Board, and Radiation Safety Committee in their endeavors to ensure that research at UL Lafayette is in compliance with federal and state regulations. Her prior experience as a researcher and lab manager at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center provided a solid backing in database management, animal protocol preparation and compliance with federal and state regulations. She also has experience designing online course material and is investigating this avenue as a method of dispensing information and training to researchers from the compliance committees.

Responsibilities:

• IACUC (Animal Subjects)
• IRB (Human Subjects)
• IBC (Biosafety)
• RSC (Radiation Safety)
• Responsible Conduct of Research