Animal Welfare Body (equivalent to an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee)
The AWB or in Danish DVO (Dyrevelfærdsorgan) for the Copenhagen Animal Care and Use Programme provides significant input to policies and husbandry processes to the management team of the animal facility.
The AWB meetings are held 4 times a year.
The members of the Committee are:
- Peter Bollen (PB), Professor, Head of Department, ACF, Chairperson
- Mette Perch Groth (MPG), Chief Veterinarian, ACF
- Lars Rune Jensen (LRJ), Jens Flescher (JFL) – Facility manager ACF
- Annemette Overgaard Brethvad (AOB), Caroline Leonhardt (CALE), Veterinarian, ACF
- Lisbeth Knudsen (LIEK)
- Bettina Ditlevsen (BDI), suppleant Natasja Friis (NFR) – Animal Technician, ACF
- Malene Johansen (Maljo), suppleant Maria Juhl Rasmussen (MJR) - Animal Technician, ACF
- Ida Thøfner (ITH), suppleant Louise Ladefoged (LLA) - Associate Professor, Veterinary Clinical Microbiology
- Morten Dall, Platform Manager, Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Platform
- Christine Lawætz Hansen (CLH), Shared HR, HR development and Work Environment (Lay member)
- Nanna McAulay (NA), professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Sebastian Lehmann Cadieux (SELCA), Operational coordinator and management consultant, CCF, Secretary