Better animal care. A clearer pathway to scientific discovery.

We help animal care and research teams at leading institutions improve the speed and quality of their work by assessing, enhancing, and developing all aspects of their animal care and use programs.

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Trusted by top research organizations

Challenges with your animal care program disrupt the productivity and efficiency of your research environment.

Avoiding these pitfalls starts with your people.

Even the most prestigious institutions need a partner to evaluate and enhance their lab animal operations effectiveness. Every inefficiency can harm the staff performance and the quality of your research, holding you back from progress with the potential to make a life saving discovery.

ANIMAL WELFARE COMPLIANCE ISSUES / HIGH STAFF TURNOVER / MAINTAINING AAALAC ACCREDITATION / UNDERPERFORMING STAFF / GAPS IN VETERINARY EXPERTISE / INSTITUTIONAL REPUTATION / LOW STAFF SATISFACTION / DEPARTMENTAL STAFFING GAPS / INADEQUATE VETERINARY CARE RESEARCH DELAYS / SLOW START-UP TIMES / UNDERTRAINED STAFF / RESEARCHER COMPLAINTS / INEFFICIENT USE OF FUNDS / COMPLIANCE CITATIONS / HIGH COMPLAINT VOLUME / LACK OF FUNDS / ABSENTEEISM / VIVARIUM STAFF GRIEVANCES / LOW EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT / INEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP /

MEET ACTS

The Antidote to Your Animal Care Challenges

Animal Care Training Services (ACTS) helps teams at leading institutions improve the speed and quality of their research by unlocking the potential of their employees/ animal care programs. Led by senior leaders with lab animal expertise, we help foster a culture of excellence by supporting the people who make scientific discovery possible.
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When you care for the people who care for the animals, you create a clearer path to achieving your vision. We make that happen by:

Providing access to a network of highly specialized lab animal science and veterinary experts
Creating personalized developmental solutions tailored for your research needs
Staffing expert, part-time attending veterinarians for your vivarium
Committing to a holistic approach that address the parts of your program that will make the biggest impact
Offering hands-on training focused on real-world, practical skills in the lab and vivarium

testimonials

Caring for the People Who Care for the Animals

Our clients choose us because of our proven success in paving the way to faster breakthroughs and higher quality research.

“ACTS created a Train-the-Trainer Program for UTHSC, with the goal of ensuring the new Coordinator position had the skills necessary for the successful delivery of ongoing training.

ACTS also assisted UTHSC in its preparation for a recent AAALACi (Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International) re-accreditation process. ACTS provided our animal care and use program with feedback on our Program Description, prior to final submission. As well, ACTS representatives performed a mock site visit of our program.

Without question, ACTS assistance in helping UTHSC achieve these enhancement rapidly were key to a three-year re-accreditation of the Program by AAALACi with no mandatory findings for correction.”

Steven Youngentob, UT Health Sciences

Senior Associate Vice Chancellor Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Neuroscience Institute

Caring for the People Who Care for the Animals

I have contracted with ACTS to provide specialized training for our research community here at Mass General Hospital. We extended the seminar series invitation to other biomedical organizations in the area and had a strong turnout from our own community as well as the greater Boston/Cambridge community. ACTS staff partnered to coordinate speakers and advertise the event through their extensive network. I do feel that the ACTS brand was a contributor the strong turnout and also the diversity of speakers that we were able to pull together.

Associate Director, Ctr for Comparative Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital

We approached William, Gus, and the rest of the ACTS team to help us improve a challenging workplace culture which was exacerbated by a shortage of veterinary expertise. We were very quickly approaching a crisis when we reached out and ACTS quickly mobilized support. They completed a culture assessment, provided training, and veterinary care. They were consistently insightful and supportive. Thanks to their services the workplace is healthier, and the program is stronger.

JS

Institutional Official at a Public R1 University

WHAT WE DO

Lifting up the People Behind Your Animal Care Program

Excellence in Animal care paves the way to research excellence. We want to create a culture that starts with your people: Unlock the potential of your animal care team by honing your strategy for an ethical, effective animal care program

Comprehensive Program Assessments

Reviewing technical competency, staff engagement, and management excellence at organizations to lay the groundwork for developing a smoother operation.

Customized Training Programs

Reviewing technical competency, staff engagement, and management excellence at organizations to lay the groundwork for developing a smoother operation.

Veterinary Consulting and Staffing

Providing expert veterinary guidance and flexible Attending Veterinarian staffing so organizations can protect animal health while advancing their research.

Specialized Consulting

Fostering high-performing research operations by offering services like AAALAC Accreditation prep, SOP development, IACUC member training, and more.

A Holistic Approach to Lab Animal Care

The highest performing research organizations commit to lab animal care at a cultural level. Getting there takes a comprehensive strategy, one that’s built on knowledge, relationships, data, insights and—most importantly—care.

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Our Team

ACTS grew from a desire to improve the quality of animal care and welfare through training and professional development. Before I left the University of Pennsylvania, it became clear that I had to be a bigger part of the solution to empower people to do their best work. I asked, “What can I do to ensure that each person working with animals in research, practiced the highest level of animal welfare?” The answer: Nurture and develop the people that care for animals.

All of our services start with a laser focus on helping people become better at the things that matter most. Next to every animal advocate in our industry, my team and I are committed to making a difference for animals, the people who care for them, and perhaps the whole of humanity.

William Singleton

CEO

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Looking for an expert voice in animal lab science to speak at your next event? Our team members have delivered presentations at high profile settings worldwide, covering topics like:

Building better teams
Evaluating Your Animal Programs Effectivenss
Creating a culture of caring
Addressing the psychological burden of animal care
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120+

Lab Animal Care & Use Programs Served

30+

SMEs Ready to Provide Their Expertise

5K+

Trainings Conducted

Meet our lab animal science experts

Part Time Attending Veterinarians

Safeguard lab animal health by staffing your operation with DVMs and ACLAM diplomates.

Lab Animal Care Program Directors

Get expert, hands-on support from leaders with active experience running their own programs.

Learning and Performance Experts

Mold your team for success with help from seasoned technical trainers, e-learning developers, education practitioners, and curriculum designers.

Compliance and Operations Experts

Avoid citations and ethical infractions with guidance from the industry’s top SOP and IACUC experts.

Organizational Development Experts

Set up your animal care program for long-term operational success, learning from strategic leaders with lab animal credentials and advanced degrees.

Speakers

Hire one of the industry’s top lab animal care experts to speak at your next event.