We help animal care and research teams improve the speed and quality of their work by assessing their animal care and use programs and developing the people who run them.
Led by a board-certified laboratory animal veterinarian. 120+ lab animal care and use programs served.
Program assessments
See where your program stands
Insights Scorecard
Benchmark how your staff are doing
AAALAC preparation
Walk into your site visit ready
IACUC training
For committee members and staff
Customized training
On-site and virtual training
Veterinary staffing
Attending Veterinarian coverage
A few of the organizations we work with today or have worked with in the past
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Assessment, training, veterinary staffing and specialized consulting, all from one team that sees the whole program.
120+
Lab animal care and use programs served
30+
Subject matter experts in our network
5K+
Trainings conducted
“…a three-year re-accreditation of the Program by AAALACi with no mandatory findings for correction.”
Start with a free consultation about your program.
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Book a free consultation. One of our lab animal experts will reach out to learn about your program and suggest where to start.
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When you need it, a program assessment lays the groundwork for what comes next.
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We match your program with someone from our network of 30+ subject matter experts.
“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.”
“I have contracted with ACTS to provide specialized training for our research community here at Mass General Hospital… I do feel that the ACTS brand was a contributor [to] the strong turnout and also the diversity of speakers that we were able to pull together.”
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.
William SingletonCEO, Animal Care Training Services
Who you work with
Part-time Attending Veterinarians
DVMs and ACLAM diplomates who safeguard lab animal health.
Lab animal care program directors
Leaders with active experience running their own programs.
Learning and performance experts
Technical trainers, e-learning developers and curriculum designers.
Compliance and operations experts
SOP development and IACUC guidance.
Organizational development experts
Strategic leaders with lab animal credentials and advanced degrees.
Speakers
Lab animal care experts for your next event.
Our team speaks on building better teams, evaluating a program’s effectiveness, creating a culture of caring and the psychological burden of animal care.
One of our lab animal experts asks about your program and what is pressing, then suggests where to start.
Both. Training runs on-site at your institution or virtually, and covers technical skills, professional etiquette, regulatory knowledge and AALAS exam prep.
Yes. ACTS provides part-time Attending Veterinarian staffing for programs without a full-time Attending Veterinarian, and for programs covering a vacancy or a leave.
We review your Program Description before you submit it and run a mock site visit of your program.
A network of 30+ subject matter experts, including DVMs and ACLAM diplomates, program directors, technical trainers, and compliance and organizational development specialists.
Yes. Topics include building better teams and creating a culture of caring. Send us the details of your event to get the process started.
