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Sally Thompson-Iritani<\/h3>\n

Assistant Vice Provost for Animal Care<\/strong>
\nsti2@uw.edu<\/a>
\nGerberding Hall G80
\nBox 351202<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sally Thompson Iritani, DVM, PhD, is Assistant Vice Provost for\u00a0Animal Care, Outreach, and the 3Rs<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>in the Office of Research\u00a0and Clinical Professor in the\u00a0Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences<\/a>\u00a0in the School of Public Health. She is also affiliated with the\u00a0Center for One Health Research<\/a>. She serves as the Institutional Official for the University\u2019s animal care and use program and provides direct oversight of the\u00a0Office of Animal Welfare<\/a>, the\u00a0Office of the Attending Veterinarian<\/a>, and the\u00a0Center for Laboratory Animal Training Resources<\/a>. She also provides joint infrastructure oversight of the\u00a0Department of Comparative Medicine<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Washington National Biomedical Research Center<\/a>, working collaboratively to support scientific excellence, animal welfare, and regulatory compliance across the University\u2019s research enterprise.<\/p>\n

Dr. Thompson Iritani provides strategic leadership to advance ethical, rigorous, and innovative research practices. Her work emphasizes the integration of the 3Rs, Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement, Novel Alternative Methodologies, and emerging technologies to strengthen rigor, reproducibility, and translational impact. She leads institution wide initiatives that promote a culture of care, openness in science related to the use of animals in research, and the incorporation and applicability of the 3Rs and NAMs.<\/p>\n

Her national and international service focuses on scientific excellence, animal welfare, research integrity, the 3Rs, NAMs, workforce resilience, and openness in science. She is a frequent invited speaker on strengthening research culture and integrating emerging methods in ways that support rigorous science and responsible animal care.<\/p>\n

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