Responsible for all Vivarium operations, husbandry, facility maintenance and logistics activities. Support research across many therapeutic areas. Ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations including AAALAC accreditation requirements.Interact well with individuals at all levels across multiple departments. Manage all daily operations Vivarium such that animal welfare is assured, and non-clinical in vivo study needs of the Company are met in a timely manner. Responsible for oversight of staff. Perform activities as required to meet Facility operation demands. Serve as a member of the IACUC committee. Attend meetings, approve Animal Research Protocols and review policies. Establish, maintain and revise Operating Procedures. Provide oversight and maintain associated documentation for animal health monitoring, husbandry activities, facility sanitation, and operation of equipment, technical procedures, and other facility operations. Maintain and initiate all records. Meet regularly with the Facilities department to ensure timely maintenance and repairs of physical plant and equipment, environmental monitoring systems, waste management, and pest control program. Serve on the Health and Safety committee as primary health and safety representative for the Vivarium. Ensure adequate acquisition and inventory of facility supplies.

Responsible for all daily aspects at one of the centers nine animal facilities, as well as a BSL-2 and a BSL-3 satellite facility that the department oversees. Supervise11-14 technicians assigned to the facility. Assign work schedules, give performance reviews, and maintain personnel records.Train new animal technicians and ensure that all staff is continually following the department policies. Interact with Principal Investigators and their staff, the department's business office and the buildings security and operations department. Perform facility orientations for new principal investigators and their staff members. Prepare facility for routine AAALAC and IACUC inspections and ensure compliance at all times. Maintain adequate supplies for the facility. This includes food, bedding, and cleaning products, as well as all paperwork and data entry.Access and repair all equipment within the facility. Continually inspect and maintain the physical structure of the facility. Serve on the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) committee. Train and implement any new procedures within the facility. Interview new applicants for the department's consideration. Train lab personnel to use the irradiator located in the facility. Document and maintain all records associated with the facility. Assist veterinary staff with experimental or veterinary treatments.

Guide and supervise research assistants in the care and wellbeing of six non-human primates used in fMRI studies. Train animals with a pole-and-collar system to sit in a primate chair for psychophysical training.Use a mock fMRI set up, train animal to perform psychophysical tasks for a reward. Assist during sterile surgical procedures and anatomical MRI's.Responsible for lab documentation, including animal protocols and records.Calculate the dosing and administer anesthetics and post-op analgesics.Prepare and present written and oral progress reports regarding animals and general lab developments.Organize equipment layouts according to laboratory needs.Design and maintain webpage and templates for lab schedule and animal procedures. Perform data analysis on information collected.

Train and supervise new lab personnel in the handling and care of ten non-human primates (M. mulatta) in accordance with University and Federal guidelines.Hire, train and manage student lab assistants.Designed a procedure for testing cortisol levels in primates in order to monitor and prevent stress.Develop and maintain environmental enrichment for non-human primates.Perform psychophysical training and physiological testing.Maintain surgical implants on animals.Coordinate, prepare and assist with all clinical procedures, including surgeries and MRI's.Calculate the dosing of medications and administer.Evaluate and purchase new equipment and all general laboratory supplies.Assemble computers, install software and maintain back-up records of data. Responsible for all documentation, animal protocol writing and animal records.

4 hours a week, assisting the Orangutan keepers.Maintain a safe and friendly relationship with the orangutans to preserve normal behavior. Assist keepers with cleaning and minor maintenance of exhibits. Prepare daily meals and distribute foraging enrichment throughout the exhibit. Observe orangutans as well as other animals in the Asian Tropical Forest exhibits, relaying any behavioral changes to the keepers.

Prepare and distribute enrichment to infant non-human primates (M. mulatta, M. nemestrina, M. fasicularis, Papio cynocephalas), in accordance with the environmental enrichment program at the University of Washington Primate Center. Train infant primates to perform animal psychological testing. Scientific data entry using Microsoft Excel and other data programs.