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Publications

The following are select scientific publications and posters coauthored by researchers in PETA’s Science Advancement and Outreach Division and Laboratory Investigations Department:

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Trunnell ER. Baines J, Farghali S, Jackson T, Jayne K, Smith R, Stibbe T. The need for guidance in antidepressant drug development: revisiting the role of the forced swim test and tail suspension test. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2024;151:105666. doi:10.1016/j.yrtph.2024.105666
  2. Krebs CE, Camp C, Constantino H, Courtot L, Kavanagh O, McCarthy J, Ort M-J, Sarasija S, Trunnell ER. Author guide for addressing animal methods bias in publishing. Adv Sci. 2023;e2303226. doi:10.1002/advs.202303226
  3. Krebs CE, Camp C, Constantino H, Courtot L, Kavanagh O, Batista Leite S, Madden J, Paini A, Poojary B, Tripodi IJ, Trunnell ER. Proceedings of a workshop to address animal methods bias in scientific publishing. ALTEX. 2022;10.14573/altex.2210211. doi:10.14573/altex.2210211
  4. Trunnell ER, Carvalho C. The forced swim test has poor accuracy for identifying novel antidepressants. Drug Discov Today. 2021;26(12):2898-2904. doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2021.08.003
  5. Chandna A. Commentary: A Belmont Report for animals: an idea whose time has come. Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2020;29(1):46-53. doi:10.1017/S0963180119000768
  6. Gala SG, Crandall ML. Global collaboration to modernize advanced trauma life support training. J Surg Educ. 2019;76(2):487-496. doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2018.08.011
  7. Trunnell ER. Use of the forced swim test to assess “despair”. Brain Stimul. 2019;12(5):1317-1318. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2019.06.022
  8. Pawlowski JB, Feinstein DM, Gala SG. Developments in the transition from animal use to simulation-based biomedical education. Simul Healthc. 2018;13(6):420-426. doi:10.1097/SIH.0000000000000310
  9. Gala SG, Balsam MJ. Letter in response to Kim M, Torrie I, Poisson R, Withers N, Bjarnason S, DaLuz LT, Pannell D, Beckett A, Tien HC. The value of live tissue training for combat casualty care: a survey of Canadian combat medics with battlefield experience in Afghanistan. Mil Med. 2017;182(9):e1834-e1840. Mil Med. 2018;183(7-8):154-155. doi:10.1093/milmed/usx193
  10. Trunnell ER. Alcohol and alcoholism publishing standards for animal research. Alcohol Alcohol. 2017;52(2):263. doi:10.1093/alcalc/agw097
  11. Chandna A, Niebo M, Lopresti-Goodman S, Goodman J. Single housing of primates in US laboratories: a growing problem with shrinking transparency. Altern Lab Anim. 2015;43(3):P30-P33. doi:10.1177/026119291504300313
  12. Goodman J, Chandna A, Roe K. Trends in animal use at US research facilities. J Med Ethics. 2015;41(7):567-569. doi:10.1136/medethics-2014-102404
  13. Goodman JR, Chandna A, Borch C. Does accreditation by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC) ensure greater compliance with animal welfare laws? J Appl Anim Welf Sci. 2015;18(1):82-91. doi:10.1080/10888705.2014.948625
  14. Goodman JR. The Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International fails to meaningfully address concerns regarding its accreditation program. J Appl Anim Welf Sci. 2015;18(3):314-315. doi:10.1080/10888705.2015.1040922
  15. Goodman J. 2013 Lush Public Awareness Prize winner: PETA, Laboratory Investigations Department, USA. Altern Lab Anim. 2014;42(6):413-414. doi:10.1177/026119291404200614
  16. Hansen LA, Goodman JR, Chandna A. Analysis of animal research ethics committee membership at American institutions. Animals (Basel). 2012;2(1):68-75. doi:10.3390/ani2010068
  17. Gala SG, Goodman JR, Murphy MP, Balsam MJ. Use of animals by NATO countries in military medical training exercises: an international survey. Mil Med. 2012;177(8):907-910. doi:10.7205/milmed-d-12-00056

Book Chapters

  1. Pawlowski J, Feinstein D, Crandall ML, Gala S. Modernizing biomedical training: replacing live animal laboratories with human simulation. In: Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change. Leiden and Boston: Brill; 2019:549-566. doi:10.1163/9789004391192_023
  2. Goodman JR, Gala SG, Smith IE. Front towards animals: animal exploitation in U.S. military medical training exercises. In: Nocella II AJ, Slater C, Bentley JKC, eds. Animals and War: Confronting the Military-Animal Industrial Complex. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books; 2014:37-53.

Conference Presentations

  1. Trunnell ER. Findings of a workshop to explore animal methods bias in funding. Oral presentation at: European Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing; September 2024; Linz, Austria.
  2. Mand D. Putting the human back into Alzheimer’s disease research. Poster presentation at: National Medical Association Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly; August 2024; New York, NY.
  3. Jayne K, Trunnell ER, Baines J, Carvalho C, Herrmann K, Stoddart G. Rethinking the use of the forced swim test in depressive disorders research. Oral presentation at: UFAW International Animal Welfare Conference; July 2024; Porto, Portugal.
  4. Trunnell ER, Jayne K, Baines J, Stoddart G, Smith R, Jackson T. A global campaign to end the forced swim test. Oral presentation at: Global Synergy for Animal Welfare: From Research to Impact; June 2024; virtual.
  5. Trunnell ER. Animal methods bias in biomedical research funding decisions. Flash Talk Winner and poster presentation at: National Science Policy Symposium; April 2024; Riverside, CA.
  6. Jones-Engel L. Macaques over the edge. Oral presentation at: 12th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2023; Niagara Falls, Canada.
  7. Roe K. Can we justify using nonhuman primates in neuroscience research? A costs versus benefits discussion. Oral presentation at: 12th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2023; Niagara Falls, Canada.
  8. Trunnell ER, Roe KV. Animal methods bias in NIH research funding review committees. Oral presentation at: 12th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2023; Niagara Falls, Canada.
  9. Bertrand K. The effects of individual housing on nonhuman primates: a review. Poster presentation at: 12th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2023; Niagara Falls, Canada.
  10. Kuchy A, Chandra A. Fractured oversight of U.S. labs: where’s the accountability? Poster presentation at: 12th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2023; Niagara Falls, Canada.
  11. Jayne K, Trunnell ER, Baines J, Carvalho C, Herrmann K, Stoddart G. Guidance for reviewing projects involving the use of the forced swim test. Poster presentation at: 12th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2023; Niagara Falls, Canada.
  12. Trunnell ER, Roe KV. Animal methods bias in funding. Oral presentation at: Fauna Connections; October 2022; virtual.
  13. Jayne K, Baines J, Trunnell ER. The role of the animal welfare body in ensuring compliance with the 3Rs: a case study of the forced swim test. Poster presentation at: 23rd European 3Rs Congress and the 20th EUSAAT Congress; September 2022; Linz, Austria.
  14. Jayne K, Baines J, Trunnell E. Welfare and scientific limitations of the forced swim test. Poster presentation at: Universities Federation for Animal Welfare International Conference: Advancing Animal Welfare Science; June 2022; Edinburgh, U.K.
  15. Trunnell ER, Roe KV. Certain harms and uncertain benefits in animal models for the study of human depression and anxiety. Poster presentation at: 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2021; virtual.
  16. Roe KV. Ethical and scientific concerns regarding the continued use of experimentally induced brain injuries in primates. Poster presentation at: 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2021; virtual.
  17. Cheng F, Gala SG. Global effort to end animal testing for health claims of foods and beverages. Poster presentation at: 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2021; virtual.
  18. Cheng F, Gala SG. International harmonization of non-animal methods for biomedical training. Poster presentation at: 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2021; virtual.
  19. Trunnell ER, Baines J, Pandey A. International harmonization of non-animal methods for biomedical training. Poster presentation at: 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2021; virtual.
  20. Roe KV, Taylor I, Chandna A. The problem of pain in animal experimentation. Poster presentation at: 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2021; virtual.
  21. Taylor I. The rodent in the room: considering sentience in research programs using mice and rats. Poster presentation at: 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2021; virtual.
  22. Trunnell ER. Are we throwing good antidepressants out with the swim test water? Poster presentation at: LabRoots Laboratory Animal Sciences; February 2019; virtual.
  23. Trunnell ER, Cheng F. Modernizing biomedical research and regulatory policies to advance human health. Poster presentation at: 2nd Pan-American Conference for Alternative Methods; August 2018; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  24. Chandna A. Some animals are more equal than others: implications of the exclusion of mice and rats from the U.S. Animal Welfare Act. Oral presentation at: Lewis & Clark Law’s 2018 Animal Law Review Symposium; March 2018; Portland, OR.
  25. Chandna A. The ethics and sustainability of using animals for food, fashion, and research: primer on animal experimentation. Oral presentation at: Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship Conference; March 2018; Washington, DC.
  26. Trunnell ER. Mouse sepsis studies: attending to the data. Oral presentation at: 10th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2017; Seattle, WA.
  27. Cheng F, Chandna A. Some animals are more equal than others: implications of the exclusion of mice and rats from the U.S. Animal Welfare Act. Poster presentation at: 10th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2017; Seattle, WA.
  28. Chandna A, Taylor I. U.S. National Institutes of Health squanders opportunity to strengthen protections for nonhuman primates in laboratories. Poster presentation at: 10th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2017; Seattle, WA.
  29. Trunnell ER, Taylor I. Muscular dystrophy (MD) studies on dogs: time for a change? Poster presentation at: 10th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2017; Seattle, WA.
  30. Gala S, Goodman JR. Collaboration to replace surgical training on animals with simulation in Latin America. Poster presentation at: Johns Hopkins University Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing: Pan-American Conference for Alternative Methods; April 2016; Baltimore, MD.
  31. Goodman JR, Chandna A, Roe KV, Suiter S. Trends in animal use at United States research facilities. Poster presentation at: AAAS 2015 Annual Meeting; February 2015; San Jose, CA.
  32. Hansen LA, Goodman JR, Chandna A. Analysis of animal research ethics committee membership at American institutions. Poster presentation at: PRIM&R IACUC14; April 2014; Denver, CO.
  33. Chandna A. The impact of AAALAC accreditation on compliance with U.S. animal welfare laws. Oral presentation at: 9th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2014; Prague, Czech Republic.
  34. Goodman JR, Chandna A. Great ape disgrace: how the U.S. laboratory oversight system failed chimpanzees. Poster presentation at: 9th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; August 2014; Prague, Czech Republic.
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