Practical Management of Research Animal Care and Use Programs: Questions and Answers

Javier Guillén is the AAALAC International Senior Director for Europe & Latin America. He is also responsible for the AAALAC activities in Africa and the Middle East. Previously, he was for 17 years Director of the Laboratory Animal Services at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain.

He is member of the Council of Management of Laboratory Animals Ltd. which publishes the journal Laboratory Animals; and of the Board of Management of the European Animal Research Association (EARA), an association that promotes openness/transparency through the establishment of national agreements. He is one of the promoters of the Spanish Transparency Agreement launched in 2016. He is former President of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA) and of the Spanish Association for Laboratory Animal Science (SECAL), and was also member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) during eight years. He is currently a member of the ICLAS European Regional Committee.

He has published many articles/chapters on several topics relating to the care and use of animals in research, education and testing, with special emphasis on legislation, ethics and quality, including two editions of the book "Laboratory Animals: Regulations and Recommendations for the Care and Use of Animals in Research". He participated in several Expert Working Groups by the European Commission for the implementation of European Directive 2010/63/EU.

Viola Galligioni is the Head of the Animal Facilities at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science, the Netherlands. She has been involved in facility management in different European countries, Italy, Czech Republic, Ireland and the Netherlands. Her experience spans across a variety of species (rodents, sheep, pigs, zebrafish, Xenopus, rabbits, cephalopods and NHPs).

At the time of publication, she is President-elect of the European Society of Laboratory Animal Veterinarians (ESLAV) and Board member of the Italian Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences (AISAL). She is also AAALAC International ad hoc consultant.

She has published scientific articles and chapters on implementation of the 3Rs, animal welfare, and cephalopods. She believes in education and training of future facility managers and veterinarians, and therefore, she has been involved in the organization of multiple ESLAV-ECLAM Summer schools.

Javier Guillén 是 AAALAC International 在歐洲和拉丁美洲的高級主任。他同時負責 AAALAC 在非洲和中東的活動。此前，他在西班牙潘普洛納的納瓦拉大學擔任實驗動物服務部主任達 17 年之久。

他是 Laboratory Animals Ltd. 管理委員會的成員，該委員會出版期刊《Laboratory Animals》；也是歐洲動物研究協會 (EARA) 的管理委員會成員，該協會透過建立國家協議來促進開放性和透明度。他是 2016 年啟動的西班牙透明協議的推動者之一。他曾擔任歐洲實驗動物科學協會聯合會 (FELASA) 和西班牙實驗動物科學協會 (SECAL) 的會長，並在國際實驗動物科學理事會 (ICLAS) 的管理委員會任職八年。目前，他是 ICLAS 歐洲區域委員會的成員。

他在有關研究、教育和測試中動物的照護和使用的多個主題上發表了許多文章和章節，特別強調立法、倫理和質量，包括《Laboratory Animals: Regulations and Recommendations for the Care and Use of Animals in Research》一書的兩個版本。他參與了歐洲委員會為實施歐洲指令 2010/63/EU 而成立的多個專家工作組。

Viola Galligioni 是荷蘭皇家藝術與科學學院神經科學研究所的動物設施負責人。她曾在意大利、捷克共和國、愛爾蘭和荷蘭等不同歐洲國家從事設施管理。她的經驗涵蓋多種物種（如啮齒類動物、羊、豬、斑馬魚、非洲爪蟾、兔子、頭足類動物和非人類靈長類動物）。

在出版時，她是歐洲實驗動物獸醫學會 (ESLAV) 的當選會長，以及意大利實驗動物科學協會 (AISAL) 的董事會成員。她同時也是 AAALAC International 的臨時顧問。

她發表了有關 3Rs 實施、動物福利和頭足類動物的科學文章和章節。她相信未來設施管理者和獸醫的教育和培訓，因此她參與了多個 ESLAV-ECLAM 夏季學校的組織工作。