About Vice-Principal ResearchAnimal research has played a vital role for both human and animal health in virtually every major medical advance of the last century, and continues to be an important aspect of disease prevention and treatment for humans, pets, and food-producing animals, and care of wildlife and the environment.
Queen's researchers have used animals in science to explore new targets for cancer therapies, new therapies targeting human mobility, gene therapies for bleeding disorders, the potential for emerging cardiac therapeutics to target heart disease, new strategies to identify early markers of chronic disease, and treatment modalities for brain degenerative disorders.
As part of our commitment to the principle of the 3Rs,
our researchers use the most basic organisms or species suitable
to achieve success in any research that is undertaken.
Queen's University maintains the highest standards of animal ethics and care in science and maintain a Certificate of Good Animal Practice issued by the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC). The CCAC is a peer-reviewed organization that creates and oversees the ethical animal practices upon which robust and valid scientific findings are built.