Physicians Group and Disabled Activist
Call on Ohio State University
to Cancel Spinal Cord Injury
Techniques Training Course
"Cruelty 101" Course Scheduled for July 10-30
COLUMBUS, OHIO—The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) will join with two prominent physicians, and a wheelchair-bound Ohio man to call on Ohio State University to cancel its controversial Spinal Cord Injury Techniques Course. Sometimes called “Cruelty 101,” the course requires students to expose the spinal columns of mice and rats and drop heavy weights on them in a futile attempt to imitate human spinal cord injuries and paralyses. Over the three-week course (July 10-30), 270 mice and rats will be injured and put through other painful surgeries and invasive procedures before being killed. PCRM filed suit in April in the Ohio Supreme Court seeking to force OSU to produce videotapes and other documents relating to the course and initiated an investigation by the National Institutes of Health into possible animal welfare violations by the university.
Carrie Walters, M.D., is a nationally recognized neurosurgeon specializing in acute head injury and spinal cord care. She practices in Phoenix, Arizona.
Richard Sorgen, M.D., is a bioethicist and an Arizona-based radiologist with more than 20 years experience in his field.
Mark Burwinkel is a disabled activist who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Robin Russell is the Director of Protecting Our Earth's Treasures (POET), Ohio's largest animal rights organization
Kristie Stoick, MPH, is a Research Analyst with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Mindy Kursban, Esq., is the Executive Director and Chief Legal Counsel, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
WHEN: Monday, May 23, 10 a.m.
WHERE: Holiday Inn on the Lane, Salon D, 328 West Lane Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
Editor's Note: For more information on the Ohio State controversy, go to www.pcrm.org/osu.
Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine, especially good nutrition. PCRM also conducts clinical research studies, opposes unethical human experimentation, and promotes alternatives to animal research.
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Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
5100 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Ste. 400, Washington, DC 20016
Phone: 202-686-2210 | Email: pcrm@pcrm.org |
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