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The Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED) and the Senate Committee on Research (CoR) invite you to participate in a brief survey on
<b>New Alternative Methodologies (NAMs)</b> — innovative research approaches that complement or replace traditional animal models, such as organoids, tissue chips, and computational simulations.</div>
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The <b>UC Merced NAMs Survey</b> aims to:</div>
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Assess investigators’ needs for developing and using NAMs</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; margin: 0in;">
Inventory current NAM-related capabilities across campus</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in;">
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Your input will help shape UC Merced’s strategy for supporting human-based research technologies and expanding participation in
<span style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);" data-outlook-id="e7120dfc-c1a1-4bbe-861b-f74e6e067d7f" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-prioritize-human-based-research-technologies" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWAa10bab5e-d1ed-837f-4bc3-adea4f2f11be" href="https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-prioritize-human-based-research-technologies">NIH’s
growing NAM initiatives</a></u></span>.</div>
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The survey takes <b>less than 15 minutes</b> to complete and is open to all <b>principal investigators</b>. The survey will be open until
<b>December 3rd</b>. </div>
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<b><u><a style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);" data-outlook-id="c41fe486-ec1f-4257-8714-d8199ed4f904" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://ucmerced.pdx1.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/previewId/d3efcfb1-3a22-4cf2-8880-cd3744b17b46/SV_40fVicG1NR1iAL4?Q_CHL=preview&Q_SurveyVersionID=current" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA67243bc8-5d5c-f820-ce74-80e63a9669b9" href="https://ucmerced.pdx1.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/previewId/d3efcfb1-3a22-4cf2-8880-cd3744b17b46/SV_40fVicG1NR1iAL4?Q_CHL=preview&Q_SurveyVersionID=current">Take
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Please contact CoR Chair <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);" data-outlook-id="b22ce061-f4cb-4604-b6ea-ba1077114002" title="mailto:rsaha3@ucmerced.edu%20?subject=NAM%20Survey" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA2b800cba-f547-4fd4-8e9b-ec8410a4ff77" href="mailto:rsaha3@ucmerced.edu%20?subject=NAM%20Survey">Ramen
Saha</a></u></span> or AVC for Research <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">
<u><a style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);" data-outlook-id="784d90b3-59d8-4027-8d85-cca65a2e4d5e" title="mailto:lteixeira@ucmerced.edu%20?subject=NAM%20Survey" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA6867b3d6-e220-b1dd-01e4-2602953fe943" href="mailto:lteixeira@ucmerced.edu%20?subject=NAM%20Survey">Leslie
Teixeira-Porto</a></u></span> with any questions. Thank you for contributing your expertise and helping advance UC Merced’s research.</div>
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