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UCSD ANIMAL SUBJECTS PROGRAM DIRECTOR HONORED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ETHICAL CONDUCT OF RESEARCH 

Marky Pitts, director of the Animal Subjects Program at the University of California, San Diego, was honored with the Distinguished Service Award from the Applied Research Ethics National Association (ARENA) at its annual meeting held in Boston in March.

Pitts is the third recipient of the award which recognizes individuals who have made a valuable contribution to the ethical conduct of research and to the advancement and professional development of their colleagues in the field of research ethics.

Pitts' contributions include those as a founding member of ARENA, president in 1992, Guidebook editor and co-chair of the Public Policy Committee, as well as numerous other activities which have influenced the area of research ethics at the national level.

ARENA was founded in 1986 as a national service organization for professionals concerned with the protection of human subjects, the humane care and use of laboratory animals, scientific misconduct, ethical decision-making in healthcare, and other ethical issues pertaining to biomedical and behavioral research.