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Rutgers assistant professor on leave after animal abuse allegations
From Surabhi Ashok, TheDailyTargum.com, September 23, 2024
Xiaobing Zhang, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, was put on leave on September 14 after the University received a letter accusing him of animal rights violations at his previous lab, according to an NJ Advance Media article.
Zhang had started working at Rutgers for less than two weeks before
getting put on paid leave while under review.
Two graduate students at his previous job as an assistant professor in the
Department of Psychology at Florida State University said that Zhang's lab
didn't provide the recommended doses of pain relief to laboratory mice
during his experiments, according to a report filed by investigators with
Florida State.
Other accusations include not sedating the mice before euthanasia and
falsifying records to hide what was going on in the lab. The report detailed
operations on 1,600 animals and the forgery of 110 documents.
The report also said that Florida State officials shut down part of his
research project after the investigation.
The letter asking Rutgers to bar Zhang from its research facilities was from
an animal activist group, Stop Animal Exploitation NOW. While Rutgers
declined to comment on the process Zhang went through to get hired, it was
assured that Zhang will not be involved in research and teaching while under
review.
"We take animal care and welfare matters seriously and report all incidents
to the appropriate authorities, outlining actions taken to ensure necessary
protections and the continued welfare of the animals in our care," a
University spokesperson said.
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