FASEB Joins PEER for Animal Research Capitol Hill Day and Briefing

By: Galen Cobb
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Next week, FASEB will participate in two events organized by People for Effective and Ethical Research (PEER), a coalition formed in early 2025 to elevate the voice of the scientific community in national policy discussions about biomedical research involving animals.

On September 29, PEER will host its second annual Animal Research Capitol Hill Day, bringing scientists, veterinarians, and animal care staff to Washington, D.C. to meet with congressional offices. FASEB will send volunteers to join this effort, sharing perspectives on the continued importance of animal models in advancing medical progress alongside the responsible development and validation of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs). Participants will share with Congressional offices how an integrative research framework that focuses on scientifically appropriate research methods, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, supports continued progress toward cures and treatments.

The following day, September 30, PEER will hold a Capitol Hill briefing titled "The Power of Animals for Clinical Innovation," for which FASEB is a sponsor alongside organizations including the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Association of American Universities. Capitol Hill briefings are informational sessions organized for legislators and their staff to learn directly from subject matter experts on issues relevant to policymaking. This briefing will feature Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD; John H. Morrison, PhD; and J. Mark Cline, DVM, PhD, who will discuss how animal research remains essential to the drug development pipeline and why the future of biomedical research depends on animal models and NAMs working in tandem. 

FASEB is supporting both events as part of our broader effort to keep policymakers connected to the scientific community as decisions about the future of biomedical research methods continue to unfold.