NWRC Research Areas: Regulatory Support Services Unit

Technology Transfer Activities

• Manages Wildlife Services Inventions/Patents, Licenses, Agreements with Intellectual Property components and Product Development.
• Supports technology transfer activities as listed above for the broader APHIS community, in partnership with the Technology Transfer Coordinator, Forest Service – Research & Development.
• Maintains APHIS technologies’ non-confidential summaries and commercialization partnerships.

Registration Activities

• Manages Registered Materials (including pesticides, biologics, mechanical devices), Import/Export, Regulatory/Registration guidance.
• Provides scientific data to maintain existing registrations for APHIS pesticides and other wildlife agents/drugs used by Wildlife Services and its cooperators.
• Provides scientific data to obtain new registrations and revise labels for chemical pesticides and other wildlife agents/drugs used by Wildlife Services and its cooperators.
• Provides support and technical writing for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Endangered Species Act (ESA) requirements to NWRC researchers engaging in field research.

Safety Activities

• The Regulatory Compliance Specialist functions as the Collateral Duty Safety and Occupational Health Officer (CDSHO) and Chief Health Officer (CHO), working with the Biosafety Officer and the NWRC Safety Working Group to ensure compliance with relevant guidelines, directives, and laws.
• The Biosafety Officer also serves as the Chair of the NWRC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), working closely with the NWRC Animal Care Unit to ensure compliance with the Animal Welfare Act.

Quality Assurance Activities

• Ensures all planned research follows EPA, Food and Drug Administration, USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services, and NWRC laws, policies, and guidelines.
• Manages the protocol process, maintains Standard Operating Procedures, and performs Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) inspections for regulated studies.