New OLAW Division of Assurances Deputy Director

Nicole Lukovsky-Akhsanov, DVM, MPH, DACLAM, has been appointed to the new position of Deputy Director in the Division of Assurances (DOA) at OLAW. She was previously a Senior Animal Welfare Program Specialist in the DOA, and now joins Dr. Jane Na, Director, DOA, in leading the division. Prior to joining OLAW in 2019, Dr. Lukovsky-Akhsanov completed her laboratory animal medicine residency at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and subsequently served as Assistant Director, Office of Animal Welfare, at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. She received her DVM from the Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine and MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine.