Stuart Leland joined Princeton University to lead the Office of Research Integrity and Assurance (RIA) in August 2012.  Stu received his formal education from Cornell (BS/83), UC Davis (DVM/88), Michigan State (intern/89), and Yale (Postdoctoral Fellow/96).  He held academic positions at the University of Pennsylvania and the Institute for Human Gene Therapy before joining the private pharmaceutical sector with Aventis, Wyeth/Pfizer, and Merck.  Stuart is board certified by the American College of Laboratory Medicine (ACLAM).  He is on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine and previously served on the faculty at MCP Hanneman/Drexel University in their Masters in Laboratory Animal Science program.  Stuart holds leadership roles in a number of laboratory animal professional groups including AALAS and ACLAM and continues to perform outreach to the community about the importance of biomedical research. Stuart lives on a small farm in PA with his son, Ellis