Intellectual Property and Social Media Policy for ASP Meetings
May 30, 2023
ASP is adopting an edited version of American Association of Biological Anthropology (AABA) 2023 policy for the sharing of intellectual property and social media use. Intellectual Property and Social Media Policy for ASP Meetings Materials prepared by the presenters together with the content of all oral presentations and poster presentations at the ASP Annual Meeting, […]
Statement on Misconduct and Developing a Code of Best Practices
March 24, 2023
The American Society of Primatologists takes any allegations of misconduct seriously. We intend to take a leadership role by outlining issues of appropriate and inappropriate professional behavior and developing a code of best practices that can be used to promote positive and ethical scientific collaboration and mentorship across our discipline. Anyone who becomes aware of […]
Statement on the Production, Promotion, and Distribution of Entertainment Videos that Show Abuse of Primates
March 01, 2022
WHEREAS the American Society of Primatologists (ASP) stands for the promotion of good welfare of captive primates and conservation of wild primate populations; WHEREAS there exists today a global subculture that produces, promotes and distributes videos that display purposeful provocation and abuse of animals including primates such as macaques, including those that are very young and vulnerable; […]
Social Media Policy at the ASP Conference Social media is a powerful tool to enhance the speed and immediacy ofinformation exchange. It’s also a way to share the experience of being at the American Society of Primatologists conference with researchers who are not in attendance. We encourage you to use your personal social media accounts. […]
American Society of Primatologists’ Board of Directors Comments on NIH’s Decision to Phase Out Research with Live Non-Human Primates in the Laboratory of Comparative Ethology in Poolesville, MD
April 20, 2021
The National Institutes of Health’s December 11, 2015, decision to phase out research with live non-human primates at Dr. Stephen Soumi’s Laboratory of Comparative Ethology in Poolesville, MD will have widespread—and unknown—effects on primate studies in the United States. Approximately 300 rhesus macaques will be transferred to unspecified locations in the next three years. Work on normal […]
American Society of Primatologists’ Board of Directors Comments on the Use of Primates in Biomedical Research
April 20, 2021
January 27, 2015 The members of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Primatologists would like to add our comments to the discussion of the validity and effectiveness of non-human primate research as it pertains to human behavior and medicine. Non-human primate research (on monkeys and apes) has had widespread effect on improving […]
Social Housing for Nonhuman Primates Used in Biomedical or Behavioral Research in the United States
April 20, 2021
Background: The following policy statement was formulated by the ASP Primate Care Committee for the purpose of providing a public document regarding the ASP’s stance on the use of social housing for nonhuman primates used in research. There is considerable scientific literature on the topic of social housing in laboratory primates, and best practices will continue to […]