Frankie Trull information

Frankie Trull is an American science advocate and lobbyist. She is founder and president of the Foundation for Biomedical Research, a non-profit organization that educates the public about animal research in the quest for medical advancements, treatments and cures for both humans and animals. Trull is also president of the National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR), which aims to provide a unified voice for the scientific community on legislative and regulatory matters affecting humane laboratory animal research.

Trull received her undergraduate degree from Boston University and her master's degree from Tufts University.^[1] She is founder and president of Policy Directions Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based government relations/strategic government communications firm, which specializes in health, medical research and advocacy, medical education and biotechnology, pharmaceutical and agriculture issues and assists large and small companies and nonprofits in addressing legislative and regulatory initiatives and policy development. Trull also serves on the board of overseers of the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.

Trull played an instrumental role in coordinating Congressional consensus for the passage of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2006, to provide greater protection for researchers from animal rights extremists. Also in 2006, Trull coordinated the effort for successful passage of legislation to confer the Congressional Gold Medal on heart surgeon Michael E. DeBakey. She has also written numerous articles on the importance of biomedical research and the threat posed to the American research community by extremism.

^ The Foundation for Biomedical Research

[CHE-1] The Foundation for Biomedical Research

Frankie Trull information

and 14 Related for: Frankie Trull information

Frankie Trull

Foundation for Biomedical Research

List of Tufts University people

List of American films of 2006

Jimmy Garoppolo

Jim Plunkett

Matt Cavanaugh

Cam Newton

Blaine Gabbert

List of Baylor Bears in the NFL draft

Brian Hoyer

List of events at Soldier Field

Scott Secules

2006 Gay Games

Animal testing

Main articles
Animal testing Alternatives to animal testing Animal testing regulations History of animal testing History of model organisms IACUC Laboratory animal sources Pain and suffering in laboratory animals Testing cosmetics on animals Toxicology testing Vivisection
Testing on
Invertebrates Frogs Primates Rabbits Rodents
Issues
Medical research Animal rights Animal welfare Animals (Scientific Procedures) Great ape research ban International primate trade
Cases
Brown Dog affair Cambridge University primates Pit of despair Silver Spring monkeys UCR 1985 laboratory raid Unnecessary Fuss
Companies
Jackson Laboratory Charles River Laboratories Covance, Harlan Huntingdon Life Sciences UK lab animal suppliers Nafovanny, Shamrock Farm
Groups/campaigns
AALAS AAAS ALF Americans for Medical Progress Boyd Group Cruelty Free International Dr. Hadwen Trust Foundation for Biomedical Research FRAME National Anti-Vivisection Society New England Anti-Vivisection Society PETA Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Primate Freedom Project Pro-Test SPEAK campaign SHAC Speaking of Research Understanding Animal Research
Writers/activists
Tipu Aziz Michael Balls Neal D. Barnard Colin Blakemore Simon Festing Gill Langley Ingrid Newkirk Bernard Rollin Jerry Vlasak Syed Ziaur Rahman
Categories
Animal testing Animal rights Animal welfare
v t e