Dr. Eric Sandgren has in recent years become an outspoken counterweight to the animal rights activists whoâ??d like to see his and other UW-Madison animal study laboratories shut down.
An associate professor of experimental pathology in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences, part of the UW’s School of Veterinary Medicine, Sandgren is chair of two animal-use oversight committees on the UW campus. As such, he has sparred with expert critics who condemn experimenting on animals as cruel, inhumane and unnecessary.