Dr. Jarrod Bailey, whose background is in genetics, is the Director of Medical Research for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. He received his degree in genetics and Ph.D. in viral genetics from Newcastle University in the 1990s, then spent seven years investigating the possible causes of premature birth in humans. Since then, he has evaluated the scientific validity and human relevance of animal experiments in many fields of biomedical research and drug/product testing, and advocated human-specific research in their place. He has authored several substantial scientific petitions and submissions of evidence to a variety of British, European and US inquiries into the validity of animal research, and nonhuman primate research in particular, and has taken part in many debates on animal research both in public and political arenas.