Hiring a skilled research veterinary technician full-time takes months of onboarding and significant cost — and many PIs simply don't need that level of commitment year-round. LRVT Solutions was built to solve that problem: expert-level technical support, available on a project basis, that integrates seamlessly with your existing team.
Why Project-Based Support
Traditional hiring creates long lead times, high training costs, and fixed overhead that doesn't flex with your funding cycle. LRVT Solutions offers a different model:
Immediate expertise. No onboarding runway — Tina arrives with the skills your protocol requires from day one.
Flexible engagement. Need support for a single study phase? A grant deadline crunch? Ongoing part-time coverage? We structure engagements around your timeline.
Cost efficiency. Pay for expertise when you need it, not year-round salary and benefits when you don't.
Confidentiality & professionalism. All work is conducted under contract, with full respect for your intellectual property and institutional requirements.
Tina Emancipator, RVT — Founder & Principal Consultant
Tina Emancipator brings more than 20 years of laboratory research experience to every engagement. Her career has taken her through some of Northeast Ohio's most distinguished research environments — Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, and MetroHealth — where she contributed to studies spanning basic science, translational medicine, and surgical research.
Tina has performed and supervised surgical and procedural protocols across more than 10 species, including rodents, rabbits, and large animal models. Her technical repertoire includes anesthesia and monitoring, survival and terminal surgeries, blood collection and vascular access, tissue harvest and processing, and post-operative care. She is equally at home managing colony records, training junior staff, or drafting IACUC protocols under time pressure.
After years of watching research teams struggle with gaps in technical staffing — during grant-funded surges, staff transitions, or highly specialized study phases — Tina founded LRVT Solutions to offer the kind of experienced, flexible support that most labs can't find through traditional hiring. Her approach is collaborative and discreet: she works within your team's culture and systems, with the goal of making your research stronger.