{"id":2112,"date":"2026-04-30T10:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scandlas.org\/?page_id=2112"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:06:10","slug":"previous-winners-of-the-lars-wass-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scandlas.org\/?page_id=2112","title":{"rendered":"Previous winners of the Lars Wass award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\n\t\t\tPrevious winners of the Lars Wass Award\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\n\t\t\tAnn-Christine Ekl\u00f6f, 2015\n\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnn-Christine Ekl\u00f6f is PhD and Associate Professor at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden.
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnn-Christine was trained in clinical physiology but have since 1966 mainly been involved in experimental research. The main topic for her PhD thesis was to create an animal model for studying renal hypertension. Her main research interest is still in the field of integrative physiology and in particular regulation of blood pressure via the kidneys, and she has published approximately 25 articles in this field.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShe has also been very active in various teaching and training activities, and still is. Her contribution includes:\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • giving lectures in ethics for biomedical students at Karolinska since 1998<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • teaching at supervisor courses by the Swedish Research Council<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      • giving lectures to groups of young researchers, supervising medical care personnel in preparatory research education<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        • supervising future lab technicians in their graduation projects<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          • supervising biomedical postgraduate students in experimental design and laboratory animal science<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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            • educating post doctorates in experimental techniques in lab animals<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

              \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShe was awarded Karolinska Institutet\u2019s Ethical Award in 2011. In 2015, she was awarded the Lars Wass Award. At the reception, Ann-Christine gave a lecture with the title \u201cImpact of FELASA working groups on animal welfare\u201d.
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              \n\t\n\t\t\tTimo Nevalainen, 2012\n\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

              \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTimo Nevalainen is a very good representative for a scientist who wants high quality and reproducible scientific results but demanding high standards concerning animal welfare. To develop good alternatives to animal models and to refine the existing ones was important for Timo Nevalainen. His aim has always been to reduce the number of animals used, increase ethical evaluation and thinking and to refine methods.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

              \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTimo Nevalainen had a special interest in education and training in laboratory animal science. He took over the Nordic summer school from Lars Wass and led the advanced course on laboratory animals in biomedical research for several years. Since then he has arranged numerous of C-category courses in the Baltic countries and in Russia as well as in Finland.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

              \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAt the same time he has been the convener of three FELASA working groups, namely those on guidelines for D- and B-categories and for accreditation of training. During the annual meeting 2012 Timo Nevalainen gave a lecture about \u201cLAS education- past, present and future\u201d about how important education are for all people involved in research with animals.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Previous winners of the Lars Wass Award Ann-Christine Ekl\u00f6f, 2015 Ann-Christine Ekl\u00f6f is PhD and Associate Professor at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden. Ann-Christine was trained in clinical physiology but have since 1966 mainly been involved in experimental research. The main topic for her PhD thesis was to create an animal model for studying renal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9192193,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scandlas.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scandlas.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scandlas.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scandlas.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9192193"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scandlas.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2112"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.scandlas.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2566,"href":"https:\/\/www.scandlas.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2112\/revisions\/2566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scandlas.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}