Patri Vergara is a professor in physiology at the veterinary faculty of the Autonomous University of Barcelona,Spain,and in 2011,was elected the first woman president of the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science.
In 1989,she co-founded the Spanish Association of Laboratory Animal Science (SECAL) and in 1991,was nominated by SECAL as their scientific representative to the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS). In 1991,she was elected by the ICLAS General Assembly to serve on the ICLAS governing board,and in 1999,she was elected ICLAS treasurer.[citation needed]
In 2003,Vergara was elected as the first woman ICLAS Secretary General,[citation needed] and in 2006 she co-founded the ICLAS Network for Promotion of Animal Quality in Research with the aim of improving the quality of laboratory animals worldwide. From 2007-2009,she served as president of SECAL,and in 2011,she was elected as ICLAS's first woman president serving two consecutive four-year terms until 2019
In 2000,Vergara co-founded the European College for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ECLAM) and served as a council member and treasurer until 2007. In 2014,she co-founded the ICLAS Scholarship Program for Veterinarians in Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine to increase the professional level of LAS personnel living in areas without access to training.
From 2020-2021,she was president of the European Platform for Education and Training in Laboratory Animal Science (ETPLAS)[12]
Awards
In November 2018,Vergara received the FELASA 40 Years Anniversary Educational Award based on her development of courses and teaching programmes and her pedagogical vision in LAS. In 2023,she received the ICLAS Coates-Demers Award in recognition of her30 years of outstanding commitment to ICLAS and its Programs,particularly in education &training in Laboratory Animal Science and Animal Quality.
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