About Us
LASA Council and Section Convenors come together from a wide variety of professions and backgrounds to help enact our mission statement;
“To promote the advancement of laboratory animal science by furthering scientific understanding and knowledge of the use, care and welfare of laboratory animals and promote refinement, reduction and replacement.”
Council
Dr. Sara Wells
President
Prof. Sally Robinson
Secretary General
Dr. Jill Reckless
Immediate Past President
Prof. Clare Stanford
Immediate Past Treasurer
Dr. Jordi Lopez-Tremoleda
Chair of Scientific Programme
Mr. Tim McGuire
Council Member
Dr. Amy Warner
Council/Comms Team Member
Ms. Sophie Kimpton
Council/Comms Team Member
Dr. Angela Kerton
Council Member
Dr. Elliot Lilley
Council Member
Ms. Lauren Cresser
Council Member
Dr. Manuel Berdoy
Council Member
Ms. Val Summers
Council Member
Sections
Information about Sections can be found here
Genetically Altered Animals
Martha Koerner
Natalia Moncaut
Sarah Hart-Johnson
Care, Welfare, Husbandry & Facility Management
Chloe Stevens
Agustina Resasco
Laura Sheldrake
Large Animal Research Network (LARN)
Lauren Cresser
Innovations in the 3Rs and Animal Science
Jessica Eddy
LASA's Education, Training and Ethics Section (ETES)
Manuel Berdoy (Chair)
Angela Kerton (Deputy-Chair)
Clare Stanford
Elliot Lilley
Lucy Whitfield
Jordi Lopez-Tremoleda
Kathy Ryder
Maggy Jennings
Joanna Moore
Home Office Liaison, Training and Information Forum (HOLTIF)
Val Summers
LASA Establishment Licence Holders (ELH) Committee
Helmut Ehall
DOPS
Workplace-based assessments, such as DOPS (Direct Observation of Procedural/Practical Skills), are used to assess how an individual performs in the authentic working environment and are well validated as an assessment method in healthcare and other settings.
The LASA DOPS resource is undergoing a review and is therefore not available at this time. More information can be found in our “Guiding Principles for Supervision and Assessment of Competence as required under EU and UK legislation” document in the Resources section.
LASA CPD Scheme
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a prerequisite for many professional medical and scientific disciplines but less common for those involved in laboratory animal work.
Revision of Directive 86/609EEC requires that persons “are adequately educated, competent and continuously trained” (Article 23A).
The scheme is available FREE to LASA members. Please contact the Secretariat for more information.
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