Inaugural Scholarship Awarded to Eva Skiöldebrand for her groundbreaking research on Osteoarthritis, the most common disease in horses and humans.

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The Professor Ingvar Fredricson Foundation has decided to award its scholarship for 2023 to:

Eva Skiöldebrand, DVM, PhD  

Professor in General Pathology at the Swedish Agricultural University (SLU)  

For her groundbreaking research on biomarkers, which, among other things, makes it practically possible to assess the inflammatory response of training and different surfaces and its effects on the joint.  

The scholarship will be presented in Helsingborg Regional Animal Hospital´s large lecture hall on May 28, 2024.  

After the award ceremony, the Foundation will host a seminar with P.R. (René) van Weeren, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECVS, Professor at Utrecht University, and Eva Skiöldebrand, DVM, PhD, Professor at SLU, on the topic:  

EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF FOALS AND YEARLINGS ON THEIR SOUNDNESS AS ADULTS

‍René van Weeren is an equine surgeon who has exclusively worked in research for many years.  Biomechanics research is his specialty.  He has, among other things, studied the influence of exercise in young horses and the development of articular cartilage in the lower extremity joints. René collaborates with veterinary and human medicine researchers from around the world.  

Eva Skiöldebrand’s primary research area is the most common disease in horses, osteoarthritis (OA). Her biomarker research may have decisive importance for early diagnostics and drug development. OA is also highly prevalent in humans and has great similarities to OA in horses. Eva collaborates internationally with researchers in both veterinary and human medicine.

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The Professor Ingvar Fredricson Foundation for the preservation of the horse’s importance as a bearer of culture and for the development of equestrian sports on the horse’s terms.    The Foundation works to ensure that proven experience and research have increased practical significance for the horse’s wellbeing, longevity, and performance, as well as to highlight the horse’s cultural significance.

The Foundation’s board consists of Kajsa von Geijer - president, Annikka Berridge, Ingvar Fredricson, Jan-Olof Wannius, Jens Fredricson, and Peder Fredricson.  

For questions please contact Kajsa von Geijer at +46 (0)730-799014 or Ingvar Fredricson at +46 (0)707-441006.

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