Main areas

• Laboratory animal welfare
• Laboratory animal ethology
• Animal Ethics, 3Rs and Culture of Care

Research areas

• Use of positive reinforcement to train lab animal to voluntarily participate in procedures
• Enhancing refinement through animal-centric management, husbandry and procedures

Courses

Responsible/course leader

• Veterinary Biomedicine Differentiation
• Klikkertræning for Forsøgsdyr-dyrepassere

Teaching and/or examinating on:

• Laboratory Animal Science, Immunology and Inflammation
• Laboratory animal science Function ABD (Master)
• Laboratory animal science Function ABD (Postgraduate)
• Experimental Animal Nutrition and Physiology
• LabVet Europe
• Danish Legislation on Laboratory Animals
• Laboratory Animal Science, Human Biology

Potential conflicts of interest

• Collaborated/collaborates with a range of private enterprises, incl. Novo Nordisk A/S, Lundbeck A/S, LeoPharma, Scanbur Ltd
• Teaching on and occasionally paid for courses organized by private companies, incl. Scanbur, Lundbeck A/S, Novo Nordisk A/S.
• Board Member of the Competent Authority for Animal Experimentation (Rådet for Dyreforsøg) under the Ministry of Food.
• Member of the Scandinavian Society for Laboratory Animal Science (part of FELASA), the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE), and the Danish Veterinary Union (DDD).

Education

• Cand. med. vet. (equivalent to DVM),  Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, now University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medicine (KU-HEALTH)  1993
• Dyreadfærdsterapeut; Etologisk Institut (Roger Abrantes) 1993
• Ph.D. in Ethology and Animal Welfare, (KU-HEALTH)  2001
• Higher Education Teaching and Teaching Practice Programme for assistant professors 2002-2003 
• Project management Education (Three modules hosted by Implement A/S), Copenhagen 2007
• Klikkerinstruktør Hund & Træning (Christina Ingerslev og Karen Frost) 2007
• Bob Bailey Chicken Camps 1-3 (Introduction, Discrimination, Cuing and Criteria) 2008
• DAZA dyretræningskursus (Annette Pedersen og Kirstin Anderson Hansen) 2017
• Various seminars and congresses including among others ISAE, FELASA, ScandLAS, ClickerExpo and Crane seminars.

Occupation

• Veterinarian; Steff-Houlberg slaughter house; DK-Ringsted. May-Sept. 1993
• Small animal veterinarian; ADAs small animal hospital; DK-Hedehusene. Oct.1993-April1994
• Manager/Veterinarian at Værn for Værgeløse Dyrs shelter DK-Rødovre. May 1994-May 1995.
• Assistant teacher at Division for Special Pathology, autumn semesters 1993, 1994                       
• Ph.D student and amanuensis at Division for Ethology and Health, KVL, June 1996- Jan. 2001
• Assistant professor at Dept. of Veterinary disease biology IVS; Lab Anim Sci Welf, KU-HEALTH, 2001- 2004
• Associate professor at Department of Veterinary and Animal Science (IVH); Sect. of Experimental Animal Models, KU-HEALTH, Marts 2004-onwards

Other activities

Administrative activities

• Centre for Laboratory Animal Training (CeLAT): Founder and chairman of the steering group, 2018 – to date.
• Member of the Animal Experimentation Board (Rådet for Dyreforsøg), Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, 2009 – to date
• Coordinator for the Veterinary Biomedicine differentiation at Faculty of LIFE Sciences, 2008 – to date
• Project leader, Centre for Applied Laboratory Animal Research (www.calar.dk), 2010 – to date
• Board- member (substitute), Scandinavian Society for Laboratory Animal Science ScandLAS 2012-2013
• Member of EU Expert Working Group on Education and Training in LAS 2012-2014; and member of The EU platform for Education and Training in LAS
• Danish National/deputive Editor, Acta Veterinaria Scandinavia, 2013-2017