Welcome to the Lush Prize
2022 Awards Ceremony
This year marks the tenth anniversary of
the Lush Prize. The crazy idea that was
dreamed up between Lush Cosmetics
and Ethical Consumer a decade ago
to help push forward an end to animal
testing has grown into something more
exciting, collaborative, impactful and fun
than some of us thought possible.

you dancing in your seats.

We had hoped to be meeting you all inperson over dinner again today, but theunpredictability of the pandemic leads
us to holding our second online awards
ceremony and we hope you still find it
to be fun. It certainly helps us reduce
our carbon footprint too.

Working to replace cruel animal testingwith human-relevant science can bea tough job at times, with numerous
setbacks. However, today’s awards
ceremony (tonight, this morning or thisafternoon, depending on where in theworld you are tuning in from) is aboutcelebrating this brave and passionate
community. Whether you are anundercover investigator, a PhD student,
a member of parliament; by working
together we can truly make a difference
for all animals, human and non-humanalike.

We’ve been reflecting a lot this year
about our decade so far - we’ve handedout over three million euros to 141
projects in 30 countries - as well as thenext ten years to come. The Lush Prizefounders discuss some of this at thestart and end of the ceremony.
In between, we will hear from - andcelebrate - this year’s winners fromacross the world. And we sprinkle insome of the entertainment that LushPrize ceremonies have become known
for. Benjamin Zephaniah is back by
popular demand with his unique styleof political poetry and our ten year
timeline animation may also get a few of

We couldn’t let our anniversary passwithout recruiting a few past award
recipients to read out the shortlists andwinners, so those of you who’ve been
attending our awards from the start
may recognise some familiar faces.

So join us in raising a glass to celebrate
all who submitted a nomination to
the Lush Prize 2022, to all who wereshortlisted and to all who are awardeda prize today. Congratulations!
Craig Redmond
Lush Prize Team3

About this evening
Our host
We are delighted to see Neil Mullarkey
return as the Lush Prize Awards hostfor the fourth time.
From co-founding the world famous
improvisation group The Comedy
Store Players with Mike Myers, throughto appearing on the likes of Have I
Got News For You and Austin Powers
movies, Neil Mullarkey has worked
with some of the most talented names
in comedy, film and television.
The Trophies
Our iconic Lush Prize awards areproduced by Brendan Hesmondhalgh,a Yorkshire-based animal sculptor.
Brendan creates sculptural works that
encapsulate and embody a creature’s
spirit in a unique style, and focus upon
structure, movement and character.
Our boxing hares are each handmade
and unique.
Andrew Tyler Award Painting
These paintings are produced by theaward-winning artist Andrew Haslen.
While Andrew’s work is always wildliferelated he has a particular passion for
hares. He has always been intrigued by
the behaviour and mythology surrounding
hares.
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Entertainment
Benjamin Zephaniah
Poet, musician, novelist,
activist, actor and muchmore. Benjamin’s poetry
performance at the LushPrize 2020 Awards was
such a hit that we asked
him back again. In this new
poem, written especiallyfor tonight’s Ceremony,our favourite revolutionary
poet rhythmically sets out
the case for ending animal
testing.
Ten Years of Lush Prize
animation
Travel through a decade ofLush Prize to learn aboutsome of the Prize’s major
highlights and key successes
in the campaign for humanrelevant science.
Created by animator
Andrew Bell and featuring
a guitar solo by Lush Prize’s
very own Alex Crumbie!

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Schedule
Friday 18th November 2022. 16.00 - 17.20 GMT
Introduction to the Lush Prize 2022 Awards Ceremony by host Neil Mullarkey.
The shortlist and winners will be announced for each prize category and thewinners will accept their awards, interspersed with entertainment.
Introduction by Neil Mullarkey
Lush Prize founders comments
Science Prize - introduced by Dr Steve Enoch, Liverpool John Moore’s University
Political Achievement Award
Lobbying Prize - introduced by Dr Ankita Pandey, PETA India
Benjamin Zephaniah performs ‘Makes No Sense’
Public Awareness Prize - introduced by Camila Cortínez, Te Proteo
Young Researcher Prize Part 1 - introduced by Dr Line Mathiesen, Copenhagen
University
Ten Years of Lush Prize - animation
Young Researcher Prize Part 2
Training Prize - introduced by Dr Carol Treasure, XCellR8
Andrew Tyler Award
Rob Harrison talks about the next ten years of Lush Prize

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Prize
Categories
The Lush Prize is a major initiative aiming to bring forward the day when safety testingtakes place without the use of animals.
It focuses pressure on toxicity testing for consumer products and ingredients, in a way
which complements the many projects already addressing the use of animals in medical
testing.
The Prizes
The prize consists of a biennial fund of £250,000 – the biggest prize in the non-animal
testing sector. Between 2012 and 2020 we have awarded £2.44 million in prize funds.
It rewards the most effective projects and individuals who have been working towards
the goal of replacing animals in product or ingredient safety testing across five strategicareas:•
Lobbying•
Public Awareness•
Science•
Training•
Young Researcher•
Political Achievement Award
Political Achievement Award
Introduced in 2020, this non-financial award recognises the essential work politicians do
to create lasting legal change for animals and science.
Andrew Tyler Award
This non-financial prize, for outstanding contribution towards ending animal testing, isnamed after Andrew Tyler, a remarkable activist, former director of Animal Aid and afounding Lush Prize judge.
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Shortlist:
Science Prize
For work most likely to lead to practical non-animal tests which could be accepted byregulators.
Dr Baeckkyoung Sung – Germany
Dr Marie-Gabrielle Zurich – Switzerland
Artificial Intelligence Innovation Lab – USA
Joint Project team of TissUse, Cosmetics Europe and Beiersdorf – Germany
Dr Daniel André Gonçalves Ferreira - Portugal
Dr Sejoong Kim – South Korea
The Acute Systemic Toxicity team within RTI International - USA
AlveoliX AG – Switzerland
CN Bio Innovations – UK
Computational toxicology teams at Instem and Innovatune – USA
Micro-Tissue Engineering (MicroTE) Lab / Queensland University of Technology – Australia
Dr. Joachim Wiest – Germany
European Commission Joint Research Centre, Directorate F- Health, Consumers and Reference
Materials – Italy
OECD Chemical Safety Programme - France
Dr. Zhongze Gu - China
ReproTracker Team, Developmental Toxicology Department, Toxys B.V. - Netherlands
EU-ToxRisk - mitotoxicity case study team - Netherlands

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ProfileScience
The Acute Systemic Toxicity team within RTI International, USA
Mapping mechanistic pathways of acute oral
systemic toxicity using chemical structure andbioactivity measurements.
The Acute Systemic Toxicity Team at RTI have beenworking to demonstrate how useful the Adverse
Outcome Pathway (AOP) framework – which isa way to describe the adverse effects that may occur after a chemical has interactedwith the body – can be for integrating data from new alternative methods (NAMs),
such as computational predictions or in vitro assays, for acute oral toxicity.
Traditionally, acute oral toxicity testing is conducted in animals to determine theimmediate health effects of an orally ingested chemical. Results from these studies arethen extrapolated to give an indication of toxicity to humans, but animals typically are
an imperfect indicator of human toxicity.
Over recent years there has been a shift away from animal-based methods towards
using NAMs, which can be tailored to the species of interest (e.g., humans). These
NAMs can be mapped to key events within AOPs, which can help to interpret theresults from NAM studies.
From the Team’s work, they found that combining computational and in-vitro data withmechanistic knowledge could be used to reduce and/or replace animal testing for acuteoral toxicity by implementing a tiered testing strategy.

£50,000
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Shortlist:
Political
Achievement Award
Introduced in 2022, this Award is open to elected political officials in any country andis in recognition of the essential work politicians do to create lasting legal change foranimals and science.

Tilly Metz, Member of the European Parliament
Luxembourg
Jytte Guteland, Member of Parliament
SwedenIn-soon Nam, Congresswoman, National Assembly,
South Korea

Spoiler alert! The Political Achievement Award has been given jointly to all threenominees.

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ProfilesPublic Achievement Award
Tilly Metz MEP, Luxembourg

Tilly Metz has been a long standing champion of animal
welfare and of human-relevant science in the European
Parliament.
She serves as the Chairwoman of the European
Parliament’s Animals in Science Working Group of
the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation ofAnimals and is a member of several other groups, including the Committee on theEnvironment, Public Health and Food Safety.
Along with Jytte Guteland, Tilly’s work led to the drafting and passing of a European
parliamentary resolution calling for full replacement of animal use in European scienceand regulation, with clearly articulated outcomes, milestones, timeframes, resource needs,
and accountability measures.
On 16 September 2021, a supermajority (667:4) of Members of the European
Parliament voted in favour of a “Resolution on plans and actions to accelerate thetransition to innovation without the use of animals in research, regulatory testing andeducation.”

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ProfilesPublic Achievement Award
Jytte Guteland MP, Sweden

Jytte was one of the driving forces, along with Tilly
Metz, within the European Parliament to accelerate atransition to innovation without the use of animals in
research, regulatory testing and education, which was
debated in plenary in July 2021.
This led to a Motion for a Resolution on the same topic, which was successfully adopted
by the House in September 2021, with the support of nearly 95% of MEPs.
The Resolution calls on the European Commission to establish an EU-wide Action
Plan for the active phase-out of the use of animals in experiments. It specifies that theplan shall include milestones and targets to incentivise progress and should be carriedout by a high-level inter-service taskforce, involving all key Commission’s DirectoratesGeneral and EU Agencies, with the aim of working with Member States and relevant
stakeholders to make change happen. The need for preferential funding and training
for non-animal methods across all EU research and innovation initiatives has also beenrecognised.
Jytte left the European Parliament to become a Member of the Swedish Parliament in
2022.

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Winner
ProfilesPublic Achievement Award
Congresswoman In-soon Nam,South Korea
Ms. In-soon Nam introduced the Act on the
Promotion of Development, Dissemination, and Useof Alternatives to Animal Testing Methods (PaamAct). The bill aims to achieve the following goals:
1. Provide a legislative system where authorities
collaborate and cooperate to develop,
disseminate and use alternatives to animal methods
2. Establish proactive plans and public funding to support its role
3. Formal appointment of the Korea Center for the Validation of Alternative Methods
as a legal entity and position it in the centre to lead cross-ministerial activities andsupport key stakeholders.
She has hosted an expert forum with participants from industry, academia andgovernment, to discuss what support is needed to move towards non-animal
approaches and observe how alternatives work in person.
Ms.Nam also hosted an exhibition to raise awareness amongst lawmakers and staff at
the Assembly about the bill, showcasing non-animal approaches including skin models,organ-on-a-chip and 3D printing.

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Shortlist:
Lobbying Prize
Policy interventions promoting the use of alternatives to animal testing.

Prof Jae Sung Hwang – South Korea
Dr Alison Gray - UK
Center for Contemporary Sciences- USA
Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action – USA
Dr Marize Campos Valadares – Brazil
The New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society (NZAVS) – Aotearoa/New Zealand
Omica Research and Innovation Ltd Comp - Turkiye/Turkey

Winner
ProfileLobbying
The New Zealand Anti-Vivisection
Society, Aotearoa/New ZealandRemoval of the social license of the Forced
Swim Test in NZNZAVS has been working to end the use of a crueland scientifically invalid animal test called the Forced
Swim Test for several years. This experiment attempts
to mimic depression or hopelessness in humans.
Despite a petition of over 20K signatures the government refused to ban it as they
believe the test will phase out naturally. However, the National Animal Ethics Committee
followed with a statement that the test “should not be approved for use”.
Embraced a collaborative approach with the institutes using animals for science, NZAVS
spoke at the ANZCCART conference, about why the scientific community needs toleave this test in the past.
Since the campaign, one university has declined to give permission for the test to be
used and it appears as though NZAVS have removed its social license: i.e., due to their
public awareness and collaborative work, institutes have been encouraged not to use
the Forced Swim Test, even though there is no legislative ban in place prohibiting its use.
This is the second time that NZAVS have won a Lush Prize for Lobbying. The first wasback in 2014.
nzavs.org.nz£50,000

Shortlist:
Public AwarenessPrize
For individuals or organisations raising public awareness of ongoing animal testing.
There are two parts to this category:
Current - for campaigns in the past two years
Future - to help fund future campaigns
Public Awareness - Current
Phoenix Zones Initiative – USA
Carlota Saorsa – Spain
Jessica Lohmann – Germany
Humane Society International- USA
Beagle Rescue Network– South Korea
Dr Costanza Rovida and Jean Knight – Germany
Animal Testing - France
Public Awareness - Future
ONG Te Protejo – Chile
Altertox SRL – Belgium
Animal Rights VZW – Belgium
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ProfilesPublic AwarenessCarlota Saorsa & Dr Carlos Contreras
Undercover investigation at Vivotecnia
laboratory, Spain
Carlota Saorsa worked undercover at the Vivotecnia
contract testing laboratory in Spain for 18 months,
uncovering horrific incidents of physical and verbal
abuse of animals and experiments being done without
proper sedation.
Taking her footage to Cruelty Free International, a comprehensive report of potential
breaches of law and poor practices was submitted to the authorities.
Global media coverage followed and demonstrations to close the laboratory and rehome the animals were held across Spain. The local authority temporarily suspended
Vivotecnia’s licence to operate.
In response, the Spanish government announced a proposal to include video
surveillance cameras in all animal laboratories in the country and a government
working group was set up to encourage the reduction of the number of animals usedin research.
A criminal court case, led by animal law attorney Dr Carlos Contreras against thelaboratory for animal cruelty is ongoing.
The Public Awareness Prize is awarded to Carlota and Carlos for their work tohighlight the suffering of animals in laboratories.

£50,000
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Shortlist: Young
Researcher Prize
For young scientists (up to 36 years at the time of application) with a desire to fundthe next stage of a career focussed on an animal-test free future.
Dr Supratik Kar, Jackson State University, USA
Xuelian Jia, Rutgers-Camden, Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, USA
Professor Francesca Grisoni, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Dr Andreia Verissimo Luis, THT Biomaterials GmbH, Austria
Dr Chrysanthi-Maria Moysidou, University of Cambridge, Dept of Chemical
Engineering and Biotechnology, UK
Artur Silva, Federal University of Goiás, Brazil
Dr Sara Tirendi, University of Genoa, Italy
Dr Carlo Alberto Paggi, University of Twente, Netherlands
Farzaneh Fayazbakhsh, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Dr Stefanie Klima, University of Konstanz, Germany
Dr Stephen Evans, Swansea University, UK
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Shortlist: Young
Researcher Prize
Continued:

Dr Sebastian Eggert, cellasys GmbH, Germany
Thi Phuong Tao, TissUse GmbH, Germany
Dr Pouria Fattahi, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Dr Arunima Sengupta, ARTORG Center, University of Bern, Switzerland
Dr Arthur de Carvalho e Silva, University of Birmingham
Dr Sudeep Joshi, The Francis Crick Institute and King’s College London, UK
Dr Shagun Krishna, National Toxicology Program (DNTP), National Institute ofEnvironmental Health Services (NIEHS), USA
Dr Paul Holloway, University of Oxford, UK

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Winner
ProfilesYoung Researcher
Dr Arthur de Carvalho e Silva
University of Birmingham, UK

Integrating physiologically-based pharmacokinetic
modelling and ‘omics data to derive health-based guidancevalues for perfluorinated chemicals.

Dr Arthur de Carvalho e Silva is investigating the toxicity of a group of substances
known as perfluorochemicals, which humans are exposed to constantly and are foundin the food chain.
Arthur’s work combines in-vitro models - which involve human cell samples being
treated with the chemical to generate toxicity data - and in-silico advanced computermodels to analyse the results and identify the ‘real world’ concentrations of thechemicals that humans are exposed to, in order to establish levels of safety and toxicity.
This is known as ‘in-vitro to in-vivo extrapolation’.
The project will also use this strategy to compare and make predictions for otherchemicals with similar structure and properties, a process known as ‘read-across’.

£10,000
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Winner
ProfilesYoung Researcher
Dr Sudeep Joshi

The Francis Crick Institute & King’s College London, UK

A robotic process automation system forbiomanufacturing animal-free in-vitro 3D tissue andorganoid models for drug screening.

Dr Sudeep Joshi is using 3D bio-printing of human tissues for safety testing of drugs
and other chemicals, instead of animals.
The 3D printing system assembles blocks of tissue which contain all relevant cells andcomponents needed. The printing project starts with human ‘stem’ cells – these are
essentially ‘blueprint’ cells in the body which can be developed into any other cells andtherefore specific test models, such as heart, lung or brain.
Dr Joshi aims to make the process faster, cheaper and ultimately an ‘off the shelf ’ systemthat any lab could use, to encourage wider use of a patient-relevant, animal free test
system.
As well as printing human tissues, the project also intends to eliminate other animalbased test components which are conventionally used.

£10,000
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Winner
ProfilesYoung Researcher
Dr Shagun Krishna

National Toxicology Program (DNTP), National Institute ofEnvironmental Health Services (NIEHS), USA

Computational Cardiotoxicology: Building an AIassisted alternative method-based toxicity screening
pipeline.

Dr Shagun Krishna’s project makes use of combining in-silico and in-vitro methods
to test environmental chemicals and drugs for their adverse effects on the heart andcardiovascular system.
The project combines the computerised screening of large scale libraries of existingdata from in-vitro chemical tests or assays which will identify those chemicals that are
most likely to be toxic to humans.
Further advanced computer screening techniques are then used to identify ‘real life’
doses and exposures that are likely to cause this toxicity in humans. This approach is
known as ‘in vitro to in vivo extrapolation’.

£10,000

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Winner
ProfilesYoung Researcher
Professor Dr Francesca Grisoni

Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Combining artificial intelligence and humanorganoids for animal-free drug discovery: towards aparadigm shift.
Dr Francesca Grisoni and her team at the Eindhoven
University of Technology develop and apply new
AI technology to discover better drugs faster. AI can be used to predict multiple
properties of molecules that have yet to be made.
Grisoni’s team will combine AI and human organoids for molecule prioritisation,
aiming at animal-free drug development and personalised therapy. The AI models willbe trained to predict the in-vitro drug response of organoid-based systems, whichcorrelates with the outcome of clinical trials.
The developed models will be used to iteratively screen millions of commerciallyavailable molecules, and test the top predictions within the organoid system. The
results will be fed back to the model, to allow rapid adaptation and performance
improvement. The new approach will be applied to discover potential drugs for cystic
fibrosis, a genetic condition affecting hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. This
project will serve as a conceptual blueprint for animal-free and ‘hybrid approaches’
combining AI and organoids in drug discovery.

£10,000

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Winner
ProfilesYoung Researcher
Artur Silva

Federal University of Goiás, Brazil

Lung-sens-on-a-chip model for mechanistic
assessment of chemically-induced pulmonary
sensitization: Providing building blocks for the
respiratory allergy AOP.
Artur Silva is a PhD student at the Federal University of Goiás in Brazil.
His research makes use of an advanced 3D in-vitro ‘lung on a chip’ model. This allows
the study of several types of human cells and how they interact to map a pathway ofunderstanding and treating disease - known as an ‘Adverse Outcome Pathway’ - inresponse to chemical-induced allergies.
In this case, human lung, blood and immune cells are combined in the chip model
to investigate respiratory allergies and lung injury, such as asthma, providing a morehuman-relevant and animal-free way to investigate this and other diseases.
The team Artur works in also bring this type of animal-free research to more young
scientists in Brazil.

£10,000

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Shortlist:
Training Prize
For individuals, teams or organisations involved in training others in non-animal
methods.
Stichting Proefdiervrij – Netherlands
Centre for Predictive Human Model Systems, Atal Incubation Centre-Centre for
Cellular and Molecular Biology (AIC-CCMB)) – India
Animal Free Research UK – UK
LIALT Laboratorio de Investigación Alternativa – Mexico
Animal Welfare Academy of the German Animal Welfare Federation– Germany
EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) – Italy
The European Society of Toxicology In Vitro (ESTIV) - NetherlandsÄrzte gegen Tierversuche e.V. – Germany
Professor Pamela Bejdić, University of Sarajevo Veterinary Faculty – Bosnia andHerzegovina

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Winner
ProfilesTrainingÄrzte gegen Tierversuche - Doctors
Against Animal Experiments
NAT-Database: Raising public awareness for
Non-Animal Technologies to promote a human-based research generating human-relevant
results.

Doctors Against Animal Experiments is the joint winner of the Lush Prize 2022 forTraining.
Their Non-Animal Technologies database is an easier way than conventional databases
for scientists to find animal-free methods suitable for their specific research questions. It
is also a source of information for regulators, politicians and the general public.
The free database is available in German and English and covers a range of non-animal
technologies across diverse research areas.
Abstracts for each entry are written by the organisation’s scientific officers in an easy
to understand language, avoiding technical terms. This allows the public to be informed
about the availability and effectiveness of animal-free methods and thereby increases thepressure on decision-makers to enforce the consistent use of these methods.
aerzte-gegen-tierversuche.de£25,000
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Winner
ProfilesTraining
Professor Pamela Bejdić, University ofSarajevo Veterinary Faculty, Bosnia andHerzegovina
Dual Education System as a New Tool for Improving Practical Skills and Vocational Trainingof Veterinary Medicine Students.
The winning project has been conducted to improve the quality of students’ practicaland vocational knowledge and skills without using or harming any animals.
The project was funded by the Regional Challenge Fund, through which a large simulatory classroom was established to introduce different types of animal simulators,
fantoms, manikins, animal models and special medical equipment such are ultrasounds,
endoscopes, artificial kits etc.
These state-of-the-art technologies fully mimic the reality of veterinary practice working
ambience with different species of domestic animals such as cattle, horses, pigs, dogs andcats. By using this equipment in the education process the students can repeat over andover different routines and specific veterinary procedures without harming any of theanimals and until they reach the level of excellence.
Also, during these classes, the students obtain working confidence and experience which
will help them later in their working careers. Professor Bejdić believes that these typesof classrooms and the use of animal alternatives are the future of medical education andother biological sciences.

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Andrew Tyler Prize
In 2017 Lush Prize introduced a new award for outstanding contribution towards ending
animal testing.
The non-financial prize is named after Andrew Tyler, former director of Animal Aid and afounding Lush Prize judge.
The winner is selected at the discretion of the Lush Prize judging panel and will notnecessarily be awarded each prize year.
At the 2017 Awards ceremony Andrew’s wife Sara Starkey accepted the first award on
his behalf.
In 2018 it was awarded to Professor Horst Spielmann. Horst is head of the European
Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing and for the past 30 years his work has been
instrumental in the development and acceptance of scientific alternatives to animal use
globally.
Dr Andrew Rowan received the award in 2020 for his decades of work to end animal
testing. Andrew is President of Wellbeing International, and former CEO of Humane
Society International.

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Winner
ProfileAndrew Tyler Award
Dr Gill Langley
Since 1979, Dr Gill Langley has held senior positionsin anti-vivisection organisations globally.
Starting as Scientific Adviser to the British Union for
the Abolition of Vivisection, then science directorof the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research, more
recently she was Senior Science Adviser to Humane
Society International’s Research and Testing Department.
Gill was also a founding member of the Lush Prize judging panel in 2012.
She was the first anti-vivisection scientist on the British Government’s Animal
Procedures Committee, spending eight years influencing government strategy andcritiquing applications for licences to perform animal research.
Gill helped to promote HSI’s 21st-century toxicology transition in the European Unionand to launch its BioMed21 initiative.
Known as an avid skier, Gill’s idea of retirement is to hone her mountain-biking skills andskiing in the remote mountains of Norway.

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The
JudgesDr Jen Hochmuth
Jen holds a B.Sc (Hons) in Marine Biology anda PhD in environmental toxicology.
She is Safer Pharma Manager for the nonprofit organisation Health Care Without
Harm. Before this, Jen coordinated thecampaigns ‘Replace Animal Testing’ and ‘Animal
Free Science’ for Animal Rights in Belgium.

Professor Lisbeth Knudsen
Lisbeth is professor of Toxicology at the
University of Copenhagen with main areasof research in toxicology, genotoxicology,
biomonitoring, alternatives to animal
experiments, ethical aspects of genetic
testing and biomonitoring.

Dr Kamel Mansouri
Kamel currently leading the computational
chemistry efforts at the NTP Interagency
Center for the Evaluation of Alternative
Toxicological Methods (NICEATM) within the
US National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIEHS).
In 2017 he won a Lush Prize Young
Researcher Award.

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Elly Nakajima
Elly is a Co-founder and Director of Animal
Alliance Asia – building a movement that’smore inclusive, effective and sustainable in
Asia by supporting, training and mentoring
advocates and organisations across Asia andforming a regional coalition.

Olga Robles
Olga is the Lush Customer Judge for LushPrize 2022. She is a journalist and founder ofthe communications and marketing agency
Hiru Estudio.
She is an activist vegan and collaborates withsome animal shelters in Spain.

Troy Seidle
Troy is Vice President, Research andToxicology at Humane Society International.
In this role he leads HSI’s global team of
campaigners, lobbyists and scientists working
to end animal testing for cosmetics.

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Dr Gilly Stoddart
Gilly is the associate director of the PETA
International Science Consortium, Ltd.
She has seven years experience working inresearch and development and has been working
on reducing animal testing, focusing on regulatory
testing issues, for several years.

Kristie Sullivan
Kristie is Vice President of Research Policy at the
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine,where she promotes more human-relevantalternatives to the use of animals in the researchand testing of drugs, chemicals, pesticides, andother products through outreach to companies,
federal agencies, legislators, and others

Professor Thales Tréz
Thales is a biologist and full time professor at theInstitute of Science and Techonology (Alfenas
Federal University) in Brazil.
Since the beginning of his academic career in
2000, Thales’ work focuses on the use of animals
for educational and research purposes, providing
a criticism from a scientific approach.

Alice Waters
Alice was selected as the Lush Staff member
judge for Lush Prize 2022. She currently works
as an Ethical Compliance Coordinator within
the Supply Chain Impact team at Lush. Her
main responsibility is to ensure that all suppliers
adhere to Lush’s strict Non-Animal Testing policy.
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The Lush Prize
would like to thankAll of our judges for the knowledge and experience brought tothe 2022 decision-making process.
Mark and Mo Constantine of Lush.
The Lush Prize Management Team:
Hilary Jones, Karl Bygrave, Karen Huxley and Kirsty Barnes from
Lush; and Craig Redmond, Rob Harrison, Rebecca Ram and Alex
Crumbie from Ethical Consumer.
Ellen Logan and Jess James for the technical support. Sarah Rae
Nakama for video voice overs. Borami Seo for supporting In-Soon
Nam and translations.
Joe, Adam and the rest of the team at Humbledinger Films andEvent Engineering for livestreaming the awards ceremony.
Everyone from the Lush global PR teams.
Brendan Hesmondhalgh, creator of the hare trophies and Andrew
Haslen, creator of the Andrew Tyler Award painting.
Dr Steve Enoch, Dr Ankita Pandey, Camila Cortínez, Dr Line
Mathiesen and Dr Carol Treasure for announcing the shortlists
and winners.
Neil Mullarkey, our host.
...and every single person who has played, and continues to play,a part in the inter-linked movements for animal compassion andscientific rigour.

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