Honors and Awards
2022 EUROTOX Award Lecture
2022 Bjorn Ekwall Memorial Award
2022 Lush prize shortlisted - ESTIV training courses
2022 Elected to the executive board of CEM SAS
2021 Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation Award
2021 EUROTOX Faculty member
2020 Lush prize - Commended project - Medical devices project team
2020 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science, Slovakia - "Honorable mention certificate"
2018 Lush prize Shortlisted - MatTek training programme
2018 US SOT MD and SPC Best published paper award
2018 Elected to the executive board of CEM SAS as an external member
2017 US SOT MD and SPC Best poster award
2014 Colgate-Palmolive lecture at the US SOT
2012 Four Paws Poster award
2007 Zet-MEGAT Poster Award
2022 EUROTOX Award Lecture
The EUROTOX Award Lecture (replacing the former Bo Holmstedt Lecture) was established in 2022 and recognises scientists who have made outstanding scientific contributions to the science of drug and chemical toxicology, or related areas.
Nominations are active, mid-career scientists involved in toxicology research in the public or private sector that are making substantial and innovative scientific contributions in the field of toxicological sciences. Particular emphasis is given to recent research contributions and advanced knowledge of European toxicology with an international appeal. Scientific accomplishment is the prime consideration in the evaluation review process. The first recipient of the 2022 EUROTOX Lecture is Dr. Helena Kandarova (Slovakia).
Doerenkamp-Zbinden Award 2021
The Board of Trustees of the Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation for Animalfree Research has chosen Dr. Helena Kandárová, ERT as the Doerenkamp-Zbinden Prize winner in the year 2021. The Prize was presented to her on September, the 2nd 2021 at an online ceremony during the World Congress on Alternative Methods to Animal Testing in Maastricht. Helena Kandarova receives the prize for her outstanding achievements in the field of alternatives to animal testing.
Best Published Paper Award 2018 - MD and CPS Section of US SOT
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Read about the project here:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-skin-intracutaneous-irritation-testing-medical-helena/
Best Overall Abstract Award 2017 - MD and CPS Section of US SOT
Read about the project here:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-skin-intracutaneous-irritation-testing-medical-helena/
2020 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science, Slovakia - Talents program 2020
"Honorable mention certificate" in the category over 35 years.
2020 Lush Prize-shortlisted in 2 categories
LOBBYING
Project name: Lobbying for alternatives for the past 15 years
SCIENCE as part of the Medical Device In Vitro Irritation Team (MD-IV-IT)
Project name:
In Vitro Irritation Testing of Medical Devices
2018 Lush Prize shortlist
Under the leadership of Helena Kandarova, MatTek IVLSL was shortlisted for Lush Prize in 2018 in the category TRAINING - Project name:
T5: MatTek In Vitro Life Science Laboratories, Slovakia
Hands-on training and Teaching on Alternative Methods in Toxicology
2020 Lush Prize - Commended project
Category LOBBYING
Medical Device In Vitro Irritation Team (MD-IV-IT)
Four Paws Poster Award - EUSAAT Congress 2012
Zet-MEGAT Poster Award - Linz Congress 2007
SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
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2018 Business recognition for founding, building and establishing MatTek In Vitro Life Science Laboratories in the EU
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2017 EUROTOX 2017 Congress President