María Pagnon de la Vega is awarded the Hwasser prize for best PhD thesis 2021/2022.

María Pagnon de la Vega receives the prize for her thesis, Characterization of the novel “Uppsala mutation” causing a familial form of early onset Alzheimer’s disease, in which she describes how a newly discovered mutation causes early onset familial Alzheimer’s disease. The prize ceremony takes place at the annual meeting of Upsala Läkareförening on September 20. The Hwasser prize was founded by Upsala Läkareförening to honour the memory of Israel Hwasser, one of Uppsala’s most famous medical scientists. The Hwasser prize foundation is based on a donation to Uppsala University in 1861 by the king Karl XV “to honour Professor Israel Hwasser’s excellent qualities as teacher and scientist”. This year’s prize sum is 30 000 SEK.