Dr. John J Parrish grew up in Fresno California and
obtained a BS in Animal Science from California State University Fresno in 1997,
a Ph.D. in Animal Science and Physiology from Cornell University in 1984, and
was a postdoctoral scientist in the Department of Meat and Animal Science at
UW-Madison from 1983 to 1988. In 1988 he was hired as an Assistant professor,
promoted to Associate Professor in 1995, and Professor in 2000. In his research
role, Dr. Parrish’s focus has been on male physiology. In that role, he has
worked on bovine sperm capacitation, in vitro fertilization, intracellular
regulation of sperm biochemistry, male fertility, imaging approaches to
evaluate sperm, the impact of heat stress on bovine and porcine
spermatogenesis, and the role of human inflammatory bowel disease and treatment on
human sperm fertility. In his teaching role, Dr. Parrish has been instrumental
in reinitializing the use of large domestic animals in the Animal Science
teaching program, integration of web-based design into a blended class
delivery, websites that allow access to teaching material on general
reproduction and equine reproduction used by thousands of individuals each year
around the world.
