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We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 Animals Young Investigator Award is Dr. Jay Johnson.
Dr. Johnson is a Research Animal Scientist of USDA Agricultural Research Service, USA. His work focuses on evaluating the impact of environmental (i.e., heat stress) and production stress on livestock physiology, welfare, and metabolic health to develop mitigation strategies that will improve animal well-being and productivity. He has authored 2 book chapters, 2 invited reviews, 27 refereed articles, 62 abstracts, and 18 other publications. These publications demonstrate his research productivity and diverse research portfolio, as he has published results in swine, dairy cattle, beef cattle, poultry, and rodents, on a range of animal well-being topics, including heat stress, antibiotic alternatives, transport stress, and weaning stress. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Johnson for his outstanding achievements.
As the awardee, Dr. Johnson will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge without a fixed deadline in Animals, and an engraved plaque.
We would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge another applicant who was highly commended: Dr. Jessica Elisabeth Martin from University of Edinburgh. She will receive a free publication in Animals.
We would like to thank all the applicants in various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the excellent applications.
Prof. Dr. Clive J. C. Phillips Editor-in-Chief, Animals
Animals 2018 Young Investigator Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Barbara Padalino
University of Bologna, Italy & Southern Cross University, Australia
Award Committee
Prof. Michael Hässig
Chairperson
Universität Zürich (retired)
Dr. PABLO SANCHEZ-QUINTEIRO
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of Lugo
Dr. Enric Gisbert
IRTA
Dr. Ramanathan Kasimanickam
Washington State University
Prof. Andrea Pezzuolo
University of Padova - Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry
Winner
Lauren Powell
University of Pennsylvania
Award Committee
Dr. Clive Julian Phillips
Chairperson
Retired
Prof. Andrea Pezzuolo
University of Padova - Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry
Dr. PABLO SANCHEZ-QUINTEIRO
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of Lugo
Dr. Clara Rodrigues
University of Aveiro
Prof. Vera Baumans
Utrecht University
Winner
Daniel Stec
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
Award Committee
Dr. Clive Julian Phillips
Chairperson
Retired
Prof. Andrea Pezzuolo
University of Padova - Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry
Prof. Stanisław Dzimira
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology,
Dr. António Carvalho
Faculty of Science, University of Porto
Dr. Pablo Orozco-terWengel
Cardiff University
Winner
Katharina Hohlbaum
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Animal Welfare, Animal Behavior and Laboratory Animal Science
Award Committee
Dr. Clive Julian Phillips
Chairperson
Retired
Prof. Andrea Pezzuolo
University of Padova - Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry
Prof. Maria José Hötzel
Universidade FEderal de Santa Catarina
Prof. Vera Baumans
Utrecht University
Winner
Jay Johnson
Agricultural Research Service- United States Department of Agriculture
Award Committee
Dr. Clive Julian Phillips
Chairperson
Retired
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