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ICYMI: Recap of 2024 Annual Meeting

  • 1.  ICYMI: Recap of 2024 Annual Meeting

    Posted 08-13-2024 09:14 AM

    Annual Meeting by the Numbers: 

     Registration was up 3.5% from last year, and with guests included, we saw nearly 1,300 community members engage. Some numbers:

    ·        1,158 attendees, not including guests

    ·        17 symposia

    ·        644 abstracts and posters submitted

    ·        358 students engaged

    It's exciting to see our signature event so well attended and providing so much value to our members in the form of networking, scientific discussion, and collaboration.

    Award Winners: 

    We were excited to host an evening of recognition and honor for many outstanding achievements and contributions to the field of poultry science. Please find below many of those we recognized. 

    Fellow of the Poultry Science Association:

    • Gisela F. Erf, University of Arkansas
    • Janet E. Fulton, Hy-Line International
    • Michael H. Kogut, USDA-ARS
    • Karen Schwean-Lardner, University of Saskatchewan

    Anna Wolc, American Egg Board Research Award

    Sami Dridi, AFIA Poultry Nutrition Research Award & National Chicken Council Broiler Research Award

    Michelle Hall, American Poultry Historical Society Award

    Tina Widowski, Evonik Award for Achievement in Poultry Science

    Christine Baes, National Turkey Federation Research Award

    Michael Cressman, Novus International Teaching Award

    Brain Fairchild, Phibro Extension Award

    Karen Schwean-Lardner, Poultry Welfare Research Award

    Deborah Adewole, PSA Early Achievement Award - Research

    Adnan Alrubeye, PSA Early Achievement Award - Teaching

    Anthony Pescatore, James H. Denton Distinguished Service Award

    Brenda Reimer, Tyson Foods Support Personnel Award

    David Wicker, USPOULTRY Distinguished Poultry Industry Career Award

    Andrea Rubio, Alltech Student Research Manuscript Award

    Jodie Allen, Maurice Stein Fellowship Award

    Pravin Mishra, 2025 Student Representative & Hatchery Student of the Year Award


    Our golf award winners are Dr. Mercedes Vasquez-Anon, Dr. Johnathan Broomhead, Dr. Max Pfund, and Dr. Carl Parsons

    The smart cookies that figured out this year's crossword puzzle: Bharath Mallavarapu, Joseph Rishitha Dasireddy and Dr. Malik Hashim

    Finally, we took some really great photos at the banquet, you can find them and download them here: Flickr



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    Lyndsey Johnston
    Director of Communications
    Poultry Science Association (PSA)
    Champaign IL
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