Advances in dairy Research
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John F. Odhiambo

Biography

A. Personal Statement
I am conducting an NIH funded dual purpose research program utilizing an ovine model of maternal nutritional stress during pregnancy. The biomedical aspect of our studies evaluates fetal origins of obesity and metabolic syndrome and their associated co-morbidities. The animal agriculture aspect of our studies evaluates the impacts of nutrition during gestation on fetal growth and development as well as offspring health, carcass quality and reproductive performance

B. Positions and Honors.
Positions and Employment
2003 - 2008 Graduate Research Assistant, Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. 2009 - 2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. 2010 – 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 2012 - Research Scientist, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

1996-2000 Member, Jersey and Guernsey Cattle Society of Kenya
2003- 2008 Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2011- Member, American Dairy Science Association
2006- Member, American Society of Animal Science
2007 Volunteer, Land O’Lakes International Development, SAF Project, Lilongwe, Malawi
2013- Member, Society for the Study of Reproduction
2014- Peer Review Committee: The French National Research Agency (ANR)

Honors

2001 Presidential Award for Academic Excellence, West Virginia University, Morgantown
2002 Presidential Award for Academic Excellence, West Virginia University, Morgantown
2002 Harold Olson Scholarship Award, West Virginia University, Morgantown
2002 International Students and Scholars Merit Award, West Virginia University, Morgantown
2003 Nominated for WVU Outstanding Seniors and Order of Augusta
2003 Sigma Gamma Delta Award for Outstanding Academic Scholarship or Service, West Virginia University, Morgantown
2007 Fellow of Minority Doctoral Scholars, West Virginia University, Morgantown
2008 Robert E. Stitzel Graduate Student Travel Award, West Virginia University, Morgantown
2015 Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Travel Fund, Society for the Study or Reproduction.

Research Interest

I am conducting an NIH funded dual purpose research program utilizing an ovine model of maternal nutritional stress during pregnancy. The biomedical aspect of our studies evaluates fetal origins of obesity and metabolic syndrome and their associated co-morbidities. The animal agriculture aspect of our studies evaluates the impacts of nutrition during gestation on fetal growth and development as well as offspring health, carcass quality and reproductive performance.