Award:
Early Career Achievement Award
Univeristy:
The Ohio State University
Year:
2011
Section Awarded:
National
Anna Johnson, Early Career Achievement Award
Sponsored by American Society of Animal Science Foundation
Anna Johnson began her professional career in a new position at National Pork Board as the director of animal welfare. Since joining Iowa State University, Johnson has built a state-of-the-art swine intensive laboratory with her colleagues. She has been author/coauthor on 33 peer-reviewed journal articles and three peer-reviewed book chapters. She has given 219 lectures/training workshops and has authored/coauthored 143 fact sheets, training modules, conference proceedings, newsletters, media articles, and videos. She is respected for her knowledge/team approach as indicated by 126 collaborations and 12 state and national committees. She has worked with FASS to complete swine training modules and helped revise the swine chapter of the Ag Guide.