Source: Michael Fielding, MEATINGPLACE, 12/14/11

U.S. Poultry & Egg Harold E. Ford Foundation (USPOULTRY Foundation) has appointed Dr. John Glisson director of research. Succeeding Dr. Henry Marks, who is retiring, Glisson will administer the association’s comprehensive research program that encompasses all components of poultry and egg production and processing. He will work with the foundation’s Research Advisory Committee, receiving and evaluating research proposals and making recommendations to the board of directors for funding approval. More than $22 million has been invested in research funding over the last 20 years.

Glisson recently retired as head of the Department of Population Health at the University of Georgia, and he also served as head of the Department of Avian Medicine and associate dean of public service and outreach at the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

He is a past president of the American Association of Avian Pathologists. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Valdosta State and his D.V.M., Master of Avian Medicine, and Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology from the University of Georgia.

“[Glisson] has a very distinguished career and has been an active member of the research community, sharing and reaching out to industry,” USPOULTRY Foundation chairman, Steve Willardsen, Cargill Value Added Meats, said in a statement.

“We are excited that John’s background will carry us into the future in shepherding our research program to ensure that our industry remains competitive,” added John Starkey, USPOULTRY president.

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