Ryan N. Dilger, PhD, Animal Sciences department Professor and Chair of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. His research includes the interaction of nutrition, immunology, and neuroscience and can be broadly categorized into practical nutrition and health issues and fundamental nutrition and developmental questions using the pig as a model to improve human health and well-being.

Brooke Smith, PhD/DVM, completed her PhD in swine nutrition and health interactions, focusing on soy isoflavones influence on growth performance and clinical responses to PRRSV infection in weaned pigs. Post- DVM, she is Veterinary Nutrition Lead for Cargill’s North American Pork Technical Service Team, developing nutritional approaches to help support disease-challenged pigs.

Sarah Muirhead is managing director of the Farm Progress Livestock Group, which brings together BEEF magazine, National Hog Farmer and Feedstuffs. She has more than 40 years of editorial and communication experience in the feed industry and animal agriculture. Sarah grew up directly involved in her family’s seed and pork production operation.