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2022 CSAS Fellowship Award Recipient
Sponsored by Canadian Science Publishing

Over the last 20 years at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Dr. Joshua Gong has made a considerable contribution to gut health research as a means of improving animal nutrition and the health of livestock and poultry. His research has not only provided considerable insight into the interactions between gut bacteria and animal hosts, functional mechanisms of antibiotic-alternatives, and pathogenicity of critical enteric pathogens targeted by in-feed antibiotics but has also developed tangible and affordable non-antibiotic strategies and technologies that have been adopted by industry. Dr. Gong has co-authored 168 scientific publications with a cumulative H-index of 54, two issued patents, and 16 patent applications. He is an adjunct faculty member at the universities of Guelph and Manitoba and has served on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Canadian Poultry Research Council since 2004. He has delivered over 70 invited speeches and served on multiple conference/workshop scientific committees nationally and internationally. Dr. Gong has received several honorable awards for his achievements in the research of animal gut health and alternatives to antibiotics, including two from the Canadian Society of Animal Science (2012, 2019) and two from AAFC for Outstanding Achievement in Science (2019/2020, 2020/2021). His significant contribution to animal nutrition and health is also indicated by his mentorship which has led to a number of trainees from his laboratory being appointed to faculty or scientist positions in animal science in national and international universities and industries.

Dr. Joshua Gong Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)