Delia Grace (born 22 February 1967) is an epidemiologist and a veterinarian.[1] Grace joined the University of Greenwich in May 2020 as Professor of Food Safety Systems at the Natural Resources Institute. She is also Joint Appointed Scientist, Animal and Human Health Program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya.[2][3]

Education

Grace is a graduate from several universities: University College Dublin (MVB Veterinary Medicine 1990), University of Edinburgh, Free University of Berlin (PhD veterinary epidemiology), and Cornell University.[4][5][6] In 2013, she led work on agriculture associated disease within a CGIAR Research Programme on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health.[7] She has also served as one of the ten members of the HLPE (High Level Panel of Experts) livestock project team.[8] In 2021, she was also a member of an expert panel at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture, organized by Germany.[9]

She has authored and co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications. She has published in medical journals such as The Lancet and The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.[10][11]

Awards and honors

Grace received the Trevor Blackburn award in September 2014 for her contributions to animal health and welfare and food safety in developing countries.[12] In 2020, she was awarded the UCD Alumni Award in Health and Agriculture Sciences.[13] In August 2022, she received the Peter Ellis award for her contributions to veterinary epidemiology at the 22nd International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics.[14] She was also the winner of the Arrell Global Food Innovation Award for research impact.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Delia Grace Randolph". Home. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  2. ↑ "Informal food markets: what it takes to make them safer". International Livestock Research Institute. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  3. ↑ Lab, Feed the Future Livestock Systems Innovation. "Dr. Delia Grace - Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - UF/IFAS". livestocklab.ifas.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  4. ↑ "Delia Grace". International Livestock Research Institute. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  5. ↑ "Delia Grace | CFI". foodsafety.osu.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  6. ↑ "Natural Resources Institute - Delia Randolph". www.nri.org. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  7. ↑ Smith, Jimmy; Sones, Keith; Grace, Delia; MacMillan, Susan; Tarawali, Shirley; Herrero, Mario (1 January 2013). "Beyond milk, meat, and eggs: Role of livestock in food and nutrition security". Animal Frontiers. 3 (1): 6–13. doi:10.2527/af.2013-0002.
  8. ↑ "International Agri-Food Network (IAFN) - High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition launches sustainable livestock development report". International Agri-Food Network (IAFN). 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  9. ↑ "Squaring the circles: Feeding a world in a pandemic and climate change". International Livestock Research Institute. 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  10. ↑ Waage, Jeff; Grace, Delia; Fèvre, Eric M.; McDermott, John; Lines, Jo; Wieland, Barbara; Naylor, Nichola R.; Hassell, James M.; Chan, Kallista (2022-09-01). "Changing food systems and infectious disease risks in low-income and middle-income countries". The Lancet Planetary Health. 6 (9): e760–e768. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00116-4. ISSN 2542-5196. PMC 9451496. PMID 36087606.
  11. ↑ "Vol. 110, No. 52, December 24, 2013 of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  12. ↑ "ILRI scientist Delia Grace receives the Trevor Blackburn Award for contributions to animal health and food safety". AgHealth. 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  13. ↑ "Prof. Delia Grace Randolph". UCD Alumni Awards. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  14. ↑ "Veterinary epidemiologist Delia Grace receives the Peter Ellis ISVEE Award for her work in developing countries". CGIAR. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  15. ↑ "Meet Arrell Global Food Innovation Award Winner: Delia Grace Randolph". Arrell Food Institute. 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
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