Jack Gelb, Jr., chair of the Department of Animal and Food Sciences, was awarded The Bruce W. Calnek Applied Poultry
Research Achievement Award at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP). The award is presented annually by the AAAP to an individual in recognition of their outstanding research contributions resulting
in a measurable and practical impact on the control of important diseases of poultry.
Gelb was honored for his work related to the control avian infectious bronchitis virus, an important respiratory disease of chickens.
The Bruce W. Calnek Applied Poultry Research Achievement Award was first presented in 2004 as a result of a gift from Bruce Calnek of Cornell University.
