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July 21-25, 2002 - 2002 Joint Annual Meeting - Quebec City, Canada

Chew receives 2002 Jim Corbin Award in Companion Animal Biology

Dr. Boon Peng Chew, professor, Washington State University, is the recipient of the 2002 Jim Corbin Award in Companion Animal Biology. The award, sponsored by The Iams Company, will be presented during the Awards Ceremony on Monday, July 22 as part of the American Society of Animal Science Annual Meeting in Quebec City.

Chew, reared in Malaysia, was awarded a Public Services Department Scholarship to attend Louisiana State University, from where he graduated with a B.S. in animal science in 1974. He entered graduate school at Purdue University to study reproductive and lactation endocrinology, and received an M.S. in 1976 and a Ph.D. in 1978.

Chew was awarded a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship and worked at the University of Illinois from 1978 to 1979. Dr. Chew joined the animal sciences faculty at Washington State University in 1979 and quickly established an active, multi-disciplinary research program into the effects of carotenoids on reproductive physiology, immunity, and cancer. He was the first to show that the domestic dog and cat readily absorb carotenoids from the diet. He further demonstrated that these carotenoids enter blood leukocytes and quench harmful oxygen species, thereby protecting cells. He reported that dietary carotenoids enhance cell-mediated and humoral immunity in both dogs and cats. Through his efforts, b-carotene and lutein are now incorporated into commercial dog food to enhance health.

While at WSU, he has trained 19 graduate students in nutrition immunology and he has received $3.75 million in extramural funding. He has published 85 referred papers and delivered 47 invited talks. Dr. Chew was honored with the International Roche Research Prize for Animal Nutrition in 1993.

The Jim Corbin Award in Companion Animal Biology recognizes research and teaching excellence in companion animal biology. The winner receives a monetary award and a plaque.

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