Dr. Jack Britt
University of Tennessee

Biography:

Dr. Jack H. Britt is Vice President for Agriculture of The University of Tennessee. He leads the Institute of Agriculture comprising the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service. Prior to joining The University of Tennessee in September 1998, he served for six years as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs at the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University. He has also held positions as Professor in the Department of Animal Science at North Carolina State University and as Associate Professor in the Department of Dairy Science at Michigan State University. His career has focused on teaching and research dealing with reproductive physiology of livestock.

Dr. Britt has more than 25 years’ of experience in conducting discovery and developmental research and he has coupled this with efforts in developing and promoting methods and systems for management of reproduction in swine and dairy cattle. Dr. Britt is the author or co-author of more than 540 scientific and technical publications and abstracts and has been an invited speaker at conferences throughout North America and in twenty countries.

Dr. Britt is recipient of the Upjohn Physiology Research Award from the American Dairy Science Association, the American Cyanamid Physiology and Endocrinology Research Award from the American Society of Animal Science, the Research Award from the American Association of Animal Breeders, an Outstanding Teacher Award from North Carolina State University, and was a recipient of the 1998 CRS- Merck Award for the outstanding paper in the agrochemical/veterinary field from the 25th International Symposium on Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials.

Dr. Britt received the B.S. degree at Western Kentucky University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at North Carolina State University.