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Rachel White

Award: Fulbright-Teagasc (Student)

Sponsor: Teagasc

Institution: University College Dublin/Agricultural Institute

Year: 2021

Rachel White is a MSc student at the School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin. She graduated with a First Class Honours BSc in Animal Science from UCD in 2017 and joined the graduate program of Ornua, an Irish agri-food cooperative which markets and sells dairy products on behalf of Irish dairy processors and dairy farmers. There, she worked across procurement, international sales and marketing for the Kerrygold brand in their Dublin and Dubai offices. Rachel secured a Teagasc Walsh Scholarship to undertake her MSc in Dairy Reproduction, which is focused on uterine disease in lactating dairy cows. Rachel’s study examines the risk factors and incidence of such disease as well as treatment efficacies to mitigate associated fertility loss. As part of her undergraduate degree, Rachel spent a semester abroad at Cornell University where she gained an insight into US dairy farming practises and reproductive management. As a Fulbright-Teagasc Student Awardee, Rachel will visit the University of Florida, Gainesville, where she will explore the impact of infection and immunity in the female reproductive tract on fertility

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