Dr Jennie Pryce is a world renowned researcher in dairy genetics and genomics and currently leads the DairyBio Animal’s programme funded by Agriculture Victoria, Dairy Australia and the Gardiner Foundation. She also holds positions with La Trobe University and DataGene. She has >116 peer-reviewed publications with significant contributions to the area of application of genomic selection applied to improvement of dairy cow health, fertility, feed efficiency and heat tolerance. In 2016, Jennie was the first non-North American recipient of the prestigious American Dairy Science Association J.L. Lush award for Animal Breeding and Genetics. Jennie is originally from the UK, with a 1st class Hons degree and PhD from the University of Edinburgh.