Dr. Brashears has a passion for helping improve the quality of life in developing countries, is active in international research, and has conducted research projects in Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, the Bahamas, and Australia. Her work, along with her team members, has resulted in the re-building of the beef industry in Honduras with the Honduran President recently allocating $20 million to build new feedyards and slaughter plants based on the work that the team has conducted over the past 4 years.

Over the course of her career, Dr. Brashears has amassed over $22 million in research grants and has obtained 21 US patents. During this time, she has been involved in mentoring more than 125 students through laboratory research projects as a major advisor or committee member. Dr. Brashears has been actively involved in the AMSA organization for 16 years, previously serving as a judge for the RMC graduate research poster competition and Taste of RMC. Dr. Brashears received the AMSA Industry/Extension Service Award in 2017 and in the same year was named a Future Icon in the Meat Industry by the National Provisioner and was inducted into the National Academy of Inventors.

Source: AMSA