Ewa Wasilewska, Ph.D. from the Department of Food Immunology and Microbiology at the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, has received the prestigious JDS Highly Cited Award from American Dairy Science Association (ADSA).

The ADSA is an international organization of lecturers, scientists, and business representatives involved in developing the dairy industry. Members of ADSA has discovered methods and technologies that have revolutionized the dairy industry.

An official journal of ADSA, Journal of Dairy Science, is the leading general dairy research journal in the world. Highly Cited Award program was established to formally recognize JDS authors whose efforts significantly impact research and the dairy industry.

The JDS Highly Cited Award 2022 was awarded to Ewa Wasilewska and co-authors (Dagmara Zlotkowska and Barbara Wróblewska) for their paper entitled „Yogurt starter cultures of Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus ameliorate symptoms and modulate the immune response in a mouse model of dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis,” published in 2019.

The number of citations of the published study is an excellent indicator of its importance to the scientific community. Moreover, the highlighted work has been linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which can help address major global threats.