Jean B. Bingham, the steering committee of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Investigating Gene Function Initiative for livestock, which aimed to facilitate genomics research across the UK. She became the first director of the Farm Animal Genetics and Genomics Faraday Partnership in 2002, and she continues to serve on a committee of its successor body, the Knowledge Transfer Network. She also served on the veterinary advisory committee of the Horserace Betting Levy Board (from 1997 until 2006 or 2008). Research. The long-term focus of Wathes' research has been reproduction in domestic ruminants, including cattle and sheep. Fertility in dairy cattle	Claire Wathes
18038824	, and the problem of infertility, have formed an important part of her work from the outset. In her early research in Nottingham, with Lamming and others, she developed a method to diagnose and monitor low fertility in cows by measuring levels of the progesterone hormone in their milk. Her subsequent research at the Royal Veterinary College has investigated what causes cows to have low fertility, including their genetic background, nutrition and metabolic status, as well as bacterial infection of the uterus after calving. She has shown that lack of sufficient nutrients is an important cause of infertility. While working at 	Claire Wathes
18038825	Bristol she showed, with Ray Swann, that the oxytocin hormone is produced in the corpus luteum of the ovary in sheep and other ruminants, as well as in the neurohypophysis. This might form part of the mechanism by which female ruminants detect whether or not they have conceived. She has subsequently studied how hormonal and other factors regulate the oestrus cycle and the birthing process in sheep and cows. Awards and societies. Wathes is an elected fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) and the Royal Society of Biology. She has served on the council of the Royal 	Claire Wathes
18038826	Society of Biology since 2017, and has also held roles on the committees of several other learned societies, including the European Society of Domestic Animal Reproduction, the Society for Endocrinology and the Society for Reproduction and Fertility. Her awards include RASE's Research Medal (2006) for her work on fertility in dairy cattle, and the Society for Reproduction and Fertility's Marshall Medal (2015). Personal life. She was married to Christopher Wathes, also a veterinary researcher; he died in 2016. Claire Wathes (Dorothy) Claire Wathes née Bulman (born 1953) is a British veterinary researcher who studies the reproduction of farm 	Claire Wathes
18038827	Jean B. Bingham Jean B. Bingham Jean Barrus Bingham (born June 10, 1952) has been the 17th Relief Society General President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2017. Bingham was born in Provo, Utah to parents Robert R. Barrus and Edith Joy Clark. Bingham was raised in New Jersey, Minnesota, and Texas. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, her father served as the church's bishop and she did minor aid in helping build a new LDS chapel. She lived in New Jersey during her high school years. She has an associate degree from Elgin Community College and 	Jean B. Bingham
18038828	another from Brigham Young University (BYU), along with a bachelor's and master's degrees in teaching from National Louis University. After graduating she moved to Illinois and also lived in Wisconsin. Bingham taught English as a second language and also worked as a nurse's aid. LDS Church service. In the LDS Church, she has served as both as a ward Primary and Young Women president and a counselor in a ward Relief Society presidency. She also served for a time as a stake Young Women president. She was also an early morning seminary teacher for 6 years and 	Jean B. Bingham
18038829	an ordinance worker in the Chicago Illinois Temple. She also served for six years as a member of the Primary General Board. In April 2016, she was called as a counselor to Joy D. Jones in the Primary General Presidency. In April 2017 Bingham was called to succeed Linda K. Burton as Relief Society General President. She called Sharon Eubank and Reyna I. Aburto as her counselors in what was called an 'unusually diverse' presidency. Bingham was selected to participate in the 2018 White House National Day of Prayer and was quoted, This nation has been given relative peace and  prosperity and we humbly ask thee to watch over those in harm’s way, protecting our freedoms in the pursuit of happiness." Bingham helped unveil a completely redesigned and updated Relief Society website in 2019 that she explained, "Now you can access resources for hope and help, see what sisters around the world are doing and listen to inspiration for women on podcasts". In 2019, Bingham participated in the first-ever 'Sister-to-Sister' question-and-answer worldwide live event as part of Brigham Young University's Women's Conference. She visited the West African country of Sierra Leone June  5 through June 16, 2019 to visit members of the LDS Church. Bingham was the keynote speaker at the International Women-In-Diplomacy Day in March 2021 and emphasized that education is key for the success of women worldwide. Personal life. Bingham married Bruce Bingham in the Provo Utah Temple in 1972. They have two children and fostered many children. Jean B. Bingham Jean Barrus Bingham (born June 10, 1952) has been the 17th Relief Society General President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2017. Bingham was born in Provo, Utah to