Friends of IPM Awards
The mission of the Southern IPM Center is to champion the development and adoption of integrated pest management (IPM), the science of managing pests while protecting people, the environment and economy. Each Regional Center engages broadly with stakeholders to identify and address regional pest priorities in agriculture, communities and natural areas.
Since 2003, the Southern IPM Center (SIPMC) has worked with USDA, Land Grant universities, Extension, and many other partners in promoting and facilitating the development and implementation of IPM in many settings across the region.
Many of these partners have contributed to the region’s well-being for years or even decades.
Hall of Fame
The Southern IPM Hall of Fame award recognizes individuals who have contributed to any important aspect of Southern IPM over many years with documented history of career achievements in IPM.
Along with authorship of educational materials, research papers, manuals, books, and presentations of IPM material, Hall of Fame award candidates have greatly impacted IPM in the Southern region over the lifetime of their career.
At the time Dr. Nancy Hinkle received this honor, it was known as the Southern IPM Lifetime Achievement Award. The award has since been renamed the Southern IPM Hall of Fame Award and continues to recognize individuals whose careers have had a lasting impact on integrated pest management.
Nancy Hinkle, University of Georgia
Written by Kayla Watson
Dr. Nancy Hinkle has extraordinary achievements in research and Extension over a career in Veterinary Entomology. Because most veterinary pests are also considered urban pests (fleas, ticks, flies, etc.), not only is Dr. Hinkle considered an expert in animal pests, but she likewise is viewed as an authority on household pests and their suppression.
Though she has worked with other arthropod groups, insecticide resistance, applied ecology, and IPM dominate her work.
Throughout her career, Dr. Hinkle’s research and Extension outreach have improved IPM by developing IPM programs that are then conveyed to Extension audiences, including livestock and poultry producers, Extension agents, and pest management professionals.
Because so few veterinary entomologists are employed in academia, her program has spanned the range of veterinary pests, focusing mostly on those affecting livestock, poultry, and companion animals. Hers continues to be the definitive voice concerning fleas, flies, northern fowl mites, and darkling beetles.
Not only does she emphasize that animal agriculture needs integrated pest suppression options, but she acquaints her pre-med students with IPM approaches as critical in the One Health concept, encompassing human, animal, and environmental health.
Dr. Hinkle has made outstanding contributions to the field of IPM through her research, extension, and professional service over the past 43 years, the benefits of which have been realized not only in southern US but also nationally and internationally.
