Ms. Sheila Aikins-Wilson is a Research Scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Animal Research Institute (CSIR-ARI). Sheila holds a B. Sc. (Hons) in Agriculture and an M. Phil in Animal Science from the University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. She also possesses a Certificate in knowledge and Skill Development of Food, Screening of GMO in Foods, Proximate Analysis, Residue Analysis, Elemental Analysis and Microbial Analysis from the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India. Sheila is currently a Doctoral candidate at the Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. She has vast experience in conducting research on livestock, poultry and grasscutter. Sheila is also an expert in value chain analysis and market linkage. Her present research interest include animal genetics, genome-wide association study, genomic selection, food security and meat science. Sheila is also endowed with strong analytical and conceptual skills as well as written and verbal communication. She is a member of Ghana Society of Animal Production and Ghana Science Associations. She also have several publications in peer-reviewed journals.