UGA Center for Food Safety student wins Jim Ayres Young Investigator Award

Carlton Fletcher, The Albany Herald, Ga.
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Jun. 20—GRIFFIN — University of Georgia Center for Food Safety doctoral student Jouman Hassan has been named the first-place winner of this year's Jim Ayres Young Investigator Award by the Georgia Association for Food Protection.

To compete, Georgia students submit research abstracts in hopes of winning one of three awards. All three of this year's winners are UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences students.

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