Hi All:

Food Safety Seminar will return in the spring 2025 with four speakers. All seminars will be at 12 pm Central Time via Zoom (https://unl.zoom.us/j/99498161362). For your convenience, a calendar invite with the Zoom link is attached. This seminar is open to the entire UNL community – students, staff, and faculty, including postdocs and extension educators. Feel free to join us and spread the word!

• January 29 – Dr. Nikki Shariat (PhD, Vanderbilt). Associate Professor, Department of Population Health, Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, University of Georgia
• February 26 – Dr. Amy Parks (PhD, Texas Tech). Director, Global FSQA Governance and Regulatory Compliance, Dole Food Company, Inc.
• March 26 – Dr. Melanie Firestone (PhD, Minnesota; MPH, Columbia). Assistant Professor of Foodborne Disease Epidemiology, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
• April 30 – Dr. Sarah Murphy (PhD, Cornell). Biologist, Risk Analysis Branch, Division of Risk and Decision Analytics, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Best regards,

Byron

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Byron D. Chaves, PhD. (He/Him/His)

Associate Professor & Food Safety Extension Specialist

Department of Food Science and Technology

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Phone: (402) 472 2196

byron.chaves-elizondo@unl.edu