Outreach & Extension

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• Extension Publications
• Outreach, Training, and Public Engagement
• Selected Presentations and Engagement Activities

Extension publications

Note: EDIS: Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS) is a UF/IFAS peer-reviewed publication system used to share extension scholarship.

1. Razieh Sadat Mirmahdi, Naim Montazeri, Razieh Farzad*. 2026. Regulating Molluscan Shellfish: US and Florida Oversight and the Role of FDA’s Traceability Rule (FSMA 204). UF/IFAS EDIS. (accepted).

2. Samantha Dicker, Razieh Sadat Mirmahdi, and Naim Montazeri*. Cook it right: a guide to safeguard your food through proper cooking. UF/IFAS EDIS. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FS471.

3. Razieh Sadat Mirmahdi, Samantha Dicker, Razieh Farzad, Andrew J. MacIntosh, Amarat Simonne, and Naim Montazeri*. 2025. Ensuring safe oysters: essential handling, preparing, and cooking practices. UF/IFAS EDIS, FSHN25-8. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fs470-2025.

4. Siman Liu, Naim Montazeri, and Keith Schneider*. 2022. Bacteriophages: a potential mitigation strategy for pathogenic bacteria in food. UF/IFAS EDIS. FSHN22-5. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-FS438-2022.

5. Jaysankar De, Christopher R. Pabst, Naim Montazeri, Melissa K. Jones, Renée Goodrich Schneider, and Keith R. Schneider*. 2018. Preventing foodborne illness: norovirus. UF/IFAS EDIS, FS12900. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FS/FS12900.pdf.

Outreach, Training, and Public Engagement

• Invited speaker on norovirus control, sanitation strategies, and food safety systems across academic, industry, and extension audiences.

• Delivered extension webinars on COVID-19 and food safety through UF/IFAS virtual programs.

• Presented to stakeholders including aquaculture producers, extension professionals, and regulatory audiences.

• Contributed to public science communication events (e.g., museums, libraries, and community outreach programs).

• Mentored students and trainees in food safety, microbiology, and applied research careers.

Selected Presentations and Engagement Activities

• Human norovirus: surface disinfection strategies – UF/IFAS In-Service Training (2020).
• Food safety and COVID-19 – UF/IFAS Virtual Office Hours (2020).
• Viruses: our friends and foes – UF FSHN Club (2019).
• Science on Stage: Norovirus – NC Museum of Natural Sciences: https://youtu.be/gtwZtPBSgV8, (2016).
• Safety of Louisiana oysters and environmental waters - SCALE Food Safety Conference. Mississippi Association of Cooperatives - Alcorn State University, Raymond, MS (2015).