MPH student Osama Hashmi wins UGA Top Entrepreneur Award

Osama Hashmi, an Honors student working on both his B.S. Biology and MPH in health policy and management, has been selected at the as UGA’s “Next Top Entrepreneur” for his company Vitamin C, according the the Athens Banner Herald.

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