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This includes everything from surveying and certifying nursing homes to assisting Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries and overseeing contracts or extra payments to rural ambulance providers.

County elections officials must certify election results by Dec. 4.

But she’s also a certified health coach who has written a cookbook.

"The award isn't about certifying research but celebrating it - the fun side of science. Most research is a thankless job done out of passion, and this is also a way of popularising it."

In her book, Harris calls the day she certified the election one of the hardest things she’s ever had to do.