David Basulto; Jacqueline Gamboa; Guadalupe Vazquez-Perez; Vidhani Goel;Roberto Sagaribay; Jyoti Desai; and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published a study "Educational Interventions for Labor Epidural Awareness in the United States: Protocol for a Scoping Review" in JMIR Research Protocols. This scoping review aims to map the extent,…

Researchers from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, including Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine), published the following article on workplace violence in trauma centers: Liepert A, Fallat M, Capella J, Fox A, Kuhls D, Galink G, Fischer P, Gates J, Toscano N, Kelley K, Chung S, Doucet J. Workplace violence in trauma centers is a…

Abigail Cheng, Samrawit Misiker, Roberto Sagaribay, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published an abstract in the American Journal of Transplantation titled, "Underutilization of Horseshoe Kidney Donors Despite Comparable Quality: A National Analysis from the UNOS Registry (2007–2023)." Using national United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)…

Ph.D. student Ravi Batra (Public Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) co-authored a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases titled, "Global, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023." The study reports that…

Irma Corral and Jennifer Young (Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Office of Community Affairs) have received notification of funding from the Nevada Rural Health Transformation Workforce Recruitment and Rural Access Program (WRRAP). Their project, the Healthcare Exposure Rural Outreach (HERO) program, will serve as a workforce…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) has been selected as a 2026 Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI) Scholar, a highly competitive national program sponsored by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Selected based on her accomplishments, commitment to health disparities…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with her international research collaborators, published a study titled “Effects of Ergonomic Chairs on Workplace Musculoskeletal Health: A Systematic Review” in Physical Treatments. The review examined how ergonomic chair features affect musculoskeletal health among seated workers and found that ergonomic…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) has been invited to serve on the Editorial Board of the journal Vaccines in recognition of her extensive scholarship and expertise in immunization equity, vaccine-preventable diseases, and public health research. Dr. Batra currently holds leadership and editorial roles with several prominent journals, including Annals of…

Vidhani S. Goel (Medicine) was recognized as the Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year at the UNLV Rebel Awards for her exceptional contributions as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. She provided research and methodological support to medical trainees and faculty, including study design, data…

Vidhani S. Goel, Roberto Sagaribay, Marinela Maskuti, Nadia Gomez, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) presented at the Nevada Public Health Association Annual Conference held in Las Vegas from April 21-22, 2026. The presentation titled, Can’t Get There, Can’t Get Care: Transportation Insecurity and Prenatal Care Utilization in Nevada, examined the…