Rocky Rockstraw (Nursing) was awarded FY24 Appropriations Federal Funding. Project Purpose: The project will fund healthcare simulation equipment for the UNLV School of Nursing Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas. Also facilitated by Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, this grant will allow UNLV’s academic health center to provide…

Iwimbong Kum Ghabowen (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research), and Xan Goodman (University Libraries) recently published a paper, "Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Financial Impact of 30-Day Readmissions for Selected Medical Conditions: A…

Carly Lynn Wolfe (Intensive English Program) published an article titled "Exploring the potential of ChatGPT as a language learning tool" in the Higher Education Interest Section of TESOL. The article describes a method for using generative AI as a supplement for teaching academic vocabulary to English language learners.

Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology) has been appointed associate editor of the Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Alyssa Crittenden (Graduate College) presented the opening keynote lecture at the inaugural Gardner Institute summit, The Graduate Student Experience: Redesigning graduate school so that every student can flourish and finish, titled "Building Bridges in Graduate Education: Wrap-around services and the vital role of community in fostering…

Asma Awan, Ana Gonzalez, Muhammad Sohail Akhter, Refat Srejon, Abena Owusu, Susan Dakwa, Blessing Imade, Salim Dweck, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) conducted a 60 minutes-workshop on  March 27, 2024, at National Network of Public Health Institutes' convenings held for COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant Reverse Site Visit…

A UNLV collaborative team from the Office of Decision Support and the Graduate College, led by Nikolina Pender, the director of Graduate Data Analysis & Assessment, presented a paper at a national convening by the Gardner Institute. The conference, titled "The Graduate Student Experience: Redesigning Graduate School So That Every Student…

Dr. Nate Hollister (Emergency Medicine) and his colleague Scott McDonald (Kinesiology) organized the Circus Meets Medicine conference held at UNLV on March 22, 2024. The conference featured live demonstrations from artists as well as speakers discussing perspectives from elite performers and experts on injury management, biomechanics, and well-…

Hunter Hinton, Lorena Herrera, Sofia Valenzuela, Katherine M. Howard, and Karl Kingsley (all Dental) published their study, "Screening for High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Reveals HPV52 and HPV58 among Pediatric and Adult Patient Saliva Samples," in the MDPI journal, Dentistry.