Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Sean Neiswenter (Life Sciences) were selected to receive a UNLV 2024 Faculty Opportunity Award for their project titled, "Emerging Parasitic & Vector-Borne Diseases: Disease Ecology from a One Health Perspective." The Faculty…

Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) was selected for the Fred Rogers Inquiry Educators 2024-2025 cohort. In collaboration with the Fred Rogers Institute, she will explore how Mr. Rogers' work addressed the inclusion and sense of belonging for young children with disabilities and their…

Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration and Policy, School of Public Health) published "Implementation Levels of Electronic Health Records and their Influence on Quality and Safety" in the Online Journal of Nursing Informatics.

Amy Brown (Music) published an article titled "The Progression of Technology Integration in the Music Classroom to Support Student Engagement: Part I-Using Google Keep" in the Journal of General Music Education. This article is part of the Musical Idea Series, highlighting unique topics for the general music classroom.

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-published an article on "Delayed care during pregnancy and postpartum linked to poor maternal mental health: evidence in the United States" in the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. Mental health disorders are important prenatal and postpartum health complications. In the rapidly changing…

Asma Awan, Ana Daniela Gonzalez, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) published a manuscript titled, “A Neoteric Approach toward Social Media in Public Health Informatics: A Narrative Review of Current Trends and Future Directions” in the journal Information (Impact factor 3.1).  The article is very timely and underscores the…

Ileana Jara Yupanqui (Linguistics), Miriam Melton-Villanueva (History), and Blanca Rincón (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) were selected to receive a 2024 Faculty Opportunity Award (FOA) for project entitled "A Planning Grant for NEH: Mural of Knowledges."

Adjoa Mensah (Teaching and Learning), won the Professor Roosevelt Fitzgerald Outstanding Scholarship and Leadership award. 

Dr. Gregory Brown (Psychiatry and Behavioral Health; Medicine) and colleagues published an article in Academic Psychiatry proposing updated guidelines for professional training.