Deborah Kuhls (Medicine), who serves as professor and chief of the Acute Care Surgery Division and associate dean of Research, received the Nevada Public Health Associations' Public Health Advocate Award on April 9, 2025 in recognition of her exceptional contributions to public health. This honor reflects her unwavering commitment and…

Minnie Wood (Nursing) has been named the 2025 Public Health Hero by the Southern Nevada Health District for her contributions to creating a healthier, more resilient community. Wood works with several community partners and has collaborated with the health district on various projects to survey and educate the community. She will be recognized at…

Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a poster titled, “A qualitative interpretive approach to examine different aspects of experiential learning in public health students" at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Conference held at Long Beach,…

Bob Rakosi, Jera Davis, Jordan Miller, Henry Krasner, Kavita Batra, Sukanta Maitra and Allison McNickle (all Medicine) co-authored a study entitled  "CT vs MRI C-Spine Imaging for C-Spine Clearance in Obtunded Patients in Low-Energy Trauma Mechanisms" published in the American Surgeon.

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds Office) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post explores the concept of self-sabotage and offers a few tips for recognizing and preventing self-defeating behavior. 

Director of Research Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute) recently published a new article in the International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration titled, "Identifying Risks and Ethical Considerations of AI in Gambling: A Scoping Review." The paper provides the first comprehensive review of academic literature…

Aya Shata's Jour 433 IMC Competition class (Journalism and Media Studies) won third place in the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) at the district level. The team developed a multi-touchpoint integrated marketing communication campaign worth $75 million for a real client. Shata along with five students (Sabrina, Alan, Joey, Kae, and…

Neda Akhavan (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published "Association between dietary inflammatory index and risk of chronic kidney disease and low glomerular filtration rate; a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies" in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 

Researchers at the International Gaming Institute — Ph.D. student Mana Azizsoltani (Hospitality), undergraduate student Cesar Lozoya Martinez (Hospitality), and research scientist Piyush Puranik (International Gaming Institute) — showcased their research at the prestigious GLI Regulators Roundtable 2025, held on April 17 in Las…