Hui Zhang and Hong Sun’s (both Chemistry and Biochemistry) biochemistry laboratories recently published a research article titled “The Assembly of Mammalian SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes is Regulated by Lysine-Methylation Dependent Proteolysis,” in Nature Communications. This research revealed for the first time how the…

Manoj Sharma, Ravi Batra (Social and Behavioral Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education), Chia-Laing Dai (Teaching and Learning), and David Cappelli (Dental Medicine) have published a manuscript titled, “Predicting Flossing through the Application of the Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change among…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) was invited to serve as an editorial board member to the journal Annals of Epidemiology. The Annals of Epidemiology is a peer-reviewed, international journal sponsored by the American College of Epidemiology. This journal emphasizes the application of epidemiologic methods to issues that affect the distribution…

Jamie Davidson (Student Wellness) was profiled in the Frontlines segment of the Mary Christie Institute quarterly newsletter. The "Frontlines" section highlights national leaders in college student health and mental health.  

Professor Yong Li (Business, Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation) had a paper accepted for publication by the Strategic Management Journal. The paper is titled, "Stronger Together: Country-of-Origin Agglomeration and MNE Location Choice in an Adverse Institutional Environment." It addresses this question: Why do multinational…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health), along with colleagues, presented a symposium paper on "Indirect effects of adverse childhood experiences on self-reported substance use problems through mental illness among sexual and gender diverse individuals" at the 2022 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies annual meeting in Atlanta, GA…

Jennifer Rennels (Psychology) published "Recommendations for Investigating the Cross-Category Effect Among Hispanic and Latino Populations" in Perspectives on Psychological Science. Individuals who are Hispanic or Latino make up a substantial portion of the U.S. and world population, yet are vastly underrepresented as both…

Dr. Marc J. Kahn, MD, MBA, the dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine and vice president for Health Affairs, recently published an editorial in the Las Vegas Review Journal with Jesus Jara, the superintendent of the Clark County School District, articulating the important linkage between education and health.

Monica R. Brown (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and Ayo Aborishade (Education) co-authored a recently published (online) article titled, "Using technology to coach culturally and linguistically diverse families in the behavior intervention plan process: Embedding funds of knowledge," in a special issue of the Journal of…