Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Ravi Batra (Public Health) along with the Global Burden of Disease 2023 Lower Respiratory Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators, published “Global Burden of Lower Respiratory Infections and Aetiologies, 1990–2023” in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. This global analysis found that lower respiratory…

Sanna Fatima, Nancy Seto, Kavita Batra, Vidhani S. Goel, Cristina Ortiz-Malave, and Kenneth E. Izuora (all Medicine) published “Clinical Factors Associated with Failure of Insulin Transition in Adults with Diabetic Ketoacidosis” in Endocrine Practice. In this retrospective study of 493 adults hospitalized with diabetic ketoacidosis, failure to…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) collaborated with investigators from Iran, Abuja, and Italy to publish “Efficacy of Vibro-Medical Foot Orthoses on Gait, Postural Control, and Muscle Activity in Physically Active Young Adults” in the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. This systematic review found that vibro-medical foot orthoses may improve gait,…

Emily J. R. Carter, Roberto Sagaribay, Aditi Singh, Deborah A. Kuhls, Kavita Batra (all Medicine), along with Jennifer Pharr (Public Health) and Lorraine Evangelista (University of California, Irvine), published, “Bias at the Bedside: A Comprehensive Review of Racial, Sexual, and Gender Minority Experiences and Provider Attitudes in Healthcare,”…

Asma Awan, Md. Sohail Akhter, Sharmistha Roy, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) published a paper titled, "School-based interventions for mental health promotion: A systematic review of evidence-based practices at the global level,” in the American Journal of Health Studies. This systematic review synthesized evidence from 24…

Linc Johnson (Early Childhood, Multilingual and Special Education) presented his research "Transformative Leadership and the Globalization Scorecard: Standardizing the Johnson Ranking of Global Engagement" at the 2025 Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He was recognized at the conference for…

Asma Awan, Md. Sohail Akhter, Sharmistha Roy, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) published a paper titled, "School-based interventions for mental health promotion: A systematic review of evidence-based practices at the global level,” in the American Journal of Health Studies. This systematic review synthesized evidence from 24…

Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) was named to the board of directors for Family Voices. This national organization "is a family-led organization that transforms systems of care to work better for all children and youth, especially those with special health care needs or disabilities"…

UNLV School of Medicine students Micah Char, Brady Williams, Kaloyan Momchilov, and Christine Shen, along with Amy Stone, Ph.D., (all Medicine) presented a research poster titled, "Statewide Impacts of H.R. 1, 2025 (“The Big Beautiful Bill”) on Nevada’s Healthcare System: Modeling Consequences of Rural Hospital Closures" at the 2025…