UNLV School of Medicine students Vlada Stark, Autena Asefirad, Isabel Kovaltchouk, Alexandrea Pitts, along with Amy Stone, Ph.D., (all Medicine) presented their poster titled, "Psychoneuroimmunology in IBS: The Cytokine Imprint of Psychological Distress," at the 2025 American Medical Association (AMA) Interim House of Delegates Meeting. The…

UNLV School of Medicine students helped advance national policy at the 2025 American Medical Association (AMA) Interim House of Delegates with the adoption of Resolution 228, Support Permanent Funding and Expansion of Native Hawaiian Healthcare. The resolution was led by Micah Char, with coauthor Misty Kahale (both Medicine). The newly adopted…

Vlada Stark and John Beckerle (both Medicine) presented their poster titled, "Patterns of Substance Screening and Drug Positivity in Trauma Patients: Understanding Housing Status as a Determinant of Care," at the 2025 American Medical Association (AMA) Annual House of Delegates Meeting. The study analyzed the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB)…

Lisa Johnson (Anthropology) recently published a co-edited volume, "The Urban Questions: Interdisciplinary & Multiscalar Approaches to Investigating the Ancient Mesoamerican City," through the University of Utah Press, Available Dec. 19, 2025, ISBN: 978-1-64769-228-5. 

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) served as the historical consultant for the "West Las Vegas Historical Timeline" that is displayed at the new West Las Vegas Library. It depicts and contextualizes key events in the history of Las Vegas' Black community and the Historic Westside.

John “Skip” Crooker and Qingmin Shi (both Decision Support), in collaboration with Celeste Calkins (Illinois State University), published an empirical study in the Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, titled “Examining the Relationship Between Grading Leniency and Reliability During the COVID Shock.” The study investigates how faculty…

Once again, ScholarGPS has named Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings (Medicine) the world’s top scholar in the specialties of neuroscience and Alzheimer's disease. Each year, the organization analyzes published works from more than 30 million scientific researchers and ranks them by the value of their publications, citations and h-indexes. Cummings is also…

UNLV School of Medicine student contributed to the adoption of national policy at the 2025 American Medical Association (AMA) Annual House of Delegates with the adoption of policy H-60.893, Strengthening Child Labor Protections for Working Minors. Nicholas Kolch (Medicine) served as a coauthor on the resolution. The policy states that the AMA…

UNLV School of Medicine students contributed to the amendment of existing national policy at the 2025 American Medical Association (AMA) Annual House of Delegates with the adoption of policy H-60.896, Youth Residential and Other Treatment Program Regulation. Led by Eileen Enriquez with coauthor Sierra McCarty (both Medicine), the resolution…