Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences); Kenneth Izuora (Medicine); Jefferson Kinney, Arnold Salazar (both Brain Health); and Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) published a randomized double-blind controlled trial in Nutrients on the effects of strawberry antioxidant supplementation in adults with the metabolic syndrome. The results revealed…

Anjala Krishen (Marketing and International Business) and her coauthors Yogesh K. Dwivedi, N. Bindu, and K. Satheesh Kumar, recently had their paper, "A Broad Overview of Interactive Digital Marketing: A Bibliometric Network Analysis," published in the Journal of Business Research. This paper tracks research dynamics in interactive digital…

Zihan Ye (Finance) and her co-authors, Kimberly Cornaggia, John Hund, and Giang Nguyen, recently had their paper, "Opioid Crisis Effects On Municipal Finance," accepted to The Review of Financial Studies. The paper investigates the effects of opioid abuse on municipal finance. Research shows opioid abuse lowers credit ratings, increases…

Susan Lee Johnson (History) is featured in an episode of the History of California podcast hosted by Jordan Mattox. They speak about Johnson's books Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush and Writing Kit Carson: Fallen Heroes in a Changing West. The conversation also strays to the Western film genre and…

Karen E. Callahan (Environmental & Occupational Health) recently published an article on "Kidney Cancer Mortality Disparities among Hispanics in the US" in the journal Cancer Epidemiology.  Kidney cancer incidence is increasing among Hispanics but rate differences by distinct group, such as Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Mexican have not…

The College of Sciences Advising Center received the Student-Choice Most Timely and Accurate Advising Center for the academic year 2020-21 from The Rebel Voice Commission. The award was announced at the 2021 Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony.

Drs. Allen Young, Jo‐Lawrence Bigcas, Albert Yang, Nathaniel Reeve, Yuna Kim, and Robert C. Wang (Medicine) had their work published on the cover of Journal of The Sciences and Specialties of The Head and Neck. They found that patients often experience pain and risk of bleeding after transoral robotic surgery (TORS) radical tonsillectomy. The…

Gary Kleiger (Chemistry and Biochemistry) was awarded a four-year, $1.5 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health titled "How Ubiquitin-carrying Enzymes Contribute to Ubiquitin Ligase Specificity." He is the sole principal investigator on the grant. The funding will be used to explore how targeted protein degradation may lead to…

Dr. Jordana Haber (Medicine) has been recognized by the Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine (AWAEM) as the recipient of the 2021 AWAEM Catalyst Award. This national award honors a female faculty member who has made outstanding contributions through clinical work, teaching, mentorship, role modeling, or administration with great local…