Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with the GBD 2019 IMID collaborators published a study, "Global, regional, and national incidence of six major immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019," in the eClinicalMedicine (part of the LANCET Discovery Science, Impact factor=15.1). This study presents a…

UNLV President Keith Whitfield and Dr. Marc J. Kahn, dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, co-authored an editorial that recently appeared in the Las Vegas Sun. “Teamwork Essential for Better Health Care in Las Vegas,” highlighted the school’s plan for an academic health center where all of UNLV’s health science schools, as well as…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleague published a paper, "The relative risks of different forms of sports betting in a U.S. sample: A brief report," in Comprehensive Psychiatry. 

Linda Dam and Benjamin Burroughs (both Journalism and Media Studies), and Anne Marie Basaran Borsai (University of Connecticut, Stamford, Connecticut), have published an article titled, "(Over)Eating with our Eyes: An examination of Mukbang Influencer Marketing and Consumer Engagement with Food Brands," in the Journal of Promotion…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official channel of UNLV's Ombuds Office, that takes a personal look at what can be gained — and lost — when substituting artificial intelligence for personal effort.  If you have any concern that you would like to discuss with the Ombuds, please contact the office…

Ph.D. candidate Noehealani Antolin and Ph.D. graduates Yingke Xu and Xiangxue Xiao (all Public Health) co-authored articles with the CDC in a Special Issue: A Collection of Evidence‐Based Strategies for School Nutrition and Physical Activity, which was published in the Journal of School Health.  Antolin is a co-author on an…

Professor Francine Lipman (Law) co-authored a chapter, Economic Justice Delivered through Tax Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Chapter 15), in the American Bar Association's (ABA) Civil Rights and Social Justice book titled, The Legal and Social Ramifications of Pandemics on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. 

Kavita Batra (Medicine) co-authored a study titled, “Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021,” (earlier published in the Lancet) was recently mentioned in the Washington Post as a part of its “Big Number” series,…

Emily Budd (Art) was interviewed in Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America, Season 2, Episode 1, on Discovery, about the queer history of Rhyolite, Nevada, and her public sculpture that memorializes it.