Christopher Cain, Ph.D., and Ph.D. candidate Junghoon Lee (both Hospitality) collaborated with researchers from Syracuse University to explore the impact of weather-related variables on the performance of all PGA Tour golfers across tournaments over seven full seasons. Their study, "Forecasters of Success: Atmospheric Conditions and…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was a co-presenter of 31 presentations with his students and colleagues at the 153rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association held in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2-5. The topics of his presentation ranged from public health workforce training in Nevada, mental health…
Fatima Suarez (Sociology) published a book titled, Latino Fathers: What Shapes and Sustains Their Parenting with New York University Press. 
Reimund Serafica, Catherine Dingley (Nursing), and Joseph Morgan (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published an article titled, “Leveraging Simulation to Understand Nursing Student Learning in Technologically Complex Environments,” in Clinical Simulation in Nursing. The publication is based on the…
Master's students Adrian Amezcua, Donavan Ross, and Ishan Balaji (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) have received a $3,000 grant from the Nevada Problem Gambling Project at UNLV's International Gaming Institute for their project titled, "An Examination of Adults’ Exposure to Online Gambling and the Impact of…
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Francisco Sy (Public Health), Reimund Serafica and Joseph Guerrero Lopez (both Nursing) recently published a research article titled, "A Decade of Publication Trends in the Mountain West Clinical and Translational Research Infrastructure Network," in the Journal of Translational Science. 
Assistant professor Juha Yoon (Intercollegiate and Professional Sport Management) has been selected as a 2025 Paul R. Lawrence Fellow by the North American Case Research Association (NACRA), recognizing emerging scholars for excellence and potential in case research and teaching.
Reimund Serafica (Nursing) presented a podium presentation, “Breaking the Salt Cycle: Exploring Food Insecurity, Mental Health , and Dietary Adherence in Filipino Americans with Hypertension,” at the 51st Transcultural Nursing Society National Conference in Portland, Maine, on Oct. 30, 2025. 

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