Kavita Batra (Medicine) co-authored a study, "Global, regional, and national prevalence of second-hand smoke and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023," published in The Lancet Public Health. The first dedicated analysis of second-hand smoke as a…

Five years of evidence deliver a reassuring message: GLP-1 medicines are not linked to major psychiatric harm. Research co-authored by Kavita Batra (Medicine), Jagdish Khubchandani from New Mexico State University, and colleagues found no increased risk of suicidal thoughts, depression, or other serious psychiatric outcomes in the general treated…

Grants and Research Director Noehealani Antolin (Medicine) served as an invited panelist at the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) Annual Conference, held August 29–September 2, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Antolin was one of five panelists in the session "Riding Safe: Electric Bikes, Scooters and the Road Ahead," which examined how…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Dr. Jagdish Khubchandani of New Mexico State University were featured in Medical Xpress for their research on the psychiatric safety of GLP-1 receptor agonists. Their study found no evidence of increased serious psychiatric harm but stressed individualized screening and closer monitoring of patients with existing mental…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) published “Comparing Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Added to Thoracolumbosacral Orthosis with Thoracolumbosacral Orthosis Alone on Pain, Trunk Control, and Respiratory Function in Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial” in Bioengineering. Batra is an interdisciplinary…

Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article as a senior collaborator with GBD 2023 Second-hand Smoke Collaborators titled “Global, regional, and national prevalence of second-hand smoke and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study…

The Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) has announced that Lindsey Gruber (UNLV Global) has been selected as a 2026–2027 AIEA Presidential Fellow, one of the field’s most competitive and prestigious mentorship opportunities for Senior International Officers (SIOs). Lindsey has been paired with distinguished mentor Kalpen…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) published “Global, Regional, and National Burden of Myocarditis and Its Impairment, 1990–2023” in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study found that although age-adjusted mortality and disability declined, the absolute burden increased because of population growth and aging, with persistent disparities…

Dr. Ken Reed (Dental) accepted a two-year appointment to the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Bylaws committee, which begins Oct. 20 at the close of the House of Delegates session. Established in 1905, the American Society of Anesthesiologists serves to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and to improve…