Members of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD) voted for Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) to serve as the organization’s president-elect. During her one-year term, Demopoulos will be a non-voting member of all AAPHD committees, will assist the president in fulfilling the AAPHD’s mission, and will handle other duties as…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored a paper entitled, “COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: a systematic review of cognitive determinants,” in the journal, Health Promotion Perspectives (Impact Factor 3.18) with authors from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. The article highlighted initiation and maintenance…

Congratulations to our first ever DAISY award winner, Deneice Hernandez.  UNLV School of Nursing is proud to partner with The DAISY Foundation to honor an outstanding level four student this year. Students were nominated by their peers, preceptors, faculty, patients, or managers, and a winner was chosen using the following criteria points…

Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy) received a $1.99 million grant from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection to fund a "NVCLPPP Building Local Capacity" project. With this funding, the project will implement the following strategies:…

David Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post, "Public Speaking: What You Need to Succeed (Part I)," on the popular Ombuzz blog about how to be effective at public speaking. The blog, which focuses on leadership and conflict management issues, is geared towards a wide audience.

Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology), Samantha John (Brain Health), and Tirth Bhatta (Sociology) published an article, "Urbanicity and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life," in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.

Karl Kingsley, Ching Shen, Justin Simpson, Brigham Clawson, and Steven Lam (all Dental) recently published "Prevalence of Oral Pathogen Slackia exigua among Clinical Orthodontic and Non-Orthodontic Saliva Samples" in the most recent issue of Microorganisms.  

UNLV Down Syndrome Program Director Dr. Kate Martin (Medicine) published her capstone paper in instructional design, titled, "Building an Infrastructure for Down Syndrome Care." The paper focuses on the current efforts of the Down Syndrome Program to meet the healthcare needs of people with Down syndrome and their families. 

Nicholas Irwin (Economics) was recently interviewed by KTNV-Las Vegas and the East Bay Times about the potential relocation of the Oakland A's and the associated economic impacts.