Asma Awan and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) presented a poster titled, "Effects of Structured Yoga Practices in Improving Cardiovascular Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review,” at the 12th Annual meeting of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences North American Section, held on Sept. 18-20, 2025, in Las Vegas. The poster…
Mohammad Karim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) received a new award of $140,987 from Texas A&M University for his  project titled "Oral systemic therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma in the immunotherapy era." 
Victoria Sullivan, Gavin Banning, Shelley Williams, Karl Kingsley, Carter Wilkerson, and Cindy Kim (all Dental Medicine) published their study "Assessment of Bacterial Presence Among New and “In Use” Resealable Biomaterials Within the Pediatric Dental Clinic" in the journal MDPI Hygiene.
Francine Lipman (Law) was the moderator for a panel discussion entitled "60 Years of Tax and Social Justice: Exploring the History of ABA Policies & Beyond."
Nancy Rapoport (Law) was a panelist for a session entitled, “Smarter Than Ever: The Potential and Perils of Artificial Intelligence,” at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges' Annual Meeting with Hon. Daniel P. Collins and HP Newquist.
Clariana Vitoria Ramos de Oliveira (Nursing) was awarded the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Award to address social gaps in care. Through the Hillman Emergent Innovation (HEI) program, the grant will support her research, "Community-Based Problem Management to Support Perinatal Latinx Mothers’ Mental Health." The program focuses on bold, nursing…
Arumugam Jayaraman (Chemistry and Biochemistry), University of Wuerzburg professor Holger Braunschweig in Germany, and University of Sussex professor Alfredo Vargas in the UK published "Olefin π-coordination chemistry at low-oxidation-state boron" in the Nature Portfolio’s Nature Chemistry journal on September 19,…
Jichun Li (Mathematical Sciences) recently coauthored two papers, "Developing and analyzing a DG method for modeling of metasurfaces" and "A novel finite element method for simulating surface plasmon polaritons on complex graphene sheets," in Journal of Computational Physics (3.8 Impact Factor), one of the very top journals in Computational…
Erika Marquez (Environmental and Global Health) received a grant award amendment of $1,891,400 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Nevada Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.

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