Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute) has co-authored a newly published study in the Journal of Gambling Studies titled, "Across the Bettor-Verse: An Open Banking Perspective on Gambling in the United Kingdom." Co-authored with Jay Peterson (PhD Student, Hospitality), Mana Azizsoltani (recent PhD graduate, Hospitality), and Richard…
Zahra Mojtahedi and Pearl Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Yoo (Medicine), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research) recently published "Socioeconomic differences in discharge against medical advice and hospital admission among emergency department visits associated with…
Tiange Xu (International Gaming Institute; Hospitality), Shane Kraus (Psychology), and colleagues recently published a paper, "A longitudinal investigation of sports betting legalization’s influence on problem gambling," in the Addictive Behaviors. This study tracked 112 American sports bettors over two years using a natural experimental design,…
Dean Leah Chan Grinvald (Law) was the moderator for a panel discussion on What's New with the ABA and the Department of Education (or Whatever Replaces It) at the 2025 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference. 
Professor Justin Iverson (Law) was elected to serve as the President of the Western Pacific Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). 
Professor Nachman Gutowski (Law) presented on Licensure Reform at the 2025 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference.
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Kavita Batra (Medicine), a global health expert and interdisciplinary researcher, co-authored a landmark study published in The Lancet Global Health in collaboration with the GBD 2023 Kidney Failure with Replacement Therapy (KFRT) Collaborators. The study, “Global, regional, and national prevalence of kidney failure with replacement therapy and…
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