Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute) participated in two panels at Discovery 2024 in Toronto, Canada. Discovery is a conference dedicated to responsible gambling organized by the RGC (Responsible Gambling Council). The first panel explored how technology and AI can be used to support player protection. During the second panel,…

Master's student Jae (Alex) Ko (Intercollegiate Sport Management Program; Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) together with his advisor, Minkyo Lee, assistant professor (Intercollegiate Sport Management Program), presented a research paper titled, “Sponsoring eSports to Facilitate Positive and Prevent Negative Image…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was among the GBD 2021 Fertility and Forecasting Collaborators in authoring the article titled, “Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: A comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021,” in The Lancet (…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Effect of dietary selenium intake on cardiovascular disease: A retrospective cohort study based on China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data,” in the journal Public Health Nutrition (Impact factor 3.2) in collaboration with colleagues from Chongqing…

Melikabella Shenouda (Liberal Arts) published a creative writing piece titled, "flo(u)r: the in-between of autoimmunity and autonomy," in the inaugural issue of Coloring Psychoanalysis. "Coloring Psychoanalysis is an online community periodical that centers Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) voices in psychoanalysis. We explicitly…

Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing), Jay Shen (Public Health), and Ian K. McDonough (Economics) published their article, "Validation of a measure of hospital maternal level of care for the United States."

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine), dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, was recently approved as an incoming member of the 2024-2025 COD Administrative Board for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Kahn's term will formally begin in November.   

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) and Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) have been awarded a grant to develop a training program for reducing implicit bias among emergency room staff at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change. The intervention will help…

Dana Moran Williams (Theatre), is the first recipient representing the Fine Arts to have been named the Barrick Distinguished Scholar recipient in 23 years. This award recognizes faculty members who have established a record of distinguished research or demonstrated excellence in the area of creative activity.