Notable: Kavita Batra, Manoj Sharma, Ravi Batra
Kavita Batra (Medicine), Manoj Sharma, and Ravi Batra (both Social and Behavioral Health) along with researchers from the University of Utah published a meta-analysis, "Assessing the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 among College Students: An Evidence of 15 Countries," in February 2021. As of today, this meta-analysis remains among the top 20…
Presentation: Jay Shen, Pearl Kim, Ji Yoo, Laurie Kim
Jay Shen and Pearl Kim (both Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Ji Yoo and Laurie Kim (both Medicine) recently presented "Assessing Effects of the IETHTC Program on Clinical Outcomes and Cost of Care in a Healthcare Provider Shortage Area in USA” at the conference of ISPOR — a professional society for Health Economics and Outcomes…
Appointment/Election: Chad Cross
Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was appointed to the international council of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) for the term 2022-2028. ISID has a mission to is to "support health professionals, non-government organizations, and governments around the world in their work to prevent, investigate, and manage…
Presentation: Monica Brown, Heather B. Van Ness
Monica R. Brown, Heather B. Van Ness (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), and Robbie Marsh (Mercer) presented a paper titled, “Project PRAISER: Exploring the perceived value of an interdisciplinary personnel preparation program to support students with EBD,” at the Teacher Educators for Children with Behavioral…
Honors: Emily C. Strickler
Emily C. Strickler (Medicine, '22 Public Health alumna) was nominated by the UNLV School of Public Health's Delta Theta chapter of the Delta Omega Honor Society to present her thesis research at the 2022 Delta Omega poster session at the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting. Strickler was one of 29 students invited to present…
Presentation: Merika Charupoom, Carmen Hollifield
Traffic safety research student researchers, Merika Charupoom (Undergraduate) and Carmen Hollifield (Medicine), presented research from the Traffic Safety Research team at the 150th American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting. Charupoom shared the geospatial map created to raise awareness for pedestrian fatalities in Southern Nevada…
Notable: UNLV Jazz Studies Program and Dave Loeb
The UNLV Jazz Studies program received its 14th consecutive outstanding review from the respected international magazine, Jazz Times, for its CD, Almost There, on Vegas Records.
About Almost There
UNLV’s 2022 jazz recording spotlights the program’s abundance of musical riches. Disc one features the Division of Jazz and Commercial Music’s…
Published: Samantha O’Connell, Jessica Nave-Blodgett, Grace Wilson, Erin Hannon, Joel Snyder
Samantha O’Connell, Jessica Nave-Blodgett, Grace Wilson, Erin Hannon, and Joel Snyder (all Psychology) published a paper titled, "Elements of musical and dance sophistication predict musical groove perception," in Frontiers in Psychology. O’Connell and Nave-Blodgett are experimental psychology Ph.D. recipients from UNLV and Wilson is a current…
Notable: Philosophy Department
The UNLV department of philosophy recently hosted the 84th annual meeting of the Southwestern Philosophical Society. This event, which brought over 50 philosophers onto the UNLV campus, was also supported by the College of Liberal Arts. C. E. Abbate, K. Ladstaetter, and J. Woodbridge presented commentaries, while D. Beisecker (all Philosophy)…
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