Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) has been named to the Liason Committee on Medical Education (LCME). The LCME, comprised of 21 voting members, is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as the authority for the accreditation of medical education programs leading to the MD degree. He will serve a three-year term.
Dr. Jingchun Chen (Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine) and her team used deep learning AI techniques to develop genetic models based on polygenic risk scores (PRS). A PRS functions like a genetic risk calculator, combining the effects of thousands of small genetic variations to estimate the likelihood of developing specific diseases.…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) co-authored the article, "Undercurrent in Taiwan: Nationalism and Calculation of the Cross-Strait Relations (2002–2022)," in Public Opinion Quarterly. In this article, Wang and others analyzed 14 waves of survey (n = 16494) from 2002 to 2022 trying to explain a big research question: Why did…
Published: Michael Dial, Graham McGinnis, students in the Exercise Physiology and Integrated Chronobiology Lab
Dr. Graham McGinnis (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and his former doctoral student Dr. Michael Dial (Ohio State University), along with other members of the Exercise Physiology and Integrated Chronobiology Lab published an article titled, "Social jetlag alters markers of exercise-induced mitochondrial adaptations in the heart," in the…
Professor Nachman Gutowski's (Law) new article, "Disclosing the Machine: Trends, Policies, and Considerations of Artificial Intelligence Use in Law Review Authorship," was accepted for publication by the Jacksonville University Law Review.
After years of building a career at a large accounting firm, Gloribert Roque-Melendez planned an early retirement. Guest lecturing at UNLV gave her an unexpected reason to change course.