Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with researchers from the United States, Australia, and China, published a manuscript titled "Mental disorder symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America – a systematic review and meta-analysis" in the journal Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. This study provides meta-analytical evidence on mental…

Amruta Godbole, Sheniz Moonie, Ann Vuong (all Epidemiology & Biostatistics), Courtney Coughenour (Environmental & Occupational Health) along with Cai Zhang of Tongji Hospital and Aimen Chen of the University of Pennsylvania, published a paper on "Exploratory analysis of the associations between neonicotinoids and measures of adiposity…

Margarita Jara (World Languages and Cultures) gave the keynote talk "Spanishes of Peru: Diversity and educational challenges" as part of the events of the Spanish language week organized by the Professional School of Translation and Interpreting of the Women's University of the Sacred Heart (UNIFE) in Lima, Peru.

Carlos S. Dimas (History) gave a virtual talk at the University of Idaho on the history of coffee production and the influence of climate change in El Salvador. The talk is part of an article he is researching and writing on the history of nutrition, hunger, and agriculture in El Salvador during the Cold War.

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) virtually presented "Doctors as Immigration Agents: An Ethical Challenge" for the Florida International University Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series.

Kavita Batra ('20 Ph.D. Public Health and Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine) with Farooq Abdulla (University Medical Center of Southern Nevada), and Patricia Cruz, Chad L. Cross, Neeraj Bhandari, Jennifer R. Pharr, and Mark P. Buttner (all Environmental & Occupational Health), co-authored an article, "Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures of…

Kathryn Houk (Libraries) has been elected vice president/chair elect for the Northern California and Nevada Medical Libraries Group, the regional chapter of the Medical Library Association. Houk is the undergraduate medical education librarian at the School of Medicine Library serving the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. 

Dieu-My Tran (Nursing), and Chad L. Cross (Environmental and Occupational Health), along with Iris Martinez, '21 BS Nursing, and Dr. Yumei Feng Earley, contributed to the article "MOBILE Intervention Pilot Study in College Students With Elevated Blood Pressure" recently published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. The study explored…

Danica G. Hays (Education) co-authored the fourth edition of the Responsible Test Users of Standardized Tests (RUST) guidelines for the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling. The guidelines were recently published in the Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development journal.