Dr. Ross P. Berkeley (Medicine) virtually presented "Las Vegas 1 October Mass Casualty Shooting: Lessons Learned" to medical students at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.  Berkeley discussed perspectives on the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history from the viewpoint of being on scene as a tactical physician with the Las…

Karen Callahan (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Ji  Yoo (Medicine),  Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration), public health doctoral student Zahra Mojtahedi, and master of public health student Katayoon Ghodsi, along with Guogen Shan of the University of Florida, and Jerry Reeves of CoMagine Health…

Kristine Bragg, Gwen Marchand, Jonathan Hilpert (all Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) recently published the manuscript, "Using Bibliometrics to Evaluate Outcomes and Influence of Translational Biomedical Research Centers" in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.

Gabriela Buccini and Melva Thompson-Robinson (both Public Health) received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Common Fund within the office of the director for a five-year project entitled "Pathways to integrate maternal-child health and nutrition interventions to transform equity and human…

Sanae El Ibrahimi (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and colleagues from Comagine Health (Michelle A. Hendricks, Sara Hallvik, Christi Hildebran), Brigham & Women’s Hospital (Scott G. Weiner, Michael A. Fischer), and Brandeis University (Grant Ritter) presented virtually at the 2021 National Health Data Organizations. The presentation was…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently co-authored a study titled "Perceptions of Dental Undergraduates towards Online Education during COVID-19: Assessment from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka" in a journal Advances in Medical Education and Practice.  This study was conducted in three countries – India, Nepal and Sri Lanka to compare…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health) is a co-recipient of the “2021 Journal of Osteopathic Medicine Social Determinants of Health Research Award" by the American Osteopathic Association along with his coauthors from University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Lincoln Memorial University for the…

Madina Kamolova (Management Information Systems), Jessica Habashy, Kaelyn Griffin, Bailey Way, and Shane Kraus (all Psychology) will be presenting at the annual meeting of Society of Advancement of Sexual Health in Seattle Oct. 14-17.  Graduate students from the Behavioral Addictions Lab will present three posters: 1) "Oh God yes: the…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds Office) recently gave a presentation for the Las Vegas/Clark County Library District's Las Vegas Stories series centered on a discussion on the Sands casino hotel, which was the subject of his recent book, At the Sands.