Dr. Maryam Tabrizi (Dental) gave a presentation about geriatric oral health during the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting in collaboration with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV NIHAN and University of Nevada, Reno Medical School ICECAP programs. Both programs are Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded…
Dr. Tina Brandon Abbatangelo and Dr. Christina Demopoulos (both Dental) earned the 2023 Community Service Award from the Southern Nevada Dental Society for their exceptional dedication to bettering the health and the lives of Southern Nevada, and for going beyond the call to serve and enrich the dental community and the lives of her patients.
Postdoctoral scholar of Learning Analytics Sarah M. Wolff (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and fellow members of the research advisory board of the Pablove Foundation (a U.S. pediatric cancer nonprofit organization) recently published "A case study of charitable investment impact assessment" in The Journal of Philanthropy…
Graduate students Darrell Carter, Maddison Westcott, Ruth Boitel (Political Science), and assistant professor Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published an article, "Puppet Anchors and China’s YouTube Information Operation," in the Journal ofTaiwan Politics. This article tracks and analyzes more than 2000 "puppet anchor" machine-…
Associate professor Hyelin (Lina) Kim's (Hospitality) article, "Exploring the role of flow experience and telepresence in virtual reality (VR) concerts," was recently published in the Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing. Drawing upon the flow theory, the study investigates how implementing VR technology in live music concerts impacts…
Michael Dial (IHS Doctoral Alumni), under the mentorship of Graham McGinnis (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published a research article titled, "Effects of time-restricted exercise on activity rhythms and exercise-induced adaptations in the heart," in the journal Scientific Reports. Co-authors include current and former students from…
Associate professor Tirth Bhatta (Sociology) and his research collaborators outside of UNLV utilized data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to understand family socioeconomic context that contribute to the relationship between physical maltreatment in childhood and depressive symptoms in later life in China.…
Professor Benjamin Edwards (Law) testified in front of the United States of America Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration Public Comment Hearing on the Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. 
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and members of the International Sex Survey Consortium published a recent paper, "Cross-Cultural Adult ADHD Assessment in 42 Countries Using the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale Screener," in Journal of Attention Disorders. 

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