Heejin Mun (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), Bowen Liu (Mathematics), Thu Huynh Anh Pham (Biology), and Qing Wu (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) recently published an article on "C-Reactive Protein and Fracture Risk: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies through the Use of Both Frequentist and Bayesian…

Arpine Mkrtchyan (World Languages and Culturest) took part in the 6th International Conference on the Teaching of French as a Foreign Language (“Colloque FLE 2021”), which was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico last month. This conference, organized by teleconference (Zoom platform), is aimed at applied linguists and researchers in French as a…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Revisiting Relational Pandemic Ethics in Light of the COVID-19 Abortion Bans in the United States" in the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics.

Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored a paper on "Predictors of Mind–Body Therapy Use Among Sexual Minority Older Adults" in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 

John Curry (History) made a keynote presentation of his work in progress for the Mediterranean Seminar's Spring Workshop, The Global Mediterranean, this month. His paper was "Working the Global Mediterranean: Mezemorta Hüseyin Paşa as Corsair, Captive, Dey, and Admiral in the Late Seventeenth Century." He was the third of three keynote…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was selected to receive the 2021 Wilson China Fellowship from The Wilson Center, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank focusing on U.S.-China relationships. The $20,000 fellowship will be used to support his research project,  “Pro-Democracy or Anti-China? The Emergence and Transformation of #…

Cae Swanger (Healthcare Administration & Policy) recently was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in the Healthcare IT category of the Las Vegas Top Tech Awards. She was honored for her role within HCA Healthcare and her tenure within the tech industry as a whole.

Allyson Hindle (Life Sciences) received a research award sponsored by the Regional Alliance of INBRE Networks (RAIN). RAIN is funded by the National Institutes of Health to improve collaborative biomedical research efforts in western states. The title of the award is "Harnessing of Deep-diving Seal Cardioprotective Factors as Novel Therapy for…

Claytee White (Libraries) is the 2021 recipient of the Outstanding Library Faculty Scholarship Award. She was nominated for her significant scholarship which is designed to meet the needs of the Southern Nevada community, the educational aspirations of UNLV students, and curate diverse perspectives as she attains donated materials and…