Mingon Kang (Computer Science) and Ji Yoo (Medicine) were awarded a pilot grant, "Predicting an Inpatient’s Risk of Benzodiazepine and Opioid Overdose" from The Mountain West Clinical & Translational Research Infrastructure Network program (MW CTR-IN). The interdisciplinary team will develop a deep learning model to predict risk scores of…

Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored three articles: “Oral Commensal Bacteria Differentially Modulate Epithelial Cell Death,” which appeared in Archives of Oral Biology; “Oral Microbiome and Gingival Tissue Apoptosis and Autophagy Transcriptomics,” which appeared in Frontiers of Immunology, and “Salivary Biomarkers For Discriminating…

Rei Serafica (Nursing) has co-presented a panel presentation, "Advice from the Editors: Best Practices for Publication” at the recently concluded 46th annual Transcultural Nursing Society Virtual Conference held last month. He serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Transcultural Nursing.

Laura Gryder (Medicine) recently presented traffic safety research at the American Public Health Association 2020 virtual meeting. Her co-authors include Dr. Deborah Kuhs, Samantha Slinkard, Dr. Paul Chestovich, Dr. Allison McNickle, and Dr. Douglas Fraser (all Medicine), as well as Cassandra Trummel from University Medical Center.…

Dr. Richard Baynosa (Medicine) has been selected as visiting professor for the Plastic Surgery Foundation. He specializes in breast reconstruction. As a Plastic Surgery Foundation visiting professor, he provides clinical, technical, and educational expertise in training plastic surgery residents.

Kimberly James, Timothy Jones (both Music), Louis McDonald (Art History), Olga Townsend (BFA student), Francisco Menendez (Film), Adam Paul (Theatre), Joshua Vermillion (Architecture), Phil Zawarus (Landscape Architecture), Sean Slattery, Michael Fong (both Art), Gil Kaupp (Music Technology), Julian Kilker (Journalism & Media Studies), and…

Dr. Nabil Noureddin (Medicine) recently presented his project at the Digital International Liver Congress 2020. The abstract, “The Accuracy of the FAST Score in Predicting Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) with Significant Fibrosis,” was published in the Journal of Hepatology. NASH is estimated to increase from 16.52 million to 27.00…

Susan M. McLennon and Nirmala Lekhak (both Nursing) presented a virtual poster, "A World Upside Down: Caregiving During COVID-19," at the National Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Annual Leadership Conference last month.

Susanna Newbury (Art) has been elected vice chair of the Nevada Humanities Council, the Nevada affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities that supports humanities-based educational and cultural programs that articulate the Nevada experience, feature local culture and heritage, and facilitate the investigation of ideas that matter to…