Anthony King, Ting Tong, Donna Sim, Michelle Strong, Aldo Barrita, Danielle Le, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) recently presented their research on the connection between adverse childhood experiences and addictive behavioral patterns in adulthood at the American Psychological Association's Division 50 Conference for the Practice of…

Reimund Serafica (Nursing) has been appointed the RN representative of the Public Health Advisory Board by the Southern Nevada Health District Board of Health. The PHAB advises the Board of Health on matters related to local public health planning and policy. 

Colleagues across campus presented a study titled "Assessing Correlates of Microvascular Complications among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus" at the 82nd Scientific Session of American Diabetes Association." The group included: Kenneth Izuora (Medicine), Amalie Alver (Medicine), Arpita Basu (Kinesiology & Nutrition Science), Kavita Batra (…

Erika Marquez and Samantha Smith (both Nevada Minority Health & Equity Coalition) released the "Approaches to Vaccine Equity" toolkit, providing a comprehensive step-by-step guide on how the Nevada Vaccine Equity Collaborative worked to ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Nevada. The Nevada Vaccine Equity Collaborative is…

Kendra Gage (Interdisciplinary, Ethnic and Gender Studies), presented a paper titled "'The Black Strip': Black Las Vegas Nightlife in the 1950s and 1960s" at the annual conference of the Historians of the 20th Century United States in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Gage discussed how African Americans created community institutions in mid-20th…

Francisco Sy (Environmental & Occupational Health) has been appointed as a member to the Public Health Advisory Board (PHAB) by the Southern Nevada District Board of Health. This appointment is effective July 1 and is a two-year term. The PHAB advises the Board of Health on matters related to local public health planning and policy. …

Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) participated in The World in Film program hosted by the Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS) from University of California, Berkeley. Sandoval-Cervantes discussed the film Guie'dani's Navel  (El ombligo de Guie'dani) in the context of Mexican Indigenous politics,…

Annie S. Hong, Kyaw Min Tun, Jenny M. Hong, Kavita Batra, and Gordon Ohning (all Medicine) published a study, "Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Decompensated Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review on Safety and Efficacy," in the Journal Antibiotics. To authors' knowledge, this is the first systematic review investigating safety and efficacy of…

William Bauer (History, American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, and American Indian Alliance), presented a paper, "Pit River Activism and California Economic Development, 1953-1980," at the annual conference of the Historians of the Twentieth Century United States in Edinburgh, Scotland.  He discussed how members of the Pit River…