Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with collaborators from India and the United States, published a chapter titled “Circular Economy in Tourism Finance: A Bibliometric Analysis” in the book Reimagining Tourism Finance. The chapter explores how circular economy principles can strengthen sustainable tourism finance by promoting resource efficiency,…

Liahm Blank, Joshua Khorsandi, Nicole Kang, Kaloyan Momchilov, Itai Blank, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published a study titled “From Pantry to Physiology: A Narrative Review Linking Food Insecurity to Biological Dysfunction” in Dialogues in Health. The review highlights that food insecurity is not only a socioeconomic challenge but also a…

Tom Romero (Law) presented, “Operationalizing Kinship and Culture in Western Water Law” at the Tenth Annual SRP Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

Jenna Serr, Vidhani Goel, Roberto Sagaribay, Kavita Batra, and Ami P. Shah (Medicine) recently published their study, “Pediatric Trauma Trends Before and After Recreational Cannabis Legalization in Nevada: A Retrospective Repeated Cross-Sectional Study,” in the journal Children. The study found that while the overall incidence of pediatric…

April Ursula Fox, a recent graduate of UNLV’s Ph.D. program in Educational Psychology, received UNLV’s highest graduate student teaching honor: the 2025–2026 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award. Recognized for her innovative and transformative approach to education, Fox creates classroom experiences that blend intellectual rigor with…

The Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Tribal Council awarded UNLV's Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program (Law) the Tribal Education Initiatives (Hospitality) with the Yawa Award at the Forging Hope Ceremony.

Vidhani S. Goel (Public Health), Sheniz Moonie (Public Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) presented at the Nevada Public Health Association Annual Conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from April 21-22, 2026. The lightning talk titled When the Pantry Is Empty, the Airways Suffer: Food Insecurity and Asthma Outcomes Across the Life Course…

Ph. D. student Hiraku Nagahori (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences), Isabella Keefer (Physical Therapy), Derrick Smith (Physical Therapy), Brendan Yawn (Physical Therapy), associate professor Jing Nong Liang (Physical Therapy), and interim chair and associate professor Kai-Yu Ho (Physical Therapy) recently published a study focused on movement…

Liahm Blank, Joshua Khorsandi, Roberto Sagaribay, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine), along with Elizabeth England-Kennedy, Jagdish Khubchandani, Karen Kopera-Frye (New Mexico State University), and Srikanta Banerjee (Walden University), recently published a review article in the journal Brain Sciences titled “When the Clock Shifts: A Comprehensive…