Jason Flatt and Jennifer Pharr (both Environmental & Occupational Health) have been building the UNLV School of Public Health's visibility in the LGBTQIA+ community who are house insecure or experiencing homelessness. An article in Las Vegas Pride Magazine this month features Building H.O.U.S.E. Las Vegas - Bring LGBTQIA+ Housing to Las…

Jason Flatt (Environmental & Occupational Health) along with Whitney Wharton of Emory University and Joel Anderson of the University of Tennessee Knoxville received notice of award for their National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging funded grant for $2.3 Million from Sept. 30, 2021 to Aug. 31, 2024. The project…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) has co-authored a chapter entitled, “Worldwide rural dermatology health services research" in the book Dermatology in Rural Settings: Organizational, Clinical, and Socioeconomic Perspectives in collaboration with coauthors from University of Mississippi Medical Center and University…

Raisa Kabir (Public Health) and Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational health) presented three poster presentations at the Nevada Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting held between Sep. 13-15 in Las Vegas.  The posters were, “Thematic analysis on the correlates of physical activity and sedentary behavior among Asian Americans,” “…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) has co-authored an article entitled, “Atopic dermatitis:  Preventing and managing the itch that rashes, and a case for the multi-theory model (MTM) for health behavior change for educational interventions” in the journal SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine in collaboration with…

Christopher Johanen (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article "Exploring Potential Mediation Pathways on the Relationship Between Acculturation and Body Mass Index (BMI) Among Latino Adolescents" in Hispanic Health Care International. Nearly four out of 10 Latino adolescents are overweight or obese in the United States. Prior…

Mark Buttner and Patricia Cruz (both Environmental & Occupational Health) received a 12-month, $1.25 million award through Nevada Health and Human Services to conduct molecular microbiological environmental monitoring and research.

Jason Flatt (Environmental & Occupational Health) received a renewal from the NIH Loan Repayment Program, which will pay off the remaining of his educational debt. Jason is also an LRP Ambassador and he is happy to share advice for postdoctoral fellows and faculty applying to the program.

Jason Flatt (Environmental & Occupational Health) was appointed by the National Institutes of Health to serve as a member of the Career Development for Early Career Investigators Study Section, National Institute on Aging Initial Review Group, National Institute on Aging. Membership on an Initial/Integrated Review Group represents a…

Timothy Grigsby (Environmental & Occupational Health) published a commentary on "Leaving "Drug Abuse" behind: A Theoretical and Methodological Heuristic to Selecting "Problem Drug Use" or "Drug Misuse" as Alternative Terms" in the journal Substance Use and Misuse. This commentary provides a guide to selecting alternative terms for drug abuse…

Timothy Grigsby (Environmental & Occupational Health) co-published an article on "Adverse Childhood Experiences and Intimate Partner Violence; Findings From a Community Sample of Hispanic Young Adults" in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.  In the United States, a substantial proportion of the adult population from all…

Melissa Bartshe, Courtney Coughenour (both Environmental & Occupational Health), and Haroon Stephen (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) published an article on "The relationship between tree canopy and social capital on physical activity in college students" in the Journal of American College Health. Rates of…