Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (UPAAA) during the 2023 UPAAA Grand Reunion and Convention. The UPAAA Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Awards are given to senior alumni who have achieved professional distinction and…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published an article titled, "Detection of insecticide resistance markers in Anopheles funestus from the Democratic Republic of the Congo using a targeted amplicon sequencing panel" in the journal Scientific Reports. Vector control strategies have been successful in reducing the number…

Prosun Roy (Mechanical Engineering), Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Occupational Health), Yi-Tung Chen (Mechanical Engineering), Sajjad Ahmad, Eakalak Khan (both Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction), and Mark Buttner (Environmental and Occupational Health) published an article on "Pollen Dispersion and …

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published an article titled, "Effectiveness of piperonyl butoxide and pyrethroid-treated long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) versus pyrethroid-only LLINs with and without indoor residual spray against malaria infection: third year results of a cluster, randomised controlled, two-by-two…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published an article titled, "Effectiveness of long-lasting insecticidal nets with pyriproxyfen-pyrethroid, chlorfenapyr-pyrethroid, or piperonyl butoxide-pyrethroid versus pyrethroid only against malaria in Tanzania: final-year results of a four-arm, single-blind, cluster-randomised…

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) had their research featured in Las Vegas Weekly. The feature discusses Cross' and Messenger's work, focusing on diseases that can be transmitted by insects. In their Parasitology and Vector Biology lab, they engage in citizen science…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health), Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and colleagues published a paper on "Effects of next-generation, dual-active-ingredient, long-lasting insecticidal net deployment on insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Tanzania: an analysis of a 3-year, cluster-randomised controlled…

Bertille Mavegam Assoumou (Medicine), Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Courtney Coughenour (Public Health) published an article, "Food insecurity and risky sexual behaviors among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic," in BMC Public Health.

Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) gave a virtual presentation on "Advancing Health Equity: Effective Strategies and Lessons Learned From HIV and COVID-19 Pandemics - From Local to Global" during the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's (CDC) seminar. The presentation aimed to describe the epidemiology and identify the…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Ravi Batra (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Aditi Singh (Internal Medicine) along with a faculty member from University of Southern Mississippi published…

Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Occupational Health), Lung-Chang (Jojo) Chien and Chad Cross (both Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented an overview of their research on "Geospatial Disparity of COVID-19 in Southern Nevada" at the Southern Nevada Health District during the CDC OT21-2103 health disparities grant site…

Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Occupational Health) and colleagues published an article on "Contributions of non-tailpipe emissions to near-road PM2.5 and PM10: A chemical mass balance study" in the journal Environmental Pollution. This project was sponsored in part by the California Air Resources Board. This study…