Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) has co-authored two articles in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences on his fourth-generation multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior changes' applicability to physical activity promotion among upper elementary school children in India and the other one for smoking cessation in Nepal.

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published a book chapter with Ram Lakhan (Berea College) and Chizoba Anyimukwu (Jackson State University) titled, "Substance Abuse in Dual Diagnosis" in the Handbook of Dual Diagnosis. Assessment and Treatment in Persons with Intellectual Disorders, part of the Autism and Child Psychopathology…

Lung-Wen Antony Chen, Lung-Chang Chien (both Environmental and Occupational Health), and Ge Lin (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) recently published an article, "Nonuniform Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Quality over the United States," in Science of the Total Environment. This paper analyzes data from long-term air quality…

June Cho (Nursing) and Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) published an article, “Associations Between Hormonal Biomarkers and Preterm Infant Health and Development During the First 2 Years After Birth," on Biological Research for Nursing.

Erika Marquez (Environmental & Occupational Health) recently was selected as a 2020 NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute scholar. This competitive program aims to support the research career development of promising early-career minority health/health disparities research scientists, and stimulate research in the…

Lung-Chang Chien and Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article on "Meteorological Impacts on the Incidence of COVID-19 in the U.S." in the journal Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. This study aims to carry out an epidemiological investigation to establish the association between…

Jennifer R. Pharr (Environmental & Occupational Health), Nancy L. Lough (Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Angela M. Terencio (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published an article on "Sociodemographic Determinants of Physical Activity and Sport Participation Among Women in the United States" in the journal …

Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently was awarded a 2020 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Sexual & Gender Minority (SGM) Early Stage Investigator Award for his research contributions to improving the health of sexual and gender minorities or individuals who identify as LGBTQI+. His NIH-funded research…

Ann M. Vuong (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article on "Chemical Mixtures and Neurobehavior: A Review of Epidemiologic Findings and Future Directions" in the journal Reviews of Environmental Health. This study provides a summary of epidemiological studies that have analyzed chemical mixtures of heavy metals…

John Olawepo, Jennifer Pharr, Axenya Kachen, Babayemi Olakunde, and Francisco Sy (all Environmental and Occupational Health) and Chad Cross (Medicine) recently published an article, "Changes in Body Mass Index among People Living with HIV Who Are New on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" in the…

Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy), Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) and former UNLV student co-authors recently published an article, "Financial difficulty in community-dwelling persons with lower limb loss is associated with reduced self-perceived health and well-being” in the journal Prosthetics and Orthotics…

Paula Frew and Laura Randall (Environmental & Occupational Health) recently had their article "Patient Decision Making Related to Maternal and Childhood Vaccines: Exploring the Role of Trust in Providers Through a Relational Theory of Power Approach" published in Health Education & Behavior.