Sonia Dhaliwal (Psychology)  was elected as a Board of Directors member to the Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies.

Shane Kraus (Psychology) is a co-investigator on the project “Sports wagering in the US: A nationally representative longitudinal study” which received a three-year grant from the International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) for $401,930. The project will conduct a large scale, national study of sports-wagering behaviors in the United States…

Christopher Kearney (Psychology) conducted a series of training workshops for educational agencies in September and October regarding supports for elementary, middle, and high school students and their attendance following pandemic-induced shutdowns.  The workshops focused on a multi-tiered approach to support student functioning with respect…

Repairer Etuk (Psychology) received a $3,000 research stipend award from UNLV's International Gaming Institute and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for his research project examining impulsivity, eating habits, and physical and mental health disorders in Nevadans seeking treatment for gambling disorder. His mentor for the project is Shane…

Tiange Xu (Hospitality) received a $3,000 research stipend award from UNLV's International Gaming Institute and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for his research study examining problem gambling and mental health disorders in Nevadan university students. His mentors for the project are Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute)…

Anthony King (Psychology) received a $3,000 research stipend award from UNLV's International Gaming Institute and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for his research related to problem gambling amongst Nevadan college students. These funds were provided by the Nevada Department of Public and Behavioral Health to encourage scholars from Nevada…

Madina Kamolova (Management Information Systems), Jessica Habashy, Kaelyn Griffin, Bailey Way, and Shane Kraus (all Psychology) will be presenting at the annual meeting of Society of Advancement of Sexual Health in Seattle Oct. 14-17.  Graduate students from the Behavioral Addictions Lab will present three posters: 1) "Oh God yes: the…

Renato (Rainier) M. Liboro, Jenna Despres, Brandon Ranuschio, Sherry Bell, and Lianne Barnes (all Psychology) of the CHAMPION Mental Health research lab, published their article, "Forging Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Personal Strengths of Middle-aged and Older Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV/AIDS," in…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper "International Sex Survey: Study protocol of a large, cross-cultural collaborative study in 45 countries" in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.

Nathan C. Higgins, Ambar G. Monjaras, Breanne D. Yerkes, David F. Little, Jessica E. Nave-Blodgett, Mounya Elhilali, and Joel S. Snyder (all Psychology) published a new paper titled "Resetting of Auditory and Visual Segregation Occurs After Transient Stimuli of the Same Modality" in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.  All authors except…

Brenna Renn (Psychology) published a manuscript, "Collaborative Care for Depression Yields Similar Improvement among Older and Younger Rural Adults" in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. This study analyzed depression outcomes from 3,722 primary care patients enrolled in a demonstration of collaborative care management and found…

Renato (Rainier) M. Liboro, Brandon Ranuschio, Sherry Bell, Lianne Barnes (all Psychology) and research assistants from the CHAMPION Mental Health research lab, along with academic colleagues and community partners from Toronto, recently published their article, "Mitigating risks and building resilience to HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of HIV-…