Graduate student Grace Goodwin (Psychology), undergraduate Sebastian Mehrzad (Princeton University), and faculty Jorge Fonseca (Computer Science), Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health), and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published their research article, "Classification of AD and bvFTD using neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric variables: a…

Sherry Bell, Renato (Rainier) M. Liboro (both Psychology), and members of the Community Health Advocacy for Minority Populations, Immigrants, and Newcomers, and their Mental Health (CHAMPION Mental Health) research lab, recently published an article, "Fostering school engagement and social support in post-secondary school: The roles of ethnic…

Bailey Way, Todd Jennings and Shane Kraus (all Psychology) recently published a paper, "Double trouble - Examining the co-occurrence of compulsive sexual behavior disorder and gambling disorder among two American samples," in the American Journal on Addictions. 

Regine Deguzman-Lucero, Jennifer Le, and Nicole Short (all Psychology) recently published a new article titled "Associations between posttraumatic cognitions and cannabis cravings among trauma‐exposed individuals using cannabis" in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published two papers.  The first paper (An exploration of generational status and enculturation as putative protective factors for disordered eating behaviors and cognitions among college students) was published in Eating Behaviors.  The second paper (Problematic Pornography Use,…

Sidath Kapukotuwa, Ana Gonzalez-Alvarez (Social and Behavioral Health), Shane Kraus (Psychology), and Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Betting on the future: A systematic review of modern gambling interventions for college students” in the Journal of Gambling Studies (Impact factor 2.2).  The…

Hoor Ul Ain, Jaelin Isquith, and Kara Christensen Pacella (all Psychology) published "Sensitivity and specificity of self-diagnosis of eating disorders in university students with and without food insecurity" in Eating Behaviors. Graduate student Hoor Ul Ain led this analysis, which found that students with food insecurity were similar to students…

Richard Chang (Psychology), received the Barbara Smith & Jewell E. Horvat Graduate Student Award for Research on LGBTQ Individuals of Color Award at the 2025 American Psychological Association Convention in Denver, CO.

Richard Chang and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (both Psychology), received second place for their poster presentation, "Intraminority solidarity as post-traumatic growth among Asian American college students: The mediating role of critical consciousness" at the 2025 Asian American Psychological Association Convention in Denver, CO.

Summer publications from the UNLV Behavioral Addictions Lab: Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper, "Recommendations for Diagnosing and Quantifying treatment outcomes in clinical trials of compulsive sexual behavior disorder" in Addictive Behaviors Reports.  Noa Vana, Bailey Way, Todd Jennings and Shane Kraus (all…

Tiange Xu (International Gaming Institute; Hospitality), Shane Kraus (Psychology), and colleagues recently published a paper, "A longitudinal investigation of sports betting legalization’s influence on problem gambling," in the Addictive Behaviors. This study tracked 112 American sports bettors over two years using a natural experimental design,…

Undergraduate student Adriana Carrillo (Neuroscience; Public Health) has been awarded "Best Student Poster" at the prestigious International Society for Serotonin Research 2025 Meeting. Carrillo, who is pursuing dual degrees in Neuroscience and Public Health, was recognized for her groundbreaking research on the effects of psilocybin on GABAergic…