Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) was recognized by the Arc of Nevada with the Research and Shared Governance Award for the Excellence in Nursing 2025 Awards.

Jennifer Pfannes (Nursing) was recognized by the Arc of Nevada with the Education Award for the Excellence in Nursing 2025 Awards.

Susan VanBeuge (Nursing) was recognized by the Arc of Nevada with the Distinguished Nurse Award for Excellence in Nursing 2025 Awards. 

Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) presented her research, "Mental Health Benefits of Maitri Sambodh Dhyaan (MSD) Meditation for Dementia Caregivers" at Religion, Spirituality, and Aging Interest Group Symposium at the Gerontological Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, on Nov. 14, 2025. The presentation was co-authored by Tirth Bhatta (…

Melva Thompson-Robinson (Nursing) presented the poster "Has access to midwifery services increased since the 2011 APHA Policy Brief" at the 2025 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo in Washington, DC on Nov. 3. The study evaluated trends in midwife-attended births across population subgroups and their …

The Brain Injury Translational Research (BITR) lab proudly presented posters at the UMC 8th Annual Poster Symposium help Nov. 5-6, 2025.  Hana Sourjah, Dihini Perera, Ph.D. student Joe Cadiz, and Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee (all Nursing) received the 2nd Place Award in the Healthcare Student category for their…

Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee (Nursing) delivered a podium presentation titled, "Addressing mTBI Recovery: Early Life Adversity, Mental Health, and Accessible Treatment Solutions with Mobile Health Intervention" at the 39th Annual Conference of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) held Oct. 15-18, 2025 in New Orleans. This presentation…

Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) presented a podium presentation at the 51st Annual International Conference of the Transcultural Nursing Society (TCNS) in Portland, Maine, on Oct. 31, 2025. The title of his presentation was “Cultural Food, Chronic Illness, and Coping: Filipino American Experiences of Food Insecurity in a U.S. Primary Care…

Reimund Serafica, Catherine Dingley (Nursing), and Joseph Morgan (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published an article titled, “Leveraging Simulation to Understand Nursing Student Learning in Technologically Complex Environments,” in Clinical Simulation in Nursing. The publication is based on the…

Reimund Serafica (Nursing) presented a podium presentation, “Breaking the Salt Cycle: Exploring Food Insecurity, Mental Health , and Dietary Adherence in Filipino Americans with Hypertension,” at the 51st Transcultural Nursing Society National Conference in Portland, Maine, on Oct. 30, 2025. 

Esmeralda Clark (Nursing) presented  a podium presentation, “A Double-Edged Sword: Lived Experiences of Latinx Nursing Students who Speak English as an Additional Language,” at the 51st Transcultural Nursing Society National Conference in Portland, Maine, on Oct. 31, 2025.   

Reimund Serafica, Andrew Thomas Reyes (both Nursing), Francisco Sy (Public Health), and their co-authors from Veteran's Affairs Long Beach Health Care System, CA, University of Texas Health, Houston, TX, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, and University of California, Irvine, CA, received the 2024 Journal of Transcultural Nursing Best…