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School of Public Health News

The School of Public Health is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people worldwide. Our departments, programs, and research units work to provide a diverse education, practical training experience, and numerous community involvement opportunities to prepare students to become leaders and professionals in the field of public health.

Current Public Health News

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Campus News |

A selection of prominent headlines featuring UNLV experts from July and August.

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Research |

UNLV epidemiologist Brian Labus and public health alumna Devin Raman explain how disease investigators track outbreaks.

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Campus News |

A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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Campus News |

A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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Campus News |

Plus: Watch the Spring 2026 Commencement recap video.

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People |

Common professors, life lessons, and support shaped one family's experience at UNLV.

Public Health In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal

Fewer Nevada kindergartners are receiving life-saving early childhood vaccinations as vaccine exemption rates reach record highs, new federal data shows.

Indica News

Recent clinical trials from Merck and Moderna show promising results that a personalized messenger RNA (mRNA) melanoma vaccine intismeran autogene when combined with the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab, can reduce the risk of melanoma recurrence or death by roughly 49% in high-risk patients after surgery compared to immunotherapy alone.

KSNV-TV: News 3

There is ongoing concern about a roach infestation impacting East Las Vegas and Henderson residents for about two weeks now.

Travelbinger

Checking into a hotel room feels like stepping into a fresh, sanitized space, especially with those crisp linens and the faint smell of cleaning products in the air. Yet housekeeping staff and microbiologists who have studied hotel rooms say that impression can be misleading.

The Epoch Times

A new study on three dangerous mosquito species finds each one is drawn to different skin chemistry.

Indica News

The term “nutrition transition” was coined by an American nutritionist, Barry Popkin, in 1993 to describe the large-scale shifts in human diet, energy spending, and body composition that happen alongside general economic development, urbanization, and demographic changes.

Public Health Experts

An expert in infectious disease outbreaks and surveillance, including COVID-19 and monkeypox.  
An expert on the intersection of sports, physical activity, and health.
An expert on drug misuse and addiction.
An expert on child maltreatment and fostering healthy family environments.
An expert on health disparities and LGBTQ aging adults with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
An expert in program evaluation.

Recent Public Health Accomplishments

Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Feasibility and Acceptability of Menstrual Cups for Addressing Period Poverty in Rural India: A Pilot Study in Spiti Valley” along with coauthors from the University of Utah in the journal Advances in Medicine, Psychology and Public Health (AMPPH). In Spiti Valley,…
Nathaniel LaBarre (Medicine), Michael Karo (Medicine), Vidhani Goel (Public Health and Medicine), Roberto Sagaribay, Vinnesa Narvaez (Nursing), Ami Shah (Medicine), Aditi Singh (Medicine), Fatehali Peera (Medicine), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) co-authored the study, “Incidence, Prevalence, and Risk Factors of Dog Bites in Pediatric…
Barbara Lewis (Public Health) was appointed for a one-year term to the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Patient and Family Advisory Council. The ABMS mission is to improve healthcare through high standards for physician board certification. 
Rupam Mitra, Md. Sohail Akhter, Anam Fatima, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Public Health) presented a virtual paper titled “Integrating music therapy as a complementary approach for mental health: A comprehensive review” at the International European Science Congress held in Podgorica, Montenegro.  The paper highlighted the role of music…
Manoj Sharma, Asma Awan, Sidath Kapukotuwa (all Public Health) and Amar Kanekar from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have published a chapter titled “A fourth -generation multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change” in the Handbook of Concepts in Health, Health Behavior and Environmental Health” published by Springer. This…
Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) conducted a featured virtual webinar titled "Overcoming the Six Impurities of the Mind (Arishadvarga or Shadripu): Integrating Vedic Philosophy, Modern Psychology, & Scientific Kundalini Energy Yoga (SKEY)" for the "Break ke Baad" group based in Livermore, California. The webinar covered the…