Faculty from the kinesiology and nutrition sciences department (James Navalta, Dustin Davis) and the Center for Health Disparities Research, department of social and behavioral health (Jason Flatt) along with collaborators (Joshua D. Wooldridge - Moravian University, Juliet Moore - University of Delaware, Jafra Thomas - …

Barbara Lewis (Public Health) shared her research on "Strengthening Patient and Family Advisory Councils for Measurable Results" on an NRC Health webcast. 

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator with the GBD 2023 LDL Cholesterol Collaborators, coauthored an article titled “Global Burden of Elevated LDL-C: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023” in JAMA (Impact factor 65.4). The study found that in 2023, elevated low-density…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator with the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Stillbirth Collaborators, coauthored an article titled “Stillbirths at 22- and 28-weeks’ gestation or longer for the states in India: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023” in the journal…

Sharon Jalene, Jason Ciccotelli, Christian Ison, Jaime Carbajal, Andrew Hooyman (all Integrated Health Sciences) and Lauren Gatto (Student Success) were published in the PLOS One research journal for their paper titled, "Supporting recovery: Intersections of health, belonging, and help seeking after a campus mass casualty event."

Kavita Batra (Medicine), in collaboration with Jagdish Khubchandani (New Mexico State University), Ravi Batra (Public Health), and Syed Aman Ali (Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Pakistan) published "Psychiatric Safety of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Across Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity: An Integrative Review" in Diabetology. The review synthesizes…

Ana Gonzalez, Sidath Kapukotuwa, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled “Promoting Healthy Weight with Dietary Tracking: A Scoping Review of Behavioral Interventions” in the Journal of the Academy of Public Health. Dietary self-monitoring, particularly calorie tracking, is well recognized as a…

Barbara Lewis (Public Health) presented her research at NRC Health in a webcast titled Launching a High Impact Patient & Family Advisory Council: A Practical Roadmap for Hospital Leaders. 

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Global Health) published "Operationalising Environmental DNA (eDNA) Detection of Major Malaria Vector Species in Ghana" in Molecular Ecology Resources. Her team tested a low-cost water sampling method that can detect malaria mosquitoes and their insecticide resistance genes just from DNA left behind in breeding…

Manoj Sharma, Sharmistha Roy, Mahsa PasheiMeykola, Rupam Mitra & Asma Awan (all Social & Behavioral Health) published an article titled “Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Psychosocial, Behavioral, and Educational Interventions for Youth Cannabis Use: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials” in the journal Psychoactives. The…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) conducted a featured virtual webinar titled "Introspective Meditation on Avoiding Guilt and Fostering Self-Forgiveness & Forgiveness for Others" for the "Break ke Baad" group based in Livermore, California. The webinar covered the scientific basis of guilt, including the…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator with the GBD 2023 Asia Life Expectancy Collaborators, coauthored “Mapping drivers of life expectancy change in Asia from 1990 to 2023” in Nature (Impact factor 56.1). The study was unique because most previous research on the longitudinal trends in life…