Jeffrey Martin, Henry Krasner, Crysty-Ann Olaco, Kavita Batra and Dale Netski (all Medicine) along with Nicolette Harmon (Public Health) co-published an abstract of their upcoming study, "Community Level Correlates of COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Analysis," in Proceedings of the 1st International…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published a paper titled, “Asynchronous Online Teaching of Research Methods to Graduate Students: Application of the Multi-Theory Model of Health Behavior Change,” in ICERI 2023 Proceedings. The article is a case study of a successful pedagogical application of his fourth-generation…

Nicole DeVille (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published an article on "Contextualizing Depression in Pacific Islander Sexual and Gender Minority Youth—Location, History, and Culture" in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. A recent study identified high rates of depressive symptoms among groups of Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific…

Emylia Terry, Ravi Batra, Jennifer Pharr (all public health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) made an oral presentation of their study, "Physical inactivity and psychological morbidities among LGBTQ+: A comparative analysis," at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference held in Atlanta. This study highlighted the need of developing…

Emylia Terry, Ravi Batra, Jennifer Pharr (all public health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) made an oral presentation of their study, "Factors predicting the discrimination, discrimination vigilance, and physical violence occurrence among sexual minority women: A predictive analysis," at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference held…

Miklo Alcala, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), presented their poster “Conforming to Filipino male masculinity norms and the effects on psychological well-being” during the American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting on Nov. 14, in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of the Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for…

Siddharth Raich, Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), and a colleague from Howard University presented a roundtable “Portion size control: A comprehensive review of dietary interventions” during the American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting on Nov. 13 in Atlanta, Georgia,…

Siddharth Raich, Priyambda Kumra, Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), and Buddhadeb Dawn, Kavita Batra, Aditi Singh (all Medicine), presented their poster, "Yoga as a complementary therapy to manage physiological and psychological outcomes of digestive disorders: The current state of…

Sidath Kapukotuwa (Social and Behavioral Health), Ravi Batra (Environmental and Occupational Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine; Office of Research), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) presented their poster, "Yoga for osteoarthritis: Current state of interventions," during the American Public…

Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) gave an oral presentation titled, "Comparing the social vulnerability index for COVID-19: Adopting a novel approach and analyzing spatial associations," on Nov. 14 at the 2023 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented a poster titled, "Assessing COVID-19 vaccination accessibility in Clark County, Nevada," on Nov. 12 at the 2023 American Public Health Association Annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Occupational Health) gave a roundtable presentation titled, "An emerging hotspot analysis of COVID-19 in Clark County, Nevada, 2020-2023," on Nov. 14 at the 2023 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.