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…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator with the GBD 2023 Road Injuries Collaborators, coauthored “Global, regional, and national burden of road injuries 1990-2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023” in The Lancet. Public Health (Impact factor: 26.5). The study…

Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration and Policy) coauthored an article titled “Nurse Staffing and Hospital-Acquired Infections in Rural Versus Non-Rural Hospitals.” in the journal Hospitals, along with researchers from Roseman University of Health Sciences, College of Southern Nevada and Bay Area Community Health. The article explores how a…

Refat R. Srejon (Public Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine), and Jagdish Khubchandani from New Mexico State University, published a study "COVID-19 Vaccination Refusal and Non-Uptake Among People Living with HIV in the United States" in the Journal of Community Health. The study highlights the need for targeted interventions that address…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Ravi Batra (Public Health), along with the GBD 2023 Road Injuries Collaborators, co-authored a study published in The Lancet Public Health titled, "Global, Regional, and National Burden of Road Injuries, 1990–2023: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023." The study reports that despite…

Soumya Upadhyay and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy) coauthored an article titled “Organizational Resources and Hospital Patient Safety Culture: An Attention-Based View” in the Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy, along with faculty from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The article explores the relationship…