Sharmistha Roy and Manoj Sharma (both Social & Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “Socioeconomic determinants of child health in urban slums of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional analysis of BMI and associations with parental education, poverty, occupation, and maternal age at birth” in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences in…

Doctoral student, Amanda Castelo Saragosa, along with Jason Flatt and Gabriela Buccini (all Social and Behavioral Health) published: Using concept mapping to co-create implementation strategies to address maternal-child food insecurity during the first 1,000 days of life. This peer-reviewed publication showcases the EARN-FS project and describes…

Cristina Hernandez (Social and Behavioral Health) recently presented, "A novel model of scholarship program to increase lactation workforce in Nevada," at the 2025 annual American Public Health Association (APHA) in Washington, D.C. This presentation is a culmination of the Nevada Lactation Hub Scholarship program led by Gabriela Buccini and Rikki…

Grace Adu Buabeng (Public Health) presented her thesis, Maternal Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Food Insecurity: A Cross-Sectional Study, at the 2025 annual American Public Health Association (APHA) in Washington, DC.

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) delivered a keynote address at the International Conference on Healthcare Innovations in Software, Engineering & Technology (HISET-2025) held in Karad, Maharashtra, India. The title of his presentation was "Advent of the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change in…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Ph.D. student Karen Lorena Figueroa Chilito coauthored an article titled, “Evaluating a novel multi-species vector control tool for humanitarian crises: the efficacy of attractive targeted sugar baits among forcibly displaced populations in Northern Nigeria,” in the journal BMC Medicine…

Nicole DeVille (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored an article titled, “Areca nut-related oral cancer awareness in adults: A meta-analysis,” in the Journal of Cancer Policy, in association with researchers from Texas, Massachusetts, California, Philadelphia and Vietnam. The article surveyed the awareness among adults that areca nut products…

Barbara Lewis (Healthcare Administration and Policy) was the featured speaker at a webinar conducted by Planetree and Fidelum Health on Transforming Hospitals with Patient and Family Advisory Councils. 

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a virtual paper titled “Online teaching for public health in program planning” at the 18th Annual International Conference of Education, Research, and Innovation (ICERI), 2025, held in Seville, Spain. The presentation highlighted his pedagogical approach using the multi-…

Francisco Sy (Public Health) gave a presentation titled, "Empowering Communities in Building Resiliencies to Respond to Natural Disasters in the Philippines," at the 23rd Biennial Meeting of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America on Oct. 17, 2025, in Houston, Texas.

Mohammad Sohail Akhter (Social and Behavioral Health) was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation for presenting innovative and cutting-edge research by the Oral Health Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) at their annual meeting. The presentation titled, “Bibliometric analysis to assess global health research on Periodontal…

Francisco Sy (Public Health) and his co-authors from University of Nebraska, West Virginia University, University of North Dakota, University of Mississippi, Louisiana State University, University of Puerto Rico, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Brown University, Tufts University, and University of…