Amanda Morgan (Social and Behavioral Health) spoke with Shawn Gerstenberger (Public Health) for the latest episode of the "So, You Want to Change the World?" podcast. In the episode, Morgan, a professor-in-residence at the School of Public Health, talks about teaching about human sexuality to nearly 5,000 students, interning at the…

Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) served as the session chair for the Statistical Methods session at the 34th Southern Taiwan Statistical Conference, held at National Taipei University in Taiwan. He also delivered an oral presentation entitled "Tracking COVID-19 Vaccination Barriers Over Time: A Barrier Index Approach for…

Yeunkyung Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) published an article, "Factors associated with receipt of caregiver training among family and unpaid caregivers of people living with dementia," in the Journal of Aging and Health Research.

Megan McDonough, Vidhani Goel, and Samantha Smith (Public Health) received the Delta Omega Honor Society Best Poster Awards. Delta Omega is a national honorary society for graduate students in public health, founded in 1924 at Johns Hopkins University. McDonough, Goel, and Smith will present their posters at the Delta Omega poster sessions at…

Manoj Sharma and Ravi Batra (Public Health), in collaboration with Kavita Batra (Medicine) and the Global Burden of Disease 2023 Vaccine Coverage Collaborators, have co-authored a major study published in The Lancet, "Global, regional, and national trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023 with forecasts to 2030." The…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was recognized for his new book, "Introspective meditations for complete contentment (Santosha), 2nd. ed." through publication of a review in the prestigious, Italian Journal of Psychology and Occupational Health. The book provides a roadmap for applying one's own cognitive power to…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Global Health) coauthored an article titled “Enhancing protection against vector-borne diseases in forcibly displaced communities: evaluating the efficacy of spatial repellents for cutaneous leishmaniasis control in North-East Syria” in the journal BMC Medicine, in association with researchers from the United…

Samantha E. John (Brain Health), along with Jalal Uddin, Drew Blasco, Timothy J. Grigsby, Chad L. Cross, and Jason D. Flatt (all Public Health), recently published a study titled, "Exploring Discharge to Hospice for Dementia-Related Healthcare Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in Southern Nevada," in the Journal of Palliative Medicine.…

Tim Grigsby (Environmental and Global Health) coauthored a paper titled, “Demographic correlates associated with blackout rage gallon (BORG) drinking knowledge and participation among college students,” in the journal Substance Use and Misuse, along with researchers from California State University and Texas State University. The paper examined…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was interviewed by New India Abroad on his new book, Introspective Meditations for Complete Contentment (Santosha) (2nd edition), on the International Yoga Day. New India Abroad is a leading newspaper for the Indian diaspora residing in the United States and other countries. The…

Tim Grigsby (Environmental and Global Health) coauthored a paper titled, “A motivational framework to connect traditional feminine gender roles to alcohol use and consequences among Latina young adults in the United States," in the Journal of Latinx Psychology, along with Perrotte, J. K., Meca, A., Piña-Watson, B., Ham, L., Cano, M. Á., Martin, J…

Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research) and Fye Pinera and Pearl Pinera (both Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Yoo (Medicine) presented "Association of Atrial Ablation and Palliative Care for High-risk Mortality Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in U.S. Hospitals" at the 19th World Congress…