Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Testing of a multi-theory model (MTM) to determine factors associated with the initiation and maintenance of adequate sleep behavior among students from a Southeastern United States medical school” in the journal, BMC Public Health (impact factor 3.5) in…

Dean Shawn Gerstenberger (Public Health) and Dean Muge Akpinar-Elci with the UNR School of Public Health co-authored a column about supporting a strong public health system in Nevada.

Barbara Lewis (Public Health) was the keynote speaker at the Betsy Lehman Center Spring Forum. She presented her research on hospital Patient and Family Advisory Councils.

Barbara Lewis (Public Health) was the keynote speaker at the Betsy Lehman Center Spring Forum. She presented her research on hospital Patient and Family Advisory Councils.

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled, “Top comorbidities in osteoporotic fracture patients in a northeast population in China," in the journal BMC Public Health, along with researchers from China. The paper examined the pattern of comorbidity in fracture patients and non-fracture individuals.

Chad L. Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), along with colleagues from the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and Pescare Hospital, Italy, published the paper, "Dynamic neurocognitive adaptation: A follow-up exposome investigation in aging," in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) was interviewed on KNPR's State of Nevada to discuss how cases of skin cancer are a public health issue, and how to prevent them.

Asma Awan, Timothy Grigsby, and  Christopher Johansen, (all Social and Behavioral Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health and Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine) presented a poster titled, "Explaining the Correlates of the Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change in Visual…

Jace Flatt  (Social and Behavioral Health), recently co-edited a special issue titled, “Promoting Cognitive Health in LGBTQIA+ Clinical Neuropsychology,” with Anthony Correro II. This special issue, published in The Clinical Neuropsychologist, delves into key research areas in LGBTQIA+ clinical neuropsychology. The research focuses…

Asma Awan, Sharmistha Roy, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) recently published a paper, "Occupational stress and burnout among physicians in the United States: Challenges and interventions for a global health crisis," in the journal GIPMEL . The article explained that acute and chronic stress in physicians,…

Jace Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) recently published a paper, "An especially hidden population: sexual and gender minority dementia caregivers," with colleagues in the Alzheimer's & Dementia journal. This study found that sexual and gender minority  caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias…

Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Global Health), Lung-Chang Chien, Chad Cross, Edom Gelaw (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and colleagues published an article on "Towards optimization of community vulnerability indices for COVID-19 prevalence" in the journal BMC Public Health. In this study the team established a practical approach to…