Jace Flatt and Drew Blasco (both Social and Behavioral Health) and colleagues have received a new four-year, $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for their project, "Promoting Engagement and Clinical Trial Readiness for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Among…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) guided a doctoral scholar from Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences and coauthored an article titled, "A qualitative study to identify the determinants and strategies for the prevention of dengue fever in Iran," in the journal Scientific Reports (Impact factor 3.9). The qualitative…

Yonsu Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Ji Won Yoo (Internal Medicine), and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy) published an article, "Increasing trend in asthma hospitalization among cannabisdependent abusers and recreational cannabis legalizations (1998-2021)" in Annals…

Anam Fatima (Social & Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled "Nutrition Behavior Change in Pregnancy: Mapping Evidence through a  Scoping Review" in the BioSocial Health Journal. The review highlighted the effectiveness of educational behavioral change…

Asma Awan and Ana Daniela Gonzalez (both Social and Behavioral Health) have been awarded Silver Level Award in the 2025 National Case Study Competition in Health Education (NCSCHE). This is one of the top competitions in the nation in this category which was held at the SOPHE 2025 Annual Conference from April 15, 2025 (on-site…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), in association with coauthors from China and Australia, published an article titled "Depressive symptoms and associated factors among middle-aged and older patients with chronic kidney disease: Gender differences based on a health ecological model" in the journal Healthcare (Impact…

Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), Ashish Kumar Biswas (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, "Stress, anxiety, and depression as psychological distress among college and undergraduate students: A scoping review of reviews guided by the socio-…

Asma Awan and Ana Daniela Gonzalez (both Social and Behavioral Health) have been awarded a Silver Level Award in the 2025 National Case Study Competition in Health Education (NCSCHE). This is one of the top competitions in the nation in this category. 

Tim Grigsby (Environmental and Global Health) coauthored a paper titled, “Adverse childhood experiences and college student mental well-being: The role of coping strategies and the developmental timing of adversity,” in the journal Adversity and Resilience Science, along with researchers from California. The paper assesses the impact of adverse…

Zahra Mojtahedi and Pearl Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Yoo (Medicine), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research) recently published "Socioeconomic differences in discharge against medical advice and hospital admission among emergency department visits associated with…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Global Health) and Richard M. Oxborough from the Parasitology and Vector Biology Laboratory coauthored an article titled “Novel insecticide resistance mutations associated with variable PBO synergy in Anopheles gambiae s.l. from the Democratic Republic of Congo” in the journal Scientific Reports, in association…

Ana Daniela Gonzalez-Alvarez, Asma Awan, & Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) published a study, "An Exploration of U.S. Nutritional Diet Policies: A Narrative Review for Transformation Toward Sustainable Food Systems," in the journal Encyclopedia. This study aimed to evaluate U.S. policies from 2013-2023 relevant to sustainable…