Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) received funding from the World Health Organization to develop a case study of the multisectoral actions of the Brazilian National Strategy to Prevent and Care for Childhood Obesity (PROTEJA). This case study will be part of the WHO Collection of Case Studies on Experiences of Multisectoral…

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published a paper titled, "Cognitive and Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Limbic Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy" in the journal Neurology. The primary aim of this study was to elucidate the clinical and cognitive differences at baseline between patients with autopsy confirmed…

Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) presented at the prestigious 2023 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennal Meeting on March 25, 2023. Her presentation was part of the panel titled, "A Deeper Dive: Examining the implementation of early childhood interventions across three countries." Buccini's session…

Reimund Serafica (lead-author), Jennifer Kawi, Andrew Thomas Reyes, and Lorraine Evangelista (all Nursing), and Miguel Fudolig and Francisco Sy (Public Health) co-authored an article, "Correlates of Psychological Distress Among Filipino Americans and Filipinos Living in Urban Areas in the United States and the Philippines." The study aimed to…

Asma Awan, Siddharth Raich, Miklo Alcala, Priyambda Kumra,  Anita Chatterjee, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a  paper titled, "Mixed methods process evaluation for RQFSM Model for assessing disparity-related efforts in Nevada," at the 2023 Society of Public Health Education Annual Conference held in…

Sidath Kapukotuwa, Anita Chatterjee, Laurencia Bonsu, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented two papers titled, "Explaining the correlates of problem gambling behavior based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change among college students: A cross-sectional study," and, "A phenomenological study based on…

Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-authored a paper titled, "Impacts on Teamwork Performance for an Engineering Capstone in Emergency Remote Teaching," published in the Journal of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.  The researchers analyzed how teamwork performance was impacted for engineering…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) gave a paper presentation on "Exploring the causes and consequences of homelessness among sexual and gender diverse adults in Texas" and a poster presentation on "Latent profiles of sociocultural stressors in a sample of immigrant origin Hispanic and Somali adolescents: Associations with mental health"…

Chad Cross, Brianna Rivera (both Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) published a paper titled, "Descriptive Epidemiological Analysis of Cestode Infections in Nevada: Characterizing Patients and Analyzing Trends using Patient Utilization Records, 2013-2019," in the Nevada Journal of Public…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) published a paper on "Vector control for malaria prevention during humanitarian emergencies: a systematic review and meta-analysis" in The Lancet Global Health.  Humanitarian emergencies can lead to population displacement, food insecurity, severe health system disruptions, and malaria…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) co-authored an interdisciplinary article titled, “Single parenthood and minor children: Vulnerability factors for fear of crime," in collaboration with colleagues from Jackson State University and Auburn University at Montgomery in the journal The Pursuit.  The article found…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented during the American Mosquito Control Association 89th Annual Meeting from Feb. 27-Mar. 3 in Reno, Nevada. She gave three oral presentations and one poster presentation on the following topics: "Investigating molecular mechanisms of insecticide resistance in the Eastern…