Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) recently presented their work "Profiles of stress causes and management strategies in Filipinos" as a podium presentation at the International Nursing and Health Care Symposium held on August 8, 2026. This presentation focused on the implications of these profiles in addressing stress-related…

Ph.D. students Refat Srejon and Ana Gonzalez-Alvarez (Social and Behavioral Health) and Tim Grigsby (Environmental and Global Health), coauthored a paper titled, “Theory-based smoking cessation interventions for young adults: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials,” in the journal Addictive Behaviors. The study examined behavioral…

Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator with GBD 2023 HIV Collaborators, coauthored an article titled “Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2023, with the estimated burden attributable to intimate partner violence and forecasted impacts of funding cuts through 2030: Results from the Global…

Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator with GBD 2023 Human Resources for Health Collaborators, coauthored an article titled “Measuring the composition and availability of human resources for health by sex in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023, and workforce gaps for universal health coverage: A systematic…

Ernesto Abel-Santos (Chemistry and Biochemistry), Rochelle Hines (Psychology), Brach Poston (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) have been awarded a $2,189,956 National Institutes of Health (NIH) T32 grant, the Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (GRISE), for 2026-31. The…

Pearl Kim, Yonsu Kim, and Jay Shen (all Healthcare Administration and Policy), and Ji Yoo (Medicine) recently co-authored a paper with the Northern Arizona University researcher, "Inpatient Palliative Care for Pediatric Neurologic and Neuromuscular Illnesses in the U.S. - A National Perspective," in Children.  

UNLV School of Public Health staff and faculty, Kaelia Lynn Saniatan, Alexandria Evans, Timothy Grigsby, Erika Marquez and Gabriela Buccini along with faculty from the UNLV School of Nursing, Clariana Vitoria Ramos de Oliveira authored, "Qualitative analysis of clinical and community perinatal providers' perceived barriers to equitable care for…

Rupam Mitra (Social and Behavioral Health), Jayed Hossain (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Mahsa Pashaeimeykola (Social and Behavioral Health), Ermias Turuse (Environmental and Global Health), and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy) at School of Public Health recently published a paper, "Sociodemographic Disparities in Alcohol-…

Antonious Anis, Juliann Shih, Kavita Batra, Irene Huang, and Mutsumi J. Kioka (all Medicine), together with Vidhani Goel (Public Health), published “Poor agreement between bioreactance and echocardiography during passive leg raising in patients with shock” in Scientific Reports, a Nature Portfolio journal. This investigator-initiated prospective…

Faculty from the kinesiology and nutrition sciences department (James Navalta, Dustin Davis) and the Center for Health Disparities Research, department of social and behavioral health (Jason Flatt) along with collaborators (Joshua D. Wooldridge - Moravian University, Juliet Moore - University of Delaware, Jafra Thomas - …

Barbara Lewis (Public Health) shared her research on "Strengthening Patient and Family Advisory Councils for Measurable Results" on an NRC Health webcast. 

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator with the GBD 2023 LDL Cholesterol Collaborators, coauthored an article titled “Global Burden of Elevated LDL-C: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023” in JAMA (Impact factor 65.4). The study found that in 2023, elevated low-density…