Amanda C. Saragosa (first year PhD student),  Gabriela Buccini, Sheniz Moonie, Christopher Johansen (all Public Health), and Alyssa Crittenden (Graduate College) co-authored a newly published article, "Factors associated with caregiver responsive and non-responsive feeding styles in Clark County, Nevada," in the Public Health Nutrition…

Ph.D. student Amruta Godbole (Public Health) presented her research on “Associations between neonicotinoids and inflammation in US adults using hematological indices: NHANES 2015-2016" at the Society for Epidemiologic Research 2025 Mid-Year Meeting from Feb. 10-14, 2025.

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Ravi Batra (Public Health) co-authored a study, "Global, Regional, and National Burden of Suicide, 1990–2021," published in Lancet Public Health. The study highlights the highest rates of Suicides in Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. The average age of suicide deaths has increased over time, and suicide attempts…

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled “Gestational exposure to environmental chemical mixtures and cognitive abilities in children: A pooled analysis of two North American birth cohorts" in the journal Environmental International, along with researchers from Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Canada. The…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) and graduate students, Mohammad Sohail Akhter, Sharmistha Roy, and Refat Srejon (all Social and Behavioral Health), published a paper titled, “Future Issues in Global Health: Challenges and Conundrums,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Cite…

Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) and Kavita Batra (Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine) published an article titled, "Profile Analysis of Handwashing Behavior Among a Sample of College Students in the Multi-Theory Model Framework," in the journal, Hygiene. The study investigated the…

Kelly Chung (Public Health) was honored to be chosen as one of only three student podium presenters at the 11th Annual Research Symposium hosted by the Roseman University of Health Sciences. Chung presented her research project, "Environmental Parasite Contamination: A Study Evaluating Soil in Urban Dog Parks." She completed this study as part of…

Pearl Pinera, Pearl Kim, Fye Pinera (both Healthcare Administration and Policy), and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research) recently published "Social Determinants and Health Equity Activities: Are They Connected with the Adaptation of AI and Telehealth Services in the U.S. Hospitals?" in the…

Barbara Lewis, Chris Cochran, Erika Marquez, Neeraj Bhandari, Jennifer Pharr, Soumya Upadhyay (all School of Public Health), and  Stowe Shoemaker (Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement), co-authored an article, "Use of Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Councils: A Scoping Study," in the Journal of Patient Experience.  

Nicole DeVille (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled, “Spatial analysis of teen births near the New Bedford Harbor Superfund site,” in the journal Environmental Research: Health, in association with Carolina Villanueva, Susan A. Korrick, and Veronica M. Vieira. The article assesses the sociodemographic and geographic factors…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored an article titled, “Family incarceration and adolescent nicotine, alcohol, and cannabis use: A coarsened exact matching approach,” in the journal Addictive Behaviors, in association with researchers from California State University. The article evaluates the effect of the incarceration of…

Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a virtual talk titled, “An Analysis of a 4E Pedagogical Framework for Experiential Learning of Public Health Doctoral Students” at the 11th International New York Conference On Evolving Trends in Interdisciplinary Research &…