Ph.D. student Ravi Batra (Public Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) co-authored a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases titled, "Global, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023." The study reports that…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled “Perceived barriers for physical activity in overweight and obese youth: A scoping review” published in the journal Health Science Reports (Impact factor 2.9) with coauthors from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. The study found that environmental and…

Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) recently presented their work "Using Latent Class Analysis to Identify Stressors and Stress Management Strategies in Filipinos" at the 2026 Western North American Region of the International Biometric Society (WNAR/IBS) Annual Meeting. The work was completed with collaborators from the School of…

Amruta Godbole (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented a poster titled "Prenatal polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) exposure and kidney function in adolescents" at the Society for Epidemiological Research (SER) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. 

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) conducted a featured virtual webinar titled "Scientific Kundalini Energy Yoga (SKEY): The Architecture of Integration: Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science" for the "Break ke Baad" group based in Livermore, California. The webinar covered a description of yoga from a scientific…

Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), Ashis Kumar Biswas (Management Information Systems), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled “Digital and in-person mindfulness-based interventions for university students’ mental health: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials” in…

Barbara Lewis (Healthcare Administration and Policy) gave a presentation with a colleague at the Case Management Society of America on "Case Managers & Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs): Synergy for Safe Care."

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “TyG Index and Frailty as Composite Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Risk and Mortality Across CKM Stages 0–3” in the journal Metabolites (Impact factor 4.5) in collaboration with coauthors from Chongqing Medical University and Qatar University. The study…

Pearl C. Kim, Jay J. Shen, Christopher Cochran, and Ashley Meda (all Healthcare Administration and Policy) presented their research "Access to Care and Mental Health Among the First-Generation Latino" at the 2026 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, Washington.

Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Nevada Institute for Children’s Research and Policy; Social and Behavioral Health), Smriti Neupane (Nevada Institute for Children’s Research and Policy), and Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) published a study titled, "Household Food Insecurity Risk and Weight Status Outcomes in Early Childhood: A Public Health…

Mark Buttner and Patricia Cruz (both Environmental and Global Health) received a 14-month, $1.1 million award through Nevada Health and Human Services to conduct molecular microbiological environmental monitoring and research.

Ravi Batra (Public Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 Collaborators, have published a study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases titled “Global burden of enteric infectious diseases, diarrhoeal diseases, and corresponding aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of…