Tim Grigsby (Social & Behavioral Health) co-authored an article, "Effects of Multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences on Substance Use in Young Adults: A Review of the Literature" in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.  Consensus across reviewed studies found that the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and substance…

Andrew Thomas Reyes, Ehdzky-Ray M. Manzano (both Nursing), and Chad L. Cross (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored, “The Moderating Role of Resilience on Mindfulness, Experiential Avoidance, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms of College Student Veterans: A Cross-Sectional Study,” which is published in the Issues in…

Congratulations to the recipients of these 2022 UNLV teaching awards: Outstanding Teaching by Part-Time Faculty Award Xiaoling Hays - Chinese/World Languages and Cultures, College of Liberal Arts Elizabeth "Hope" Hinchman - School of Nursing Yousif Muradian - Finance, Lee School of Business Hiroko Tadano - Japanese/World Languages and…

Christopher Johansen (Social & Behavioral Health) is a recipient of the Nevada INBRE's Development Research Project (DRP) Award titled, "Impact of Parental Acculturation among Latino Parents and Their Preschool-aged Children in Southern Nevada." The DRP program is a mentored career development program intended to advance the careers of Nevada…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored an article, “Nutrition Literacy of Middle School Students and its Influencing Factors: A Cross-sectional Study in Chongqing, China” in collaboration with colleagues from Chongqing Medical University (China); Sichuan University (China); department of communicable disease and prevention,…

Asma Tahir (Environmental & Occupational Health) presented a poster on "Comparison of the Airborne Fungal Spore Concentrations in the Mojave Desert and Las Vegas 2016-2020" at the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology annual meeting in Phoenix last month. The poster also has been published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical…

Janice M. Pluth (Health Physics & Diagnostic Sciences) and Chad L. Cross (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), along with colleagues at UC Berkley, recently published the article "Cellular DNA Effects of Radiation and Cancer Risk Assessment in Cells with Mitochondrial Defects" in the Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences. The…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) have coauthored an article, “Prevalence and Predictors of Burnout Syndrome among Italian Psychologists Following the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study” in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences in collaboration with researchers from Italy and…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored an article, "An Exploratory Social Media Intervention for Perception and Behavior on Eating Away from Home: A Cluster-randomized Trial in Chongqing, China" in the Journal of Cleaner Production in collaboration with researchers from Chongqing Medical University (China), Silla University (South…

Chad L. Cross & Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology & Biostatistics); two former School of Public Health graduate students (Julia Anderson and Karen Gutierrez); current graduate student (Jacklynn De Leon), and colleagues from the University of Missouri published "Rural-Urban Continuum as a Potential Geographic Correlate of Breast and Prostate…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored an article, "Use of the Multi-theory Model (MTM) in Explaining Initiation and Sustenance of Indoor Tanning Cessation among College Students," in collaboration with the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; and the University of Mississippi in the journal…

Tim Grigsby (Social & Behavioral Health) published a paper on "Adverse Childhood Experiences and College Student Health Promotion Outcomes: Another Perspective on the Trauma-health Relationship" in Child Abuse Review. The goal of the study was to examine the relationship between adverse childhood experience exposure and health information…