Tim Grigsby (Social & Behavioral Health) co-published an article on "Domains matter: A prospective investigation of traditional female gender roles and alcohol use among Latinas" in the Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. Scholars suggest traditional feminine gender roles (TFGRs) influence alcohol use among U.S. Latinas, but relevant…

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) published a paper entitled "Dietary carotenoid intake and osteoporosis: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2018" in the Archives of Osteoporosis.   The article discusses how higher intake of β-carotene and β-cryptoxanthin were associated with lower risk of osteoporosis. A…

Courtney Coughenour (Environmental and Occupational Health) is the first author along with Maxim Gakh (Environmental and Occupational Health), Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) on the article "Assessing Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) have published an article, “Can the Multi-theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change Explain the Intent for People to Practice Meditation?” in the Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine in collaboration with colleagues from Baylor…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) has coauthored an article, “Effect of the Fourth-generation Multi-theory Model Intervention on the Quality of Life in Iranian Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” in the journal Post Reproductive Health in association with colleagues from Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical…

Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health) published new research with colleagues, "Measuring Sex and Gender in Aging and Alzheimer’s Research: Results of a National Survey," in the Journals of Gerontology, Psychological Sciences.    

Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) has co-authored a research article "Effects of Cyproheptadine on Body Weight Gain in Children with Nonorganic Failure to Thrive in Taiwan: A Hospital-based Retrospective Study" in the journal PLOS ONE in collaborations with researchers in Taiwan. The study evaluates the effects of…

Erick B. López, Amanda Haboush-Deloye (both Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy), and Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health) published their research, "The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 in Minority Communities," in the Nevada Journal of Public Health.

Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) has coauthored an article, “Independent and Combined Associations between Multiple Lifestyle Behaviors and Academic Grades of Inner Urban and Peri-Urban High School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chongqing, China” in the journal BMJ Open in collaboration with colleagues from Chongqing…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) has co-authored a chapter, “Using humor as a pedagogical tool in public health” in the book, Teach Public Health with a Sense of Humor: Why (and how to) be a funnier and more effective public health professor and laugh all the way to your classroom edited by Kishor Vaidya (University of Canberra).…

Tim Grigsby (Social & Behavioral Health) published an article on "Combined alcohol use and weight status effects on mortality risk among adults: Analysis of the National Household Interview Survey linked mortality files 2001-2015" in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Both alcohol use and weight status have been linked to increased…

Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) presented at the 11th Brazilian Congress of Epidemiology Nov. 25.  Her presentation was part of the panel to discuss the 2030 Agenda for Child Health and Nutrition challenges. Buccini's session was titled "Monitoring the indicators of the Nurturing Care Framework (WHO/UNICEF)."