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)."

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) has received a grant of $281,778 from Pfizer entitled, “Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Educational Intervention for Health Care Professionals to Improve Management of Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis in Children” as co-principal investigator along with Dr. Robert T. Brodell and Dr…

Qing Wu (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) and Xiangxue Xiao (Public Health) published an article on "Multiple polygenic scores improve bone mineral density prediction in an independent sample of Caucasian women" in the Postgraduate Medical Journal. The study aims to determine if multiple genetic risk scores improve bone mineral density …

Melissa Marshall, Selam Ayele, Casey Barber, Erin Sheehy, Daidre Gamboa, and Shawn Gerstenberger (all Public Health) published an article on "The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development BUILD Las Vegas 2019 Event: Lessons learned in public health community engagement" in the Journal of Community Health. The article offers lessons learned…

Jason Flatt (Social & Behavioral Health) is the principal investigator on a project entitled "Engaging the LGBTQIA+ community living with Parkinson's Disease, caregivers and care providers in research," a collaboration between UNLV and Cleveland Clinic - Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. The proposal was selected for funding for $400,000…

Jose Melendrez, Christopher Johansen, Manoj Sharma, and Amanda Haboush-Deloye (all Public Health) presented on "Examples of Community Based Participatory Research in Action" at the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Institute.  The CBPR Institute was sponsored by the UNLV School of Public Health, Nevada Minority…

Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) was a presenter at the 18th Confelanyd (Conference of the Latin American Confederation of Nutritionists and Dietitians). One of the major international events for the Latin American and Caribbean community of nutritionists from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador,…

Zaijing Sun (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) was invited and presented his research “A Preliminary Study of the Organic and Nonorganic Food Ingredients with Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis” in the NCNR Seminar series of the Center for Neutron Research at the National Institute of Standard and Technology.  In…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) have published the article, “The Role of Vitamin E in Slowing Down Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Narrative Review” in collaboration with Ram Lakhan of Berea College and Frazier Beatty of Regis College.   The article explores the possible neuroprotective effect of…