Accomplishments: School of Public Health
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled “Caregiver concerns about preschoolers’ overweight/obesity and undereating and their associations with feeding practices in China” in the journal Archives of Public Health (Impact factor 3.4) in association with coauthors from Chongqing Medical University…
Keith Shulman, Sharmistha Roy, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented three papers at the II. Çukurova International Congress on Social and Human Sciences held in Adana, Türkiye, between July 3-5, 2026, in co-authorship with Zain Akbar of Roseman University of Health Sciences and one in co-authorship with Daryl Traylor of…
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator with GBD 2023 TB HIV Collaborators, coauthored “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” published in The Lancet.…
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.