Ravi Batra, Manoj Sharma (both Public Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) presented a poster, "Yoga for anxiety relief among college students: Current state of interventions," at the American Public Health Association 150th annual meeting in Boston. Ravi Batra is a doctoral student.

Kavita Batra (Medicine), Manoj Sharma, and Ravi Batra (both Social and Behavioral Health) along with researchers from the University of Utah published a meta-analysis, "Assessing the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 among College Students: An Evidence of 15 Countries," in February 2021. As of today, this meta-analysis remains among the top 20…

Jay Shen and Pearl Kim (both Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Ji Yoo and Laurie Kim (both Medicine) recently presented "Assessing Effects of the IETHTC Program on Clinical Outcomes and Cost of Care in a Healthcare Provider Shortage Area in USA” at the conference of ISPOR — a professional society for Health Economics and Outcomes…

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was appointed to the international council of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) for the term 2022-2028. ISID has a mission to is to "support health professionals, non-government organizations, and governments around the world in their work to prevent, investigate, and manage…

Emily C. Strickler (Medicine, '22 Public Health alumna) was nominated by the UNLV School of Public Health's Delta Theta chapter of the Delta Omega Honor Society to present her thesis research at the 2022 Delta Omega poster session at the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting. Strickler was one of 29 students invited to present…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) presented a poster on "Immigration and adaptation related stressors and bullying behaviors among ethnic minority youth: The promise of developmental assets" at the American Public Health Association 2022 annual meeting in Boston, MA.

Krystal Kittle and Jason Flatt (both Social and Behavioral Health) recently published, “Feasibility of the Savvy Caregiver Program for LGBTQ+ Caregivers of People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Manoj Sharma, Ravi Batra (Social and Behavioral Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education), Chia-Laing Dai (Teaching and Learning), and David Cappelli (Dental Medicine) have published a manuscript titled, “Predicting Flossing through the Application of the Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change among…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health), along with colleagues, presented a symposium paper on "Indirect effects of adverse childhood experiences on self-reported substance use problems through mental illness among sexual and gender diverse individuals" at the 2022 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies annual meeting in Atlanta, GA…

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published an article on "Gestational exposure to organophosphate esters and infant anthropometric measures in the first 4 weeks after birth" in the journal Science of the Total Environment.  Few studies have examined whether gestational exposure to organophosphate esters (OPEs), widely used…

Jennifer Pharr (EOH), Lung-Chang Chien (EAB), Max Gakh (EOH), Jason Flatt (SBH), Krystal Kittle (SBH), and Emylia Terry (EOH) from the School of Public Health recently published, "Moderating Effect of Community and Individual Resilience on Structural Stigma and Suicidal Ideation among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in the United…

Anita Chatterjee, Laurencia Bonsu, and Sidath Kapukotuwa (all Social and Behavioral Health) have been awarded a grant of $3,000 each for their proposal titled, “A phenomenological qualitative study based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to identify factors and ways to design interventions for quitting gambling among older…