Manoj Sharma, Asma Awan, Ana Gonzalez, Sidath Kapukotuwa & Md. Sohail Akther (all Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “Fourth-generation multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change as a novel strategy for sustainable health promotion: A systematic review” in the Journal of Social Behavior and Community Health.…

Barbara Lewis (Public Health) was a panelist on the Beryl Institute webinar on Sustaining and Growing a Patient and Family Advisory Council.

The Nevada Breastfeeding Coalition awarded Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) the 2025 Golden Droplet Award. Buccini is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and a leading researcher on breastfeeding nationally and globally. Since relocating to UNLV and Las Vegas, Buccini has received over 7 million in research and…

Gabriela Buccini, Manoj Sharma, Timothy J. Grigsby, master's student Ambree Schoetker, master's student Smriti Neupane (all Public Health); Dodds Simangan, Jyoti Desai (both Medicine); Ana Poblacion (Children's HealthWatch), and NIH colleagues Alison Brown and Juanita Chinn published, "Food insecurity questionnaire on knowledge,…

Barbara Lewis (Healthcare Administration and Policy) presented her research on Evaluating and Measuring the Impact of Patient and Family Advisory Councils at the Institute for Patient and Family Centered Care webinar.

Abena Gyawu Owusu Ansah (Social and Behavioral Health) presented on Determinants of Infant Mortality in Two Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Comparative Analysis at the 2025 annual American Public Health Association (APHA) in Washington, D.C. 

Sharmistha Roy and Manoj Sharma (both Social & Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “Socioeconomic determinants of child health in urban slums of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional analysis of BMI and associations with parental education, poverty, occupation, and maternal age at birth” in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences in…

Doctoral student, Amanda Castelo Saragosa, along with Jason Flatt and Gabriela Buccini (all Social and Behavioral Health) published: Using concept mapping to co-create implementation strategies to address maternal-child food insecurity during the first 1,000 days of life. This peer-reviewed publication showcases the EARN-FS project and describes…

Cristina Hernandez (Social and Behavioral Health) recently presented, "A novel model of scholarship program to increase lactation workforce in Nevada," at the 2025 annual American Public Health Association (APHA) in Washington, D.C. This presentation is a culmination of the Nevada Lactation Hub Scholarship program led by Gabriela Buccini and Rikki…

Grace Adu Buabeng (Public Health) presented her thesis, Maternal Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Food Insecurity: A Cross-Sectional Study, at the 2025 annual American Public Health Association (APHA) in Washington, DC.

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) delivered a keynote address at the International Conference on Healthcare Innovations in Software, Engineering & Technology (HISET-2025) held in Karad, Maharashtra, India. The title of his presentation was "Advent of the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change in…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Ph.D. student Karen Lorena Figueroa Chilito coauthored an article titled, “Evaluating a novel multi-species vector control tool for humanitarian crises: the efficacy of attractive targeted sugar baits among forcibly displaced populations in Northern Nigeria,” in the journal BMC Medicine…