Asma Awan, Siddharth Raich, Anita Chatterjee, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), Miklo Alcala and Priyambda Kumra (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented a paper at Nevada Public Health Association’s Annual Conference on September 13, 2023.  The paper was titled, “An analysis of socio-demographic…

Shawn Gerstenberger (Public Health) is the recipient of the Nevada Public Health Association's Public Health Advocate of the Year Award. The award recognizes Gerstenberger's active role in public health in Nevada and the impact that it has on our communities.

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), presented a paper titled, “Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) Applied to Process Evaluation in Nevada: An Application of the Dovetailing of the RQFSM Model with CBPR,” at the 13th International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society in Vancouver, Canada. Participants…

Louisa Messenger, Katharine Major, and Karen Figueroa Chilito (all Public Health) were invited by United to Beat Malaria, a grassroots campaign of the United Nations Foundation, to represent the state of Nevada during their biannual Advocacy Day on September 14th. On Advocacy Day, Messenger, Major, and Figueroa Chilito met with representatives of…

Merika Charupoom (Public Health), Kavita Batra, Max Gakh, William Sousa, William Porter, Bertille Mavegam, Courtney Coughenour, and Deborah Kuhls presented their study, "An analysis of Police Traffic Stops data dashboards to find the most effective data visualization technique and strategy," at the Nevada Public Health Association annual meeting.…

Ph.D. candidate Noehealani Antolin and Ph.D. graduates Yingke Xu and Xiangxue Xiao (all Public Health) co-authored articles with the CDC in a Special Issue: A Collection of Evidence‐Based Strategies for School Nutrition and Physical Activity, which was published in the Journal of School Health.  Antolin is a co-author on an…

Dieu-My Tran (Nursing) and co-authors, Chad Cross (Public Health), and James Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published, "A Randomized Controlled Trial, Non-Nutrition Based mHealth Program: The Potential Impact on Dietary Intake in College Students." The publication will appear in the Clinical Nursing Research. 

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has coauthored a publication titled, “Associations of Deep Sleep and Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Family Relationships, Life Satisfaction and Physical Stress Experience in Children: A Caregiver Perspective,” in association with colleagues from Northwestern University, the University of…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) and Micajah Daniels (Social and Behavioral Health) have authored the article “College Students' Readiness to Change in Physical Inactivity Behavior using Perfection Quotient Behavioral Model” with colleagues from the University of Mississippi, University of Mississippi Medical Center,…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) had his work on Introspective Meditation (manan dhyana), a technique for finding complete inner contentment (Santosha), that he has copyrighted, featured in The Daily Guardian, for one of its applications. This application is, “Introspective meditation as a spiritual tool before…

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) had their research featured in Las Vegas Weekly. The feature discusses Cross' and Messenger's work, focusing on diseases that can be transmitted by insects. In their Parasitology and Vector Biology lab, they engage in citizen science…

Jason Flatt (Public Health) and colleagues recently published an article, "Medical Mistrust Mediates the Relationship Between Nonconsensual Intersex Surgery and Healthcare Avoidance Among Intersex Adults," in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. We identified a relationship between nonconsensual surgery and health care avoidance among intersex…