Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published the article, “Global, regional, and national burden of chronic respiratory diseases and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990–2023: A Global Burden of Disease study,” as a senior collaborator in the journal, Nature Medicine (Impact factor 50.0). The study found that globally…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Global Health) coauthored an article titled, “The effectiveness of long-lasting spatial repellent emanators against malaria in humanitarian crisis settings in northern Nigeria: a two-arm pragmatic, open-label, controlled trial,” in The Lancet’s Infectious Diseases journal, in association with researchers from…

Pearl Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) has been appointed by Gov. Lombardo to serve on the Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council (since 2020) and the Commission on Aging for the State of Nevada for the next two years.

Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), Ashis Kumar Biswas (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Norovirus: Emerging challenges and clinical conundrums,” in the journal Advances in Medicine, Psychology and Public Health. The manuscript underscores…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) recently co-authored a paper titled, "Do local geographic characteristics moderate the association between familial incarceration and adolescent depression and anxiety?," in BMC Psychology along with researchers from California State University, Northridge and University of Southern California.

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Ravi Batra (Public Health) along with the Global Burden of Disease 2023 Lower Respiratory Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators, published “Global Burden of Lower Respiratory Infections and Aetiologies, 1990–2023” in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. This global analysis found that lower respiratory…

Emily J. R. Carter, Roberto Sagaribay, Aditi Singh, Deborah A. Kuhls, Kavita Batra (all Medicine), along with Jennifer Pharr (Public Health) and Lorraine Evangelista (University of California, Irvine), published, “Bias at the Bedside: A Comprehensive Review of Racial, Sexual, and Gender Minority Experiences and Provider Attitudes in Healthcare,”…

Asma Awan, Md. Sohail Akhter, Sharmistha Roy, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) published a paper titled, "School-based interventions for mental health promotion: A systematic review of evidence-based practices at the global level,” in the American Journal of Health Studies. This systematic review synthesized evidence from 24…

Asma Awan, Md. Sohail Akhter, Sharmistha Roy, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) published a paper titled, "School-based interventions for mental health promotion: A systematic review of evidence-based practices at the global level,” in the American Journal of Health Studies. This systematic review synthesized evidence from 24…

Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) and Dr. Manoj Sharma (Public Health) presented “Oral Health Care in the Geriatric Population: An Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist’s Perspective” at Smiles for Life, in collaboration with the Aging and Public Life Section of the American Public Health Association annual meeting. Doctor of Dental Surgery student Srivainavi…

Barbara Lewis (Public Health) was at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement Forum displaying her poster titled, "Start a Patient and Family Advisory Council - Improve Safety, Save Money, and Boost HCAHPS."

Manoj Sharma, Sidath Kapukotuwa, Sharmistha Roy, Mahsa Pashaeimeykola, and Asma Awan (all Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “Theory-based antecedents of stopping texting while driving among college students for injury prevention: A cross-sectional study,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public…